SAFe in the Trenches – A new ebook by AgileSparks
In the last couple of years, I’ve been writing about SAFe on the AgileSparks Blog, providing guidance articles for the SAI, and creating some complementary approaches and services in the [...]
Please don’t come to our Implementing SAFe SPC4 workshops
Seriously, please don’t come. Don’t come if you’re looking at it as a formality since you already know everything about agile and just need the SPC (SAFe Program Consultant) [...]
Improving SAFe thru Professional Scrum
SAFe includes Scrum – so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile [...]
The Product Manager / Product Owner AS A Scientist
We’ve all heard it before – “Talented technology team builds amazing product!” That… doesn’t create the impact that they wanted, not enough customers end up buying or the users aren’t happy [...]
Improving your SAFe™ Implementation with some additional Flow metrics
The Premise A year ago Scrum.org, in collaboration with Daniel Vacanti and myself, published the Kanban Guide For Scrum Teams, a guide that is aimed at helping Scrum Teams take advantage of [...]
A different approach to estimations in SAFe
SAFe™ (The Scaled Agile Framework) uses Story Points throughout the various levels as its estimation currency. This is covered in the “Story” article on the SAFe site. This is a pretty standard [...]
The difference between Planned vs Actual vs Actual Actual Business Value when it comes to SAFe PI Objectives
Actual is a relative term when it comes to business value delivered by a SAFe PI Objective. We had a discussion about this a couple of weeks ago in an Implementing SAFe class and I promised a [...]
SAFe is a Scaled Agile Framework, Not a Scaled Agile Methodology
Last week this was a theme in the Implementing SAFe class Ofer Cohen and I ran in Waltham, MA. We find it crucial when training new SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs) to emphasize that they should [...]
Building Great Release Train Engineers – a talk with Mattias & Yuval
In the scaled Agile framework, one key role is the Release Train Engineer (RTE). But who should I look for to fill this role? What are the first few process improvements experienced RTE’s [...]
Which Public Agile Training Is Right For Me? (a.k.a Navigating The Agile Training Landscape)
Navigating the Agile Training Landscape It’s become pretty confusing these days. If you’re interested in advancing your Agile knowledge there are so many options. I often field [...]
