Agile Transformation & SAFe Implementation
Lead enterprise-wide agile transformations, including the setup of new Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and the implementation of SAFe from the ground up.
Service Offerings
I offer strategic consulting and hands-on delivery services across Agile transformation, process optimization, quality assurance, and automation. Whether you need interim leadership, process design, or team capability building, I bring 20+ years of experience to drive measurable business impact.
How I Work
1
Discovery
Understand your challenges, goals, team dynamics, and current state through interviews and data analysis.
2
Assessment
Analyze processes, metrics, and pain points. Identify root causes and quick wins using evidence-based methods.
3
Strategy
Design a tailored improvement roadmap with clear milestones, KPIs, and measurable outcomes aligned to your business goals.
4
Execution
Hands-on implementation alongside your team. Coach, build, and deliver — not just advise from the sidelines.
5
Handoff
Transfer knowledge, document processes, and ensure your team can sustain improvements independently.
Engagement Models
Flexible engagement options tailored to your needs and timeline:
Advisory
1-2 weeksStrategic assessment and recommendations. Ideal for a focused review of your Agile maturity, QA processes, or delivery bottlenecks. Deliverable: written report with prioritized action plan.
Embedded Leadership
1-3 monthsHands-on delivery role within your team. Step in as interim RTE, Scrum Master, or QA Lead to stabilize delivery, launch an ART, or build a QA function from scratch.
Transformation Program
3-6 monthsFull-scale Agile transformation or quality engineering overhaul. End-to-end from assessment through implementation to knowledge transfer and independent team operation.
All engagements include: timezone flexibility (CET-aligned, EU-friendly), regular progress reporting, and a structured knowledge transfer at completion.
Agile Delivery
SAFe, RTE, assessments, coaching, PI planning
Interim Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Provide experienced RTE leadership for a fixed period to launch a new ART, stabilize a struggling program, or cover a critical gap in the delivery leadership team.
Agile Maturity Assessments
Conduct a comprehensive audit of your current Agile practices, team health, and delivery metrics to provide a clear roadmap for improvement.
Executive Agile Coaching
Coach leadership and C-level stakeholders on Lean-Agile principles, empowering them to become better servant leaders and make evidence-based strategic decisions.
Delivery Process Turnaround
Diagnose and resolve critical delivery bottlenecks, dependencies, and systemic impediments that are slowing down time-to-market and frustrating teams.
PI Planning Facilitation
Plan, design, and facilitate high-stakes, multi-team Program Increment (PI) Planning events to ensure strategic alignment and predictable value delivery.
Vendor Delivery Integration
Integrate external vendor teams into your internal Agile processes, establishing clear communication, dependency management, and reporting frameworks.
Custom Agile Framework Design
Design a tailored, hybrid Agile framework that fits your unique organizational context, moving beyond "one-size-fits-all" methodologies.
Process Management
SDLC design, metrics, risk, recovery
End-to-End SDLC Process Design
Design and implement a robust, scalable SDLC governance model that defines clear quality gates, roles, and responsibilities from ideation to deployment.
Metrics & OKR Implementation
Establish a data-driven decision-making culture by defining, implementing, and visualizing key delivery metrics (flow, predictability, quality) and aligning them with strategic OKRs.
Bottleneck Analysis & Throughput Optimization
Use Value Stream Mapping and flow analytics to identify systemic bottlenecks in your delivery process and implement targeted solutions to increase throughput.
Risk Management Framework Setup
Build and implement a proactive risk and issue management framework for complex programs, including dependency mapping and mitigation planning.
Blameless Post-Mortem Facilitation
Facilitate psychologically safe post-mortems for incidents or failed projects to uncover root causes and drive systemic improvements, not blame.
Cross-Functional Dependency Management
Map and establish a governance model for managing complex dependencies across multiple teams, departments, and external vendors.
Tool Consolidation & Migration Strategy
Develop a strategy to consolidate or migrate between project management tools (e.g., Jira to Azure DevOps), ensuring data integrity and minimal team disruption.
Project Recovery Service
Step in to assess a failing or "red" project, negotiate scope, stabilize the team, and create a realistic recovery plan to bring it back on track.
