Catching the Business Agility Train: Agile Transformation of Austrian Railways (ÖBB)
summary
This presentation describes an agile transformation at Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), applying SAFe to scale from isolated agile teams to enterprise-wide business agility across a 40,000‑employee public company. It covers the specific approaches used (SAFe plus influences like Lean, DevOps, Systems Thinking and Management 3.0), and reports concrete successes and challenges encountered during one year of accelerating change.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:58ÖBB overview and challenges
- 10:02Agile transformation trigger
- 13:00SAFe framework choice
- 15:34First pilot launches
- 16:59Team training and support
- 18:04Manager involvement and mindset
- 19:33Customer redefinition and workflows
- 21:18Value stream identification
- 22:45Pilot projects and Release Trains
- 24:12Digital Twin project example
- 24:53Portfolio management and priorities
- 26:39Next steps and goals
- 28:03Lessons learned and recommendations
- 30:30Conclusion
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