Writing Great Objectives
A good objective has five components that effectively communicate a business outcome and why it matters: Activity: What will we be doing? Scope: What are the boundaries of the work we will touch? Beneficiary: Who is the intended recipient of the new work? User Value: Why does this work matter to the new user? Business Value: Why does this work matter to the business? PI Objectives can be daunting but can be made much easier when you add in some key components or a formula: [Activity] + [Scope] so that [Beneficiary] have [User Value] to [Business Value]. In this session, Richelle will talk about how using this formula has helped teams to be successful in their writing of objectives as well as helping them deliver value to their customers. Come learn how you can frame your objectives in a way to help your audience, stakeholders and teams better understand the value of the work that will be accomplished in your next PI.
Richelle Bixler is a seasoned Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Agile Coach, whose dynamic journey began in 2018 with an airplane development program at Boeing. She has worked with engineers, HR professionals, and currently supports finance technology at Edward Jones. She obtained her RTE certification in 2018 after a whirlwind of training happened at her company and has been pushing her teams to be proactive and try new things ever since. An instrumental tool in her career has been a curious, open mind to push the boundaries on a "we've always done it this way" mentality. This drive to explore new possibilities has led her here.
Saahil has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams by helping them master Agile, Scaled Agile, and DevOps best practices for over 15 years. He has experience working with large-scale transformations in a variety of contexts. He has worked with start-ups and small businesses, the Federal Government, Fortune 100 and the Global 2000. Saahil has led multiple Agile, SAFe®, and DevOps Transformations providing portfolio, program, team, and executive coaching and training. Saahil is a SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT) and certified Enterprise Business Agility Strategist. He is determined to help organizations extend their Agility beyond IT. He has degrees in Mathematics, International Business, and Design Thinking. He started his career as a Data Scientist, so Saahil is still passionate about the metrics behind successful transformations. As a former collegiate rugby player for the University of Florida, Saahil bleeds Orange and Blue and is a die-hard fan of Gator Football.