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ManTech Wins $166 Million Defense Health Agency Contract

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Monday, March 25, 2024
DHA, Project management office, Scaled agile framework, DevOps, Information technology, AI, Mantech, AWS, Air force, Defense, Navy, Army

HERNDON, Va., March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ManTech, a leading provider of AI, cyber and mission-focused technology solutions, has won a $166 million contract to provide DevSecOps support for the Defense Health Agency’s Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) Information Technology (IT) Program Management Office.

Key Points: 
  • HERNDON, Va., March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ManTech, a leading provider of AI, cyber and mission-focused technology solutions, has won a $166 million contract to provide DevSecOps support for the Defense Health Agency’s Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) Information Technology (IT) Program Management Office.
  • Under this 5-year hybrid new business/recompete win, ManTech will leverage Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to modernize, sustain and continue migration to AWS cloud, accelerating mission performance for a suite of systems that supports 25,000 military and civilian users and more than 940,000 daily supply requisitions.
  • “ManTech’s work will help the DHA achieve digital transformation for a large, complex suite of applications that empower Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps to rapidly provide medical services to combatants in peacetime and wartime,” said Stephen Deitz, Executive Vice President and General Manager of ManTech’s Federal Civilian Sector.
  • “We are fully aligned to supporting the client’s commitment to enable ready, reliable care anytime, anywhere through modernized, integrated and resilient medical logistics capability at home and abroad.”

Learning Tree Earns Scaled Agile Gold SPCT Partner Status: Expands Solutions for Enterprise Agile Success

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Friday, March 1, 2024
The Learning Tree, Learning Tree International, Culture, Scaled agile framework, Gold, Partner, Certification, Organization, Agile, SPCS, Knowledge, Curriculum, Learning, Partnership, Management

HERNDON, Va., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Tree International, an award-winning IT training, certification, and workforce solutions provider, today announced its elevation to Gold SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT) Partner status with Scaled Agile, Inc.

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  • HERNDON, Va., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Tree International, an award-winning IT training, certification, and workforce solutions provider, today announced its elevation to Gold SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT) Partner status with Scaled Agile, Inc.
  • This achievement recognizes Learning Tree's expertise in guiding successful Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) implementations and places them in a select group of Scaled Agile Partners to achieve Gold SPCT status.
  • As a Gold SPCT Partner, Learning Tree offers a team of highly qualified SAFe Practice Consultants (SPCs).
  • "Our new, enhanced partnership with Scaled Agile enables us to satisfy our clients' broader SAFe transformation needs," said Marguerite Bryan, SPCT & Learning Tree Scaled Agile Curriculum Dean.

Planforge Introduces Idea Management Completing Its Hybrid PPM Offering

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Professional Services, Data Management, Business, Technology, Data Analytics, Software, Scaled agile framework, Jira, SAP, Multimedia, Organization, Creativity, OKR, PPM, Management

Planforge aims to address this problem with Release 24 of its hybrid project and portfolio management (PPM) software by introducing a new option for integrated innovation management.

Key Points: 
  • Planforge aims to address this problem with Release 24 of its hybrid project and portfolio management (PPM) software by introducing a new option for integrated innovation management.
  • In Planforge, idea management is deeply interlinked with other capabilities of the PPM platform.
  • A logical consequence, as Planforge is well known for its bi-directional Jira integration for project management and SAFe workflows.
  • For more information or to test integrations with Jira or SAP, contact the Planforge sales team at [email protected] .

Launch of ‘MetaField Training Center’ Empowers Clients to Rapidly and Effectively Implement, Train, and Adopt

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
Knowledge, UI, Empowerment, Learning, Learning curve, Scaled agile framework, CMT, Software as a service, Management, Industrial design

Built into the MetaField platform, the goal is to accelerate standardization, retention, and technology adoption for engineering services firms.

