I work for Ford Credits a financial arm of Ford Motors as a consultant from Thirdware Solution Ltd. Ford uses Leading Agile Framework based on Base Camp approach. Implementation Structure is very much like SAFe i.e. Team, Program, Value stream and Portfolio. Key difference between the two is the Base Camp Approach to implement full Lean and Agile Practice. Leading agile approach is to move forward from Base Camp 1 to 5 in stages.

I was part of the Transformation team to implement Lean and Agile Practice at Enterprise Level as well as worked as Agile coach for a set of teams to ensure that Lean and Agile practices are followed.

My passion in Agile Has made me the Agile Champion at IBM although I was a in leadership role to manage the many accounts with Large number of resources. I was among the few Manager got certified as PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner. I was involved in Agile coaching, training and mentoring across the accounts which helps in implementing Agile. This was the early era of Agile I got involved in the implementation of agile practices across the team. I successfully setting up the SAFe essential structure i.e. Team, Program and Portfolio for an account. Also established process when to use Scrum and Kanban for a team. It was a very challenging assignment did lot of experiments and used technique like Value stream mapping VSM), Lean Defect elimination, etc. above all align team for the Lean agile mindset.

This was my key responsibilities as an Engineering Leader atIBM, I managed number of Programs and Accounts during this period for IBM which comprises of Program Managers, Project Managers, Developers, Architects, Sysadmin etc. accross the different countries. I was too front ending with customer to meet and exceed his expectations. I was too involved in the preparation contract , SOW etc. Making regular presentation of Projects and Program for Senior Managements of IBMs and Customers.

I too played a role of People manager for the Projects and program Managers. I need to manage resources who are directlyor indirectly reporting to me.

GDF is a IBM global initiative based on Lean practices to improve Project delivery. I led the team at Chennai location to implement the GDF in various accounts/team comprises of approx. 5000 resources including for implementation of GDF at team level for the account I am responsible for.

The GDF is a set of delivery practices based on our Lean principles that enables consistent global delivery excellence. It was very involved and collaborative process which required interview at all level and carried bottom up analysis of projects to identifies : tasks with Values Add and non-Value Add, draw Current State Design, design and Implement Future State design using Value Stream Mapping.