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Have you ever wondered how large agile organizations with hundreds of people working across different teams manage to stay coordinated and deliver meaningful results quickly, meeting the scope and change in requirements? The answer lies in the SAFe® Agile Release Train—a structured approach that helps teams work together seamlessly, stay aligned, and focus on delivering value to customers. This presentation will dive deep into the SAFe Release Train and provide actionable strategies to make it successful.

Key topics include:

Understanding the Agile Release Train (ART): What is an ART, and why is it central to SAFe? Learn how this long-lived self-organizing team of Agile teams is designed to plan, commit, and deliver together.

Roles and Responsibilities: Understand the key roles within ART, including Release Train Engineer, Product Management, System Architect, and Business Owners, and how those roles interact to ensure success.

Value Streams and Flow: Understand how teams are organized around value streams to deliver more value to customers with less delay. Learn how to identify and optimize the flow of work across the train.

Essential ART Ceremonies: PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops are a few core ceremonies. Understand how these SAFe events drive alignment, transparency, and continuous improvement.

ART Execution Excellence: Build and maintain high-performing Agile Release Trains. Learn best practices for managing dependencies, addressing risks, and delivering on-time high-quality value.

Real-World Applications and Success Stories: Examples of Scaled Agile organizations in different industries.

Whether you’re new to Agile or just beginning to explore scaling it for larger teams, this session will help you understand how the SAFe Release Train can bring order, alignment, and success to complex projects.

About the Speaker
 
Nidhya Palaniappan is an IT professional with a vast experience spanning 15-plus years in Agile methodologies and transformations. Having a solid foundation as a Software Engineer, she has invested the last decade in deepening her skills in Agile practices, serving as a developer, Scrum Master, Agile coach, and Agile project/program manager. She is currently a Release Train Engineer in one of the leading Canadian Banks, where she drives Large Scale Agile transformations and leads the delivery of successful Fintech products.
 
She has implemented Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile frameworks in both collocated and distributed teams within various industries such as Healthcare, Fintech, IT infrastructure, and Retail. Nidhya is passionate about leadership, innovation, and collaboration, which makes her a sought-after speaker in the Agile community.
 
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