Partner Directory2018-12-05T15:18:07+01:00

PEDCO’s Applied SAFe Partners are companies that believe in agility at scale to successfully transform organizations towards a Lean-Agile culture. They have developed significant expertise in supporting large enterprises including companies within regulated environments through every phase of a Lean-Agile transformation.

  • Collaboration Partner: Close collaboration for business demand, innovation and development for our solution Applied SAFe®
  • Transformation Partner: Our selected partners are trained to successfully transform your teams, programs, portfolios or even the whole enterprise onto Applied SAFe®
  • Tooling Partner: Selected tool providers with solutions that either extend the functionality of Applied SAFe® or make your transformation journey faster and easier
„Implementing scaled agile organizations in regulated environment always means to define and to track agile processes. Applied SAFe is a very valuable tool for an agile transition project in such an environment. You need less time and less investment in work to be able to implement a complete agile standard process.”
Dr. Thorsten Janning, COO, KEGON
„We truly understand the challenges faced by our clients when implementing SAFe, particularly for those operating in regulated industries. By working in partnership, PEDCO and Blue Agility are uniquely positioned to provide customized and comprehensive enterprise-ready solutions for organizations wanting to adapt SAFe to their context. With PEDCO’s Applied SAFe, the potential to smooth the path to a full SAFe adoption that ultimately translates to high business value and customer delight is substantial.”
Eyal Abukasis, Chief Operations Officer, Blue Agility
„It is not enough that management commit themselves to quality and productivity, they must know what it is they must do. Such a responsibility cannot be delegated.” This quote from W. Edwards Deming accompanies me wherever I help companies to become more agile. Applied SAFe is an extraordinary tool doing exactly that: In a clear and precise way helping the people responsible to make a change to know what it is they must do.
Dr. Wolfgang Brandhuber, Accenture
„We are very excited to join PEDCO in a collaborating partnership. PEDCO’s Applied SAFe® is an outstanding product and we feel that every SAFe customer will love the guidance, metrics and lean governance process that it provides.”
Tonya McCaulley - Change Agent, Educator, Agile Coach, Public Speaker, Transparency Consulting Inc.
“Applied SAFe® elevates the core of enterprise agility predicated on the key premise of synchronization to an entirely new level. With UFG’s current business model squarely based on fostering comprehensive enterprise agility, this partnership is destined to garner powerful, compliance ready, end-to-end agile transformation solutions.”
Sean Cavandi, Managing Partner, UFIRST Group INC

We are excited about partnering with PEDCO and about linking AgilityHealth with Applied SAFe, so we can now offer AgilityHealth customers who want to scale using SAFe a seamless solution which combines the strengths of both platforms. AgilityHealth and Applied SAFe are both configurable and can be tailored to meet the needs of any organization; from a transformational perspective as well as from a process perspective. The combination of both platforms ensures we can help further drive continuous growth and produce measurable business outcomes based on metrics unique to our customers.

Sally Elatta, President, Agile Transformation Inc.

Regulatory environments discouraged many companies from the manufacturing industries to start an agile transformation process. With Applied SAFe these companies can not only prove that the development of complex physical products using SAFe still meets all regulatory requirements but also have a very performant tool to support a sustainable SAFe implementation.

Dirk Meißner, Managing Partner, CO-Improve GmbH

Medical device companies are often overwhelmed with regulatory requirements for their complex devices. With Applied SAFe these companies can not only prove that the development of complex physical products using SAFe still meets all regulatory requirements but also have a very performant tool to support a sustainable SAFe implementation. Together with our products, customers will almost immediately be able to develop medical device products.

Dr. Marion Lempets, Managing Partner, Softcomply

Our Mission is to help software and systems-dependent enterprises achieve better outcomes, increased employee engagement, and improved economics through Lean-Agile principles and practices based on the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

Scaled Agile makes a positive contribution to society and humanity by improving software development practices, culture, and outcomes, making organizations more productive, engaging, and fun.

