SAFe Quickstart ART Launch

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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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What could you realistically achieve in the first 12 weeks of an agile consulting engagement?

What could you realistically achieve in the first 12 weeks of an agile consulting engagement? We would start by identifying the purpose of change within the client environment. What is the problem they are trying to solve and what is preventing them from achieving that objective? We would look to define the measures and metrics […]

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What is a value stream identification workshop?

A value stream identification workshop is designed to help the team and organization identify and understand how the customer derives and captures value from the product, feature, or service