ShopriteX: Ready – Fire

Case Study

18 Apr 2024

People Agility and Culture.

Strategy Alignment with Teams.

Fail Fast and Fail Forward.

Just go for it and improve along the journey
You do not need all of the answers upfront, passion and willingness will light the way
EVERYONE is committed to positive and continuous improvement (+1 Culture)
Dedicated “disciples” to unlock the potential of teams and individuals for exponential Business Agility
Freedom to say NO and freedom to improve / innovate ANYTHING and EVERYTHING
Followed a framework BUT adapted as needed

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Speaker Details

Matthew Harvey

ShopriteX

Matthew Harvey has vast experience in the retail industry, with a career spanning 37 years. He is now a certified SAFe®️ 4 Agilist, SAFe®️ 6 Release Train Engineer(RTE) and SAFe®️ 6 SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)and has learned how to share practical skills on taking people and organisations on the Agile journey.

During his 17 years at Clicks, he gained valuable experience in-store and regional management and implementing space planning strategies. Matthew later spent 13 years as an independent contractor at Clicks. He excelled as a Senior Project Manager and successfully implemented a wide range of system and process projects, including their eCommerce project.

In the last seven years, he has been a part of the Shoprite Group, where he served as an independent contractor Senior Project Manager on the SAP COR3 project and as a Business Delivery Lead for the Digital Transformation project. Matthew is currently the Agile Delivery Chapter Lead at ShopriteX, where he has been for the last four years.

ShopriteX

ShopriteX is the digital innovation hub of the Shoprite Group, Africa's largest fast-moving consumer goods retailer. Marrying the best of data science and technology, ShopriteX is dedicated to saving customers time and money through innovation and frictionless, more personalised shopping experiences.

Jeffrey Devine

ShopriteX

A total of 20 years experience across Banking, Retail and IT with a strong emphasis on Agile adoption, Agile enablement and Change Management. Jeffrey’s passion is anything Agile and implementing Agile methods to unlock value for Stakeholders.

As a certified SAFe®️ 6.0 Practice Consultant (SPC), Release Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum Master (SASM), Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM), Jeffrey works with Agile teams, RTE’s, STE’s, LPM etc to foster continuous delivery of solutions into Business with a focus on entrenchment and Agile adoption and fostering continuous growth and exploration.

His previous training delivery experience as well as strong Finance and Retail background brings diversity and experience from many facets ensuring that the Customer is at the centre of all value unlock In the last 6 years Jeffrey has worked for the Shoprite Group where he has worked in Change Management and is currently an Agile Specialist in the Agile Delivery Chapter at ShopriteX, where he has been for the last 2 years.

ShopriteX: Ready – Fire – Aim

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