Appendix D: The Scaled Agile DevOps Accredited Facilitator’s Facilitation Playbook

Presenting to Executive Stakeholders

Establishing Credibility in the First Executive Briefing

The Convoy Kickoff Executive Presentation Template

The Executive Sponsorship Alignment Workshop

Selling the Periodic Table and Framework Architecture

Selling the Periodic Table as an Onboarding Tool

Teaching Core Principles and Concepts

Teaching the Principles Without Triggering Cognitive Dissonance

Handling Team Resistance

Resolving Turf Conflicts When Systems Overlap

Maintaining Convoy Discipline When Teams Lose Focus

Introducing Fractal Branching to Teams Accustomed to Trunk-Based Development

Objection Response Patterns

When to Escalate Objections to the Commodore

Ceremony Facilitation Guidance

The Press Gang Ceremony Facilitation Guide

The Governance Org Chart Alignment Workshop

Running the First PDAC Meeting

Managing Ceremony Fatigue in Long Engagements

Scope and Planning Facilitation

Managing Scope Negotiations During Planning Week

Harbor Review and Retrospective Facilitation

The Harbor Review Retrospective Guide (No Action Items Without Approval)

Measurement and Metrics Communication

The Metrics Baseline Workshop

Installing Tracking Tooling in the First 30 Days

Quality, Documentation, and Compliance Facilitation

Selling Test Deferral to Quality-Minded Stakeholders

PeopleWare and HR Integration

Introducing PeopleWare to a Skeptical HR Department

Certification Pipeline Development

Designing a Certification Roadmap for a New Engagement

Building Technical Certification Pipelines in Large Engagements

Running DEPRESSED Exam Cohorts at Scale

AI and Technology Adoption Framing

Implementing the AI Governance Framework

Introducing Role Replacement Certifications Without Triggering Attrition

Engagement Documentation and ATO Reporting

Collecting and Submitting Your Own ATO-Verified Experience Reports