Overview

Kendis Strategic Themes is a feature within the Kendis agile scaling platform designed to help organizations clearly define, align, and visualize their strategic themes across multiple agile teams and portfolios. It enables decision-makers and delivery teams to maintain transparency of business priorities, ensuring every initiative aligns with the overarching strategic goals. By mapping work items and PI (Program Increment) objectives directly to strategic themes, Kendis facilitates strategic clarity, coordination, and better investment decisions. The platform supports real-time collaboration and progress tracking to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Features and Capabilities

• **Strategic Themes Management: **Create, edit, and manage strategic themes that reflect your organization's vision and goals. Link themes to work items for clear prioritization.
• **Visualization and Mapping: **Visualize themes alongside Epics, Features, and User Stories within program boards, enabling teams to see how their work contributes to strategic outcomes.
• **Alignment Across Portfolios: **Align multiple teams and ARTs (Agile Release Trains) under shared strategic themes to ensure enterprise-wide coherence.
• **Traceability: **Track the progress of work items mapped to strategic themes, providing transparency into delivery status and goal achievement.
• **Customizable Dashboards: **Use configurable dashboards to monitor theme progress, dependencies, and team contributions in real time.
• **Collaboration Tools: **Facilitate communication between business owners, product managers, and delivery teams to maintain alignment on strategic priorities.
• **Integration with SAFe and Agile Frameworks: **Supports SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methodology by integrating strategic themes as key elements in portfolio and program planning.
• Reporting and Analytics: Generate reports highlighting how themes impact delivery and business outcomes to guide decision-making.
• **Prioritization Support: **Prioritize strategic themes to focus team efforts and allocate resources effectively.
• **User-Friendly Interface: **Intuitive interface designed for both technical and business users, enabling quick adoption and ease of use.