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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
