December 17, 2024

#3 Podcast with Jeff Lopes

 

In this podcast we interview Jeff Lopes the Delivery Executive for the Standard Bank SAP Core Banking replacement project. This is an important podcast for those who want to understand the management of large programmes and how to apply Lean-Agile approaches to it. He would like this episode to be called: "Never let a good crisis go to waste".

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Show notes

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - Role on the Core Banking Programme

02:58 - Background to the Core Banking Programme

06:06 - Adopting a new approach

10:45 - Feature toggling

12:30 - Release frequency

14:11 - Agile on large programmes

15:50 - Three ‘Copper Bullets’ to success in agile at scale

19:01 - Invitation to visit Jeff & Team at Core Banking

19:35 - Weekends

21:18 - Advice to a 30-year old Jeff

22:29 - Practices for handling stress

26:06 - Specific meditation practice

28:25 - Spirit Animal

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People

Jeff Lopes

Shane Ferley

Theo Skosana