Kendis

Kendis is a PI Planning and Scaling Solution specifically designed for organizations utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). It aims to provide a comprehensive platform for various roles including agile coaches, release train engineers (RTEs), product owners, scrum masters, development teams, and IT and software development companies. According to the vendor, Kendis offers a range of features and integrations to facilitate efficient planning, coordination, and alignment with strategic objectives, enabling collaboration across teams. The solution is tailored to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes.

Key Features

OKRs: According to the vendor, Kendis allows organizations to align with strategic objectives by tracking key results to monitor performance and alignment.

PI/Big Room Planning: The vendor claims that Kendis facilitates remote team engagement in virtual environments, enabling the planning of features and stories in alignment with business priorities.

Integrations: Kendis offers seamless integration with Atlassian Jira and Microsoft Azure DevOps, allowing teams to continue using their preferred tools while planning and tracking in Kendis, as stated by the vendor.

Ceremonies: Kendis provides a platform for planning and organizing all PI Planning ceremonies, including planning agenda, team capacity allocation, planning scrum of scrums, program roles assignment, and confidence voting, according to the vendor.

Complete Solution: The vendor states that Kendis offers a comprehensive solution covering various aspects from planning to tracking, including dependencies management, feature planning and prioritization, alignment of objectives with strategic themes, risk identification and management, progress tracking, and WSJF calculation for feature prioritization.

Scrum of Scrums: Kendis acts as a hub for scrum masters to organize and track scrum of scrums sessions, keeping track of highlights, progress updates, key points, and action points in one place, according to the vendor.

Timeline View: The vendor claims that Kendis provides a centralized platform for monitoring project timelines, allowing customization based on milestones, comparison of team progress, and improved delivery predictability.

The Platform: According to the vendor, Kendis enables the tracking of multiple release trains together with the solution board, facilitating the management of dependencies and tracking of objectives through pre and post planning sync for holistic planning and tracking.