Case Study: Nordea achieves scalable remote PI planning with Kendis

How Kendis helps nordea manage 150+ Release Trains

Nordea, a major bank based in Helsinki, faced the urgent challenge of transitioning its massive scaled agile operations to a remote setting at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 150 release trains and a need to facilitate PI Planning for thousands of employees, the bank required a robust solution to maintain alignment and coordination. They turned to the vendor Kendis and its PI Planning and Scaled Agile tool to address this disruption.

The solution from Kendis was implemented rapidly, scaling from a pilot of 80 users to an 800-user event within days. Nordea utilized Kendis for its dependency visualization, progress reporting, and remote PI Planning capabilities. The results were significant, with the tool quickly spreading company-wide to 5,000 active users. Kendis enabled Nordea to successfully manage its complex SAFe framework, establish a stable workflow, and efficiently handle its planning cadence and progress tracking.

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Roy Boven

Senior Process Specialist