Benjamin Beck
SAFe Release Train Engineer - One Global Infotainment
Experience
Sep 2024 - Present
11 months Berlin, Germany
SAFe Release Train Engineer - One Global Infotainment
Porsche Digital & Porsche AG
- RTE role for building the ART
- Bringing together agile practices and systems engineering
- Setting up and facilitating rituals (ART Sync, Refinement, Coach Sync, PI Planning, System Demo)
- Structuring and running the first PI Planning sessions (remote and on-site)
- Optimizing program alignments
- Setting up JIRA & Confluence (SAFe) structure and workflows
- Agile & SAFe role coaching
- Various 1:1 coachings, sparrings & mentorings
Sep 2024 - Dec 2025
4 months Berlin, Germany
SAFe Release Train Engineer - Platform & IT ART within SAFe Solution (full)
CARIAD (Volkswagen)
- Analyzing the team and agile way of working, vision and product definition
- Building a cross-customer backlog and transparency with the PO (see below)
- Scaling to LeSS (customized) with restructuring team boundaries for 4 coaching teams and Scrum Masters to optimize the agile way of working (SoS)
- Transforming to a SAFe ART and supporting Solution – Infrastructure & Strategy
- RTE role: continuous improvement of the ART – dependencies, roadmap, backlog prioritization, ART sync, ART sprint changeover day, I&As, feature metrics
May 2022 - Present
3 years 3 months Berlin, Germany
Professional Scrum Master
- Various 1:1 coachings, sparrings & mentorings
- SAFe practice coaching – how to really apply the SAFe framework in practice and operationally
- SAFe RTE coaching – daily to-dos as an RTE, basic and advanced
- SAFe Scrum Master – daily to-dos as an SM, basic and advanced
- SAFe Agile Coach – sparring on transformation, setting up ARTs including slicing, trainings, etc.
- SAFe PM & PO – daily to-dos as a PM or PO
- SAFe BO coaching – how to live the role
- SAFe STE – sparring on solution setup and optimization
Mar 2021 - Jul 2023
2 years 5 months Berlin, Germany
SAFe Release Train Engineer - Platform & IT ART within SAFe Solution (full)
CARIAD (Volkswagen)
- Analyzing the team and agile way of working, vision and product definition
- Building a cross-customer backlog and transparency with the PO (see below)
- Scaling to LeSS (customized) with restructuring team boundaries for 4 coaching teams and Scrum Masters to optimize the agile way of working (SoS)
- Transforming to a SAFe ART and supporting Solution – Infrastructure & Strategy
- RTE role: continuous improvement of the ART – dependencies, roadmap, backlog prioritization, ART sync, ART sprint changeover day, I&As, feature metrics
Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
6 months Berlin, Germany
Chief Scrum Master & Scrum Master - CI/CD Environment (LeSS)
CARIAD (Volkswagen)
- Supporting a team as Scrum Master in the continuous integration & deployment (CI/CD) area
- Analyzing and introducing/improving the agile way of working
- Facilitating Scrum rituals including refinement, creating a cross-customer backlog with prioritized items with the PO, setting up tool infrastructure, creating/maintaining the Kanban board
- Scaling & coaching to LeSS (customized) with 3–4 IT teams – role of Chief SM
- Coaching teams and Scrum Masters (SoS) for effective work in a scaled system
- Integrating the team into a larger area within the organization – preparing for scaling to a SAFe ART
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 10 months Kamenz, Germany
HybridProject Manager (hybrid) 2nd Life Battery Solution International
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- International project leadership in the field of 2nd Life Battery Solutions & collaboration with partners (China)
- Project definition, planning, execution/control and closing
- Customer & stakeholder communication
- Product management & business casing
- New product development process
- Development & production
- Operational project management
- Applying agile project management & SCRUM
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
7 months Kamenz, Germany
Project Manager - Industrial Battery Storage System
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Operational project management of industrial storage as spare part inventory for vehicle batteries for primary reserve power
May 2018 - Jan 2021
2 years 9 months Kamenz, Germany
Agile Project Management & Scrum Master Embedded HW&SW Battery Field
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Taking over a team as Scrum Master in the embedded software area for 2nd Life Battery Solutions
- Analyzing and introducing/improving the agile way of working
- Facilitating Scrum rituals including refinement, creating a cross-customer backlog with prioritized items with the PO, setting up tool infrastructure, creating/maintaining the Kanban board
- From a “black box” team to a “reference” team through transparency with estimation and burndown – triggering transformation of the entire organization
- Coach & trainer for other projects/teams based on the embedded SW & HW “reference” project
- Setting up metrics for reporting
Dec 2016 - May 2018
1 year 6 months Kamenz, Germany
Project Manager - Residential Battery Storage System
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Leading the Mercedes-Benz Home Energy Storage 2nd Generation project (EU & US)
- Project definition, planning, execution/control and closing
- Product management & business casing
- New product development process from idea through development & production to sales (Europe)
- Operational project management
Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
4 months Kamenz, Germany
Project Manager Development - Power Control System and EMS
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Leading the development project for Power Control System and EMS
Summary
I love applying agility in practice and helping teams & companies develop technological & innovative products. For me, it’s important to promote the agile mindset by providing structure and creating positive hands-on experiences. As an expert in the practical application of scaled agility, our customers value that we really get involved in the operational implementation and deliver results. To me, that means proactively driving topics and interpreting agility day to day to bring theory into practice. Always with the goal of truly unlocking the benefits of agile working in teams and organizations – focus & drive, self-organized teams, outcome & adaptability, fast time-to-market.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2014 - Sep 2015
Technical University of Dresden
M.A. · Project Management · Dresden, Germany
Oct 2009 - Sep 2014
University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
Dipl.-Ing./M.Sc. · Mechanical Engineering · Zittau, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer
Scaled Agile Inc
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