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 [...]
In Agile, Agile Mindset, Product Management, Product Ownership, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile
Posted 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 [...]
SAFe for Agile Marketing Guidance Article
Scaling Agile Marketing With SAFe – Overview More and more Marketing organizations are realizing today that they need to be faster, more flexible/responsive and more collaborative, in order [...]
