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Paul Raybould

Paul is a Senior Test Analyst at nFocus. He works with Developers and Business Analysts to define scope of deliverables under test. He also liaises with integration partners to resolve system level impediments and issues.
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A Real-World intro to SAFe - Scaled Agile Framework - Part 3

Posted by Paul Raybould on 24/11/2020

Exploring the Benefits of the Real-World Intro to Safe - Scaled Agile Framework

Paul Raybould is back with the final section of 'A Real-World intro to SAFe - Scaled Agile Framework' series. 

Hello everyone!

Here’s the last part in my series on Scaled Agile Framework. In this last part, I cover a range of topics including Inspect and Adapt, Measuring Flow and other useful principles to consider. If you haven’t read the first two parts, do check out part 1 and part 2 before reading on.

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Topics: Agile,, Software Testing, DevOps and Testing

A Real-World intro to SAFe – Part 2

Posted by Paul Raybould on 29/09/2020

Recap: Understanding the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Welcome back to the second part of my blog series, exploring 'Real World SAFe'. This second part picks up from where Part 1 finished so if you haven’t read that yet I’d recommend doing so before reading on.

PI planning
So, we’ve completed our 4 Delivery sprints and we’ve got two days in our calendar for something called PI planning…and it’s offsite…and there’s names on the invite I don’t recognise?

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Topics: Agile,, Software Test Process, softwaretesting

A Real-World Intro to SAFe Agile – Scaled Agile Framework SAFe

Posted by Paul Raybould on 12/08/2020

What is SAFe Agile Framework?

SAFe is a scaling lean and agile framework (or agile manifesto) which combines various pieces of different agile practices, principles, methodologies and core competencies such as Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean Product Development, Lean Portfolio Management and DevOps.

Why use SAFe?

The Large Solution SAFe model of working is relevant to large organisations and numbers of agile teams with multiple development teams delivering highly complex solutions to complex systems.

Should everyone adopt SAFe?

Adopting SAFe in smaller team structures with few cross-team dependencies would negatively impact the agility of these teams and affect delivery & velocity.

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Topics: Agile,, Software Testing, DevOps and Testing, Digital Transformation

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