Quality Assurance
Test strategy, TMMi, team building, DevSecOps
Test Maturity Assessment (TMMi)
Conduct a formal or informal assessment of your organization's test maturity against industry models, providing a prioritized improvement roadmap.
Test Strategy & Transformation
Design and implement a new, risk-based master test strategy for a product or program, covering the entire testing pyramid and integrating seamlessly with CI/CD.
QA Team Building & Capability Uplift
Build a high-performing QA/SDET team from scratch or mentor an existing team to modernize its skills, with a focus on automation and shift-left practices.
Production Defect Root Cause Analysis
Lead a deep-dive analysis into a spike in production defects, identifying systemic weaknesses in requirements, development, or testing processes.
Performance & Load Testing Strategy
Design and implement a performance testing strategy to ensure your application can handle expected traffic loads and identify bottlenecks before they reach production.
UAT Program Design & Facilitation
Plan, structure, and facilitate a comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) program, including coordinating business users and managing feedback.
Quality & Testing Integration (DevTestOps)
Advise on and help implement the integration of testing tools and practices into your CI/CD pipeline.
Quality Metrics & Dashboarding
Define a set of actionable quality metrics (e.g., DRE, DCE, Automation ROI) and build dashboards to make quality visible to all stakeholders.
Automation (QA, Processes, Flows, Jira, n8n)
Frameworks, CI/CD, Jira workflows, n8n
Test Automation Architecture & Framework Design
Architect a scalable, maintainable, and robust test automation framework (UI/API) tailored to your specific tech stack and application needs.
Legacy Test Automation Overhaul
Rescue and refactor a fragile, flaky, or unmaintainable test automation suite to make it reliable and valuable again.
CI/CD Pipeline Quality Integration
Design and implement the "quality" stage of your CI/CD pipeline, determining what tests to run, when, and defining pass/fail criteria for deployment.
Jira/Confluence Workflow Engineering
Design and build complex, custom workflows, automation rules, and permission schemes in Jira and Confluence to optimize your team's way of working.
n8n Workflow Automation for Business Ops
Build custom, low-code automations with n8n to connect your business tools (e.g., Jira, Slack, Google Sheets, CRMs), eliminating manual data entry and repetitive tasks.
Requirements-to-Test Traceability Automation
Implement automated traceability between requirements/user stories and test cases using Jira integrations to ensure complete test coverage and simplify compliance.
Executive Reporting Automation
Create automated, real-time dashboards and reports that aggregate data from multiple sources (Jira, test tools, CI/CD) for executive-level visibility.
Build vs. Buy Analysis for QA Tools
Conduct a strategic analysis to recommend whether to build a custom in-house testing tool or purchase a commercial solution, based on your long-term needs.
Business Analysis & Product Management
Discovery, OKRs, requirements, GTM strategy
Product Discovery & Inception Facilitation
Design and facilitate a structured product discovery workshop to align stakeholders, define the product vision, and validate assumptions before any code is written.
Requirements Crisis Intervention
Step into a project where requirements are unclear or constantly changing, to document, prioritize, and establish a controlled requirements management process.
OKR Definition & Value Stream Mapping
Work with leadership to translate high-level business goals into measurable OKRs and map them to the value streams that will deliver them.
Market & Competitor Analysis for Product Strategy
Conduct a structured analysis of the market landscape and competitors to inform product roadmap decisions and identify new opportunities.
User Story Splitting & Refinement Coaching
Coach your product teams on advanced techniques for splitting large epics into thin, valuable, and testable user stories that can be delivered quickly.
Backlog Audit & Healthy Reset
Perform a deep audit of a neglected or chaotic product backlog, cleaning up old items, re-prioritizing based on value, and establishing a clear structure for future refinement.
Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy & Launch Support
Partner with marketing and sales to define and execute the GTM strategy for a new feature or product, ensuring a successful market launch.
Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) Definition
Facilitate the elicitation and documentation of critical non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability) that are often missed.
Let's Talk About Your Needs
Whether you're looking to hire a full-time leader or engage a consultant for a specific challenge, I'm ready to discuss how my expertise can help.