Value Glide — Operating Model Architecture for Executive Teams

The Primary Reason Why Agile Transformations Fail

Although Agile ways of working can bring in a host of strengths to a team but when practised ineffectively and without a vision, I found that many organisations fail when it comes down to Agile transformation. The primary reasons why Agile transformations fail come down to two things: 🚀 Lack of ambition. 🚀 Business benefits […]
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How Does SAFe Handle Budgeting and Financial Management?

How Does SAFe Handle Budgeting and Financial Management? Budgeting and Financial Management in SAFe refers to the approach and practices used in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for managing financial resources and budgets within an organisation. In SAFe, the emphasis is on lean budgeting strategies that eliminate traditional project-based functions and other overheads. Therefore through the use of Lean Budgets, financial resources can […]
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How Does SAFe Handle Risk Management?

How Does SAFe Handle Risk Management? The importance of managing risky projects is sometimes underestimated, because risks ultimately have the potential to completely derail your project. Furthermore, poorly managed risks can not only damage your project’s success but also your company’s reputation. Poor risk management can also result in unwanted costs and is therefore an […]
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How does SAFe Handle Release Planning and Execution?

How does SAFe Handle Release Planning and Execution? In SAFe, when we talk about Release Planning and Execution, we are referring to a calculated document that is used to capture and track the features that are planned for an upcoming release. So in essence, it is an internal working document for product and development teams whereby a number of solutions such […]
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How Does SAFe Handle Planning and Execution at the Team Level?

How Does SAFe Handle Planning and Execution at the Team Level? In SAFe (The Scaled Agile Framework), the Team Level refers to the level of an organisation whereby Agile Teams are created, and work together to deliver high-quality products to their customers. In SAFe, an Agile Team is typically composed of a group of 10, and sometimes even fewer individuals who together define, build, test, […]
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How Does SAFe Handle Planning and Execution at the Program Level?

When dealing with large-scale organisations, the Scaled Agile Framework is typically used as a methodology to implement Agile practices. In doing so, the framework operates on three program levels; the team level, the portfolio level, and the program level. At the Program Level of SAFe, a group of Agile teams, otherwise known as the Agile Release Train (ART), work together to deliver a […]
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How does SAFe handle changing priorities?

How does SAFe handle changing priorities? Change is a fact of life, especially in a complex environment. SAFe or Scaled Agile Framework is built upon the agile values and principles, as defined in the agile manifesto, and so we welcome change, even late in development, because it helps ensure that we are always focused on delivering the most valuable […]
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How does SAFe handle dependencies between agile teams?

How does SAFe handle dependencies between agile teams? Dependencies, especially in complex, multi-team environments are a fact of life. People assume that once they make the transition to agile, dependencies suddenly evaporate, but that simply isn’t true. The reality is that dependencies are always going to be a part of the equation. Even if your product only requires a single […]
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What are the benefits of using SAFe?

What are the benefits of using SAFe? One of the primary benefits of SAFe or Scaled Agile Framework is that it offers an opportunity to align teams of agile teams with customer and organizational objectives in a way that other agile frameworks don’t. Organizations tend to fall into two categories: They aren’t agile but are […]
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