Dean Leffingwell’s Scaled Agile Framework® is the world’s most comprehensive model for adopting Agile across an enterprise. It is the basis for, and fully supported by, Scaled Agile’s integrated blend of products and services.

: English

: USA

: –

Blue Agility specializes in large-scale Agile transformations leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) and IBM’s Application Lifecycle Management tools.

We work with firms that are looking to adopt Agile at the enterprise level as well as assisting firms in determining the appropriate tooling to best support specific departmental and corporate development needs. Using DevOps solutions, we provide a framework of people, process and technology, enabling the enterprise with continuous delivery capabilities.

: English

: USA

: Process Engineering, Process Improvement, CMMI, SAFe

Industries: Commercial and DoD customers in aerospace, finance, telecommunications, and information technology.

Gladwell Academy delivers innovative, practically oriented training sessions and masterclasses for governments and businesses. Gladwell focuses on maximum return on investment and best value. Your learning goals are our starting point. During training sessions we listen to your feedback and incorporate this to ensure your objectives are reached.

The content is important, but what you actually remember or what new behavior you exhibit after a training, depends in majority upon how the content is delivered. Gladwell uses a variety of methods, from classical training and theory to simulation games. The translation of academic theory to practice is central in all our educational programs. Gladwell achieves this goal by including a variety of practical examples and by ensuring an always present link with your personal development plan.

Gladwell Academy consists of a young, enthusiastic and ambitious team. Our trainers are active in a variety of fields and each trainer has its own specialization. Gladwell often invites guest speakers to bring the latest trends and to strengthen the link with daily operations. Our trainers are experienced and enjoy teaching.

English, French, German, Dutch, Hindi

: India, Netherlands

Specializations: Aerospace, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Media, Retail, Technology, Consulting

Our core business is information technology. We recognize IT in the context of integrated strategy, organization and technology.

  • KEGON provides top quality and innovative support for management, organization and implementation of highly efficient IT solutions and architectures.
  • KEGON also offers a training program for the project, organizational and management practices, as well as in-house trainings.

: English, German

: Germany, Switzerland

Specializations: Aerospace, Automotive, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Software

AgileCraft® delivers the most comprehensive software solution available for scaling agile to the enterprise. AgileCraft transforms the way organizations enable and manage agile productivity across their enterprise, portfolios, programs and teams by aligning business strategy with technical execution. The AgileCraft platform combines sophisticated planning, analysis, forecasting and visualization with robust, multi-level collaboration and management. Designed to be open, the AgileCraft platform complements and extends existing agile tools, methods and processes and can be deployed through the cloud or on premise. AgileCraft customers get the best agile solution on the market and benefit from a platform that is specifically designed to scale enterprise wide.

: English

: USA

: Software Metrics, Measurements, SAFe, Agile

AgilityHealthⓇ is the leading Agile measurement and continuous growth platform designed for companies that want to accelerate the growth and business agility of their organization. Designed by real world Agile experts, it offers several radars to help measure and optimize the health of an organization. AgilityHealth provides a consistent way for measuring both quantitative and qualitative metrics for Teams, Programs, Portfolios and the overall Enterprise health and agility. It drives improvement and growth at each level of the organization and aims to engage leaders in this continuous growth process.

: English, Arabic, Russian

: USA

Specializations: Finance, Government, Healthcare, Insurance

A Proven Partner and Solutions Provider for the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

Agile Management solutions from CA Technologies—including the agile transformation services and software platform from our Rally acquisition—give you the tools and coaching you need to improve your productivity, profits and customer satisfaction, so you can win in the application economy. Leverage our expertise to harness the power of agile to connect strategy to delivery, ship value faster and accelerate innovation.

  • CA Agile Central, our enterprise-class SaaS software platform, helps you prioritize, plan, track and improve your work—with real-time visibility and in a single system of record.
  • Our PPM and DevOps solutions help you make better decisions, faster and speed time-to-
  • CA Agile Transformation Consulting helps you build agile practices—and responsiveness—into your company DNA.

We’ve got the most SPCTs, SPCs, agile coaches and agile trainers in the industry. With hundreds of Agile Release Train launches and SAFe implementations, we know how to meet you where you are and take you where you want to go.

: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Mandarin, Dutch, Hindi, Polish, Swedish, Finnish

: Australia, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Banking, Consumer Products, Defense, Education, Energy, Finance, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Government, Healthcare, Hospitality, Insurance, IT, Manufacturing, Media, Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals, Publishing, Retail, Services, Shipping, Software, Technology, Telecommunications, Television, Transportation, Utilities

We at Rome Agile can transform your company from concept to cash with a variety of tools in our toolkit. We offer Agile, Lean and SAFe® transformations built around your company’s vision. Within our toolkit is a vast 60+ education curriculum privately and publicly taught which includes SAFe®, Agile, DevOps, critical thinking trainings and many other topics.

: English, Hindi

: India, USA

: Defense, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, IT, Manufacturing

Zühlke Engineering works together with companies to create innovative products and custom software solutions. The company’s services include consulting, development and integration. It has a wealth of experience, having completed more than 8,000 successful client projects.

Zühlke Engineering is part of the Zühlke Group. Founded in 1968, the Zühlke Group has local teams in Austria, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 2012, the Group generated US $110 million in revenue, employing more than 550 staff.

: English, French, German

: Austria, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Specializations: Software, Technology

Reeduca es una empresa con centro de operaciones en todas las regiones del país y enfoca sus actividades en proporcionar capacitaciones de robótica y software para la educación. Nuestra empresa la conforman un equipo de profesionales en tecnologías de la Información y robótica quienes están altamente capacitados y certificados para dar asesoría a estudiantes y profesores, además de proporcionar certificaciones en instituciones reconocidas a nivel mundial. Contamos con la infraestructura innovadora en equipos de computo y los conocimientos necesarios para cubrir las solicitudes de servicio que nuestros clientes requieran.

: Spanish, English

: Mexico, Peru, Paraguay

Specializations: Education, Finance, Government

Rentouch GmbH is a Swiss based company providing solutions to better collaborate in agile and scaled agile environments. On of their unique products is the PI Planning tool (PIPlanning.io) which will be provided as a configurable, optional tool for in Applied SAFe; our Tool-Agnostic implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

: English, German

: Switzerland

ACM is a technology and consultancy company specialized in Agile processes and practices. ACM is unique in the Turkish market with its success to transform organizations. ACM offers three main services: consultancy, training and outsourcing.

: English, Turkish

: Turkey

Our mission: to combine consulting competence and industry experience with professional change management to implement improvement solutions in the best possible way and make your product creation more powerful. As an exclusive “boutique consultancy” for all management-relevant topics surrounding product creation, we have positioned ourselves between consultancy groups with comprehensive consulting services and specialists for individual topics of product creation.

CO-Improve works primarily for medium-sized companies – but also for business units of larger corporations. We have consistently aligned ourselves with the requirements of typical medium-sized companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

CO-Improve is an independent, owner-led consulting firm. Owner Dirk Meissner founded the company on January 1, 2012. He brought his many years of consulting experience with him. Before, Meissner had worked successfully in three consulting firms for more than 16 years overall – in the end as a partner: “I just wanted to deliver significantly better consulting results. I realized that we needed a new approach and internal culture. We had to combine consulting competence and industry experience with successful change management in the right way – and that was going to work best with a fresh start.”

: German, English

: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Specializations: Agile in regulated environments such as automotive, mechanical engineering, Off-Highway, transportation, medical equipment, electronics.

Digital readiness is a core quality to compete sucessful in today´s fast moving and customer centric markets.

Digital readiness is an adaptive symbiosis of fundamental principles empowering successful organizations. Fundamental principles come from sources such as customer centricity, leadership, scaling lean & agile, beyond budgeting, innovation & creativity, employee development & empowerment, change management, OKR concepts and many more.

The smart, sophisticated and permanent organizational adoption is an essential success factor.

: German, English

: Switzerland

Specializations: Business Process Management, Processes & Tools, BizDevOps, HR Development, Scaling lean & agile in Telekom, e-commerce, automotive (JIT), Insurance

Method Park has been a specialist for software & system development in the safety and security-critical environment of medical devices and automotive technology since being founded in 2001.

Method Park provides consultation services in the optimization of development processes and the fulfillment of industry-specific standards and legal regulations.

With „Stages„, Method Park has developed a process management tool that facilitates definition, implementation and monitoring of development and business processes.

: German, English

: Germany, USA

Specializations: Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Healthcare

We offer a comprehensive selection of services to help your organization along its Lean Agile Transformation journey.  We start from where you are by listening and empathizing.  We partner with you to clearly outline your desired business outcomes, and how we will measure progress against your achievement of these outcomes.  We will then guide you through the creation of a vision and roadmap to guide your journey, while creating transparency and alignment for all involved in your journey.  Next, we will guide you through your transformation milestones all at your desired pace, until you are internally enabled to sustain your ongoing journey without us.

: English

: NC, USA

Specializations:

Born as a niche agile consulting agency, out of a passion for technology and fascination with human behavior, we are a full service global consultancy for digital marketing, technology and commerce.

PaidFX Consulting (Agile by Default) specialization has a proven approach to successful agile implementations. We are focused on the transition patterns and intermediate states necessary to safely and pragmatically lead any company through a structured and planned transformation.

We are committed to engaging in a way that respects where each company is today, while laying a foundation for where it needs to be in the future. Agile by Default takes the magic out of agile transformation.

: English

: London, England

PQMA is dedicated to build High-Performing Organizations. PQMA is also a CMMI Institute Partner and has extensive knowledge in CMMI, Engineering Improvement, Agile Development, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

PQMA has outstanding consultants and associates with a huge experience combining CMMI and Scaled Agility with SAFe, process engineering, process improvement working with commercial and DoD customers in aerospace, finance, telecommunications, and information technology.

: English

: Colorado Springs, USA

Specialization: CMMI, Process Improvement, Process Engineering, SAFe

Industries: Commercial and DoD customers in aerospace, finance, telecommunications, and information technology.

SoftComply aims to speed up the regulatory compliance of medical devices so that the innovative products can be placed on the market faster and cheaper. To that end, SoftComply automates regulatory compliance and integrates it to the agile software development environment ensuring the safety and compliance of medical device innovations.

SoftComply offers Atlassian add-ons for medical device and other regulated industries: 1) SoftComply Risk Manager is an add-on for Jira that automates product risk management and integrates it to the software development environment for full traceability; and 2) SoftComply eQMS to kickstart medical device quality system documentation as an add-on for Confluence.

SoftComply’s regulatory compliance software solution speeds up medical device CE-marking and FDA approval process while cutting compliance costs by 10 times! For more information, please visit our site: https://softcomply.com/

 – Atlassian add-ons

: English

: Dublin, Ireland & Tallinn, Estonia

Specializations: Medical device technology, Regulations in Medtech, Atlassian – Jira, Confluence, Quality Management System, Risk Management software

We offer a comprehensive selection of services to help your organization along its Lean Agile Transformation journey.

: English

: Ohio, USA

Specializations:

UFG, UFirst Group Inc. is an International Information Technology Consulting and Agile Transformation Firm, established in the U.S.A (Est. 2001) and the European Union specializing in CRM, Cloud Migration, IoT & enterprise level Agile Transformation. Our mission is to leverage our collective experiences in cutting edge tech advances in App. development, IoT, CRM, Cloud setups/migrations while excelling in execution via pragmatic agile transformation.

: English, German

: Germany, USA