Press Release, October, 15th 2015 ->(PDF)
Zurich, Switzerland. – As of today, PEDCO announces the partnership with KEGON www.kegon.de. KEGON is a well-established consulting company with it’s headquarter in Wiesbaden, Germany.
PEDCO and KEGON will work together in fostering the growing numbers of Applied SAFe customers; where PEDCO delivers its own product Applied SAFe® and KEGON with its huge experience delivers coaching and consulting in order to bring the Scaled Agile Framework to live at Applied SAFe customers. KEGON has huge experiences in large agile transition projects in different branches and has implemented SAFe in different environments.
KEGON’s SPC’s have been trained to use and coach Applied SAFe. Applied SAFe is PEDCO’s officially approved implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as a fully-fledged ALM-Tool agnostic process model. This collaboration ship supports our commitment to foster scaled agility on an enterprise level, especially for companies working in a regulated environment.
Applied SAFe® is a fully fledged ALM tool agnostic implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) as a process model. It serves as your own customizable instance of SAFe.
Applied SAFe is a stand-alone product from PEDCO and is fully based on and kept in synch with the actual SAFe version by Scaled Agile Inc. (SAI). The product is officially approved by Scaled Agile Incorporation from Boulder, Colorado; the inventors of the Scaled Agile Framework. Applied SAFe is implemented as a comprehensive, executable process model. It includes all roles, activities, templates, guidelines, milestones and phases in order to bring the framework to life; including metrics and tailoring. Applied SAFe is a ‘ready to go with’ implementation and allows organizations to start using the framework immediately.
For further information or requesting an online web-presentation please visit our website on www.appliedSAFe.com or get in contact with us on appliedSAFe@pedco.eu.
About PEDCO
PEDCO – Managed Process Services is a public limited company based in Zurich, Switzerland and collaboration partner of Scaled Agile Inc., Boulder (USA) and Method Park, Erlangen (Germany). We support enterprises around the globe for process implementations within regulatory environments. We offer a comprehensive range of solutions to set-up, select, operate, and develop lean, compliant and efficient processes.
Applied SAFe® is a stand-alone product from PEDCO. It is a fully fledged ALM tool agnostic implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) as a process model and kept in sync with the actual SAFe® version by Scaled Agile Inc. (SAI). Together with our partners, we ensure a smooth transition to agile, lean, efficient and compliant processes with Applied SAFe.
PEDCO – Compliance and efficiency for your processes
“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 are proud to find such an outstanding partner to collaborate with. Rome Agile’s experience in consulting in complex and regulated environments ensures a smooth transition towards agile, lean and compliant processes for the growing numbers of global Applied SAFe customers.“
Peter Pedross, CEO, PEDCO - Managed Process Services“It is exciting to see PEDCO’s Applied SAFe® come to life as a sophisticated, enterprise-ready solution for organizations wanting to adapt SAFe to their context and accelerate better business outcomes. We are extremely pleased to be partnering with the outstanding innovators at PEDCO on this important contribution to the SAFe community. The potential to help ease the way for fully comprehensive SAFe adoption is enormous.”
Michael Stump, Managing Director – EMEA, Scaled Agile Inc.