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  • Built into the MetaField platform, the goal is to accelerate standardization, retention, and technology adoption for engineering services firms.
  • The MetaField Training Center is designed to accelerate new client adoption and to ensure existing client adoption of new and existing product features.
  • Leveraging a combination of “in-app” how-to guides and self-directed learning, the MetaField Training Center will rapidly enable new full-time and seasonal staff who are regularly working within MetaField® .
  • The initial launch of the tool focuses on high volume, regular workflows to help users get comfortable with the MetaField platform.

Thought Industries Cognition 2023 Recap: Experience the Business of Learning

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Learning, Scaled agile framework, Innovation, Industrial, Customer experience, Mastercard, Track II, Education, Thought Industry, Certification, Organization, Comprehension, Customer success, Four Cornerstone Model of Emotional Intelligence, Senior, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ITI, Outsourcing, Business, Dell, Machine learning, TI, Children's Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Scale, Competition (economics), Paul's walk, Panorama, Algorithm, AI, Hearing, Management, Entertainment, Tutoring, Music, Medical device, Sales, Helium, Scale, Celonis

BOSTON, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, the leading external enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, recently completed its annual enterprise learning conference, COGNITION 2023, a chance for leaders and practitioners in customer, partner and professional learning to immerse themselves in four days of in-depth sessions, fascinating keynote speeches, illuminating roundtables and essential networking. Here are the key events and takeaways from the conference.

Key Points: 
  • Thought Industries annual Customer Awards have become a powerful and inspirational part of the annual COGNITION conference, drawing attention towards customer success stories across various industries that have used the Thought Industries platform to build and deliver exceptional learning experiences.
  • CEO Barry Kelly opened Tuesday with a powerful keynote speech that looked back on a decade of Thought Industries.
  • In particular, Barry called out Panorama, Thought Industries' multi-tenancy solution that supports B2B learning at scale.
  • Philip Cahill, Thought Industries VP of Customer Experience then followed up to discuss the customer journey, breaking it down into four major parts.

Planforge Extends SAFe® Support to Lean Portfolio & OKRs with Version 23

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Software, Data Analytics, Data Management, Small Business, Professional Services, Technology, Security, Business, Multimedia, OKR, Scaled agile framework, Risk management, Objective, WSJF, Organization, SAP, PPM, Ready, Workflow, Jira, The, KPI-driven code analysis, WIP, SMO, Management, Asset management

The new release of Planforge hence introduces support for SAFe Portfolio and adds Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to its strategic management component.

Key Points: 
  • The new release of Planforge hence introduces support for SAFe Portfolio and adds Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to its strategic management component.
  • "The cornerstone of this new workflow in Planforge 23 is the Portfolio Kanban Board, which enables our customers to visualize, implement, and manage Portfolio Epics."
  • Moreover, Planforge 23 simplifies the implementation of Epics through built-in support for backlog prioritization based on Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF).
  • To support Lean Portfolio, Planforge 23 now allows users to plan strategies not only at organizational level but also at portfolio level.

Alicia Schimke Named Chief Technology Officer to Support Product-Led Growth Initiatives for MetaField

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Securian Financial Group, Software as a service, Scaled agile framework, Senior, Software engineering, Microsoft, Information technology, CMT, Martha Ackmann, Microsoft Azure, Growth, Azure, Management

She started her career in software development at Securian Financial before managing application development teams at Ackmann & Dickenson.

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  • She started her career in software development at Securian Financial before managing application development teams at Ackmann & Dickenson.
  • “We are building a clear category leader with our product led growth strategy,” said David Gagne, President and CEO of Agile Frameworks.
  • “Alicia has a proven track record of success when it comes to accelerating growth and modernizing platforms to meet current and future market needs.
  • “CMT professionals choose MetaField because of its unparalleled product innovation, purpose-built solution, deep training and support team, and reliable, secure, and performance-based cloud technology infrastructure,” said Alicia Schimke.

Scaled Agile, Inc. Donates to Rocky Mountain Institute and Maui Strong Fund as Part of Pledge 1% Commitment

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Monday, September 11, 2023
Acceleration, RMI, RMI (energy organization), Third derivative, Culture, Community foundation, Agile, Carbon, Movement, Hawai, Scaled agile framework, Autotroph, Pharmaceutical industry, Renewable energy

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, announced donations to the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Maui Strong Fund. The contributions are part of Scaled Agile's commitment to the Pledge 1% movement and Do All the Good You Can campaign.

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  • $100,000 gift to Rocky Mountain Institute supports acceleration of clean energy technology; $50,000 gift to the Maui Strong Fund supports wildfire relief efforts
    BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, announced donations to the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Maui Strong Fund.
  • The contributions are part of Scaled Agile's commitment to the Pledge 1% movement and Do All the Good You Can campaign.
  • Scaled Agile's $100,000 donation to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) will support RMI's Third Derivative initiative, built to accelerate the rate of climate innovation.
  • It's important to remember that the recovery effort will take years, so we encourage broad support of the Maui Strong Fund, even in small amounts.

AI Expert Donald Clark to Keynote Thought Industries COGNITION '23 Conference

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Documentation, Thought Industry, Learning, CE, Mid-City Community Advocacy Network (Mid-City CAN), Linux Foundation, Dell, Seismology, Business, Chief commercial officer, VP/CSS, Add on Gyan Educational Services, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Community, Scaled agile framework, Mastercard, Knowledge, MongoDB, Growth, AI, News, Management, Tutoring, Education

BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, the leading external enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, today announced its COGNITION 2023 agenda and lineup of speakers. Taking place online October 3-5, 2023, the event features keynote speakers Donald Clark, AI expert, learning tech entrepreneur, CEO, and researcher; Raghu Viswanathan, VP of Education, Academia and Documentation at MongoDB; Daniel Quick, Chief Customer Learning Officer at Scale Agile; and panelists from Dell, Educate 360, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, The Linux Foundation, Mastercard, and many more.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, the leading external enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, today announced its COGNITION 2023 agenda and lineup of speakers.
  • Hosted by Thought Industries President, Robin Wadsworth, COGNITION 2023 attendees will learn from and engage with their industry peers, with Thought Industries customers and global thought leaders in external learning sharing their knowledge in interactive online sessions and virtual presentations.
  • Additional opportunities include workshops to connect with forward-thinking peers and tactical training on the Thought Industries platform.
  • Executives from Thought Industries, led by CEO and Cofounder Barry Kelly, sharing their industry vision and latest product innovations:
    Announcing exciting new AI capabilities in the Ti platform.

AI Expert Donald Clark to Keynote Thought Industries '23 Conference

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Documentation, Thought Industry, Learning, CE, Mid-City Community Advocacy Network (Mid-City CAN), Linux Foundation, Dell, Seismology, Business, Chief commercial officer, VP/CSS, Add on Gyan Educational Services, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Community, Scaled agile framework, Mastercard, Knowledge, MongoDB, Growth, AI, News, Management, Tutoring, Education

BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, the leading external enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, today announced its COGNITION 2023 agenda and lineup of speakers. Taking place online October 3-5, 2023, the event features keynote speakers Donald Clark, AI expert, learning tech entrepreneur, CEO, and researcher; Raghu Viswanathan, VP of Education, Academia and Documentation at MongoDB; Daniel Quick, Chief Customer Learning Officer at Scale Agile; and panelists from Dell, Educate 360, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, The Linux Foundation, Mastercard, and many more.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thought Industries, the leading external enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, today announced its COGNITION 2023 agenda and lineup of speakers.
  • Hosted by Thought Industries President, Robin Wadsworth, COGNITION 2023 attendees will learn from and engage with their industry peers, with Thought Industries customers and global thought leaders in external learning sharing their knowledge in interactive online sessions and virtual presentations.
  • Additional opportunities include workshops to connect with forward-thinking peers and tactical training on the Thought Industries platform.
  • Executives from Thought Industries, led by CEO and Cofounder Barry Kelly, sharing their industry vision and latest product innovations:
    Announcing exciting new AI capabilities in the Ti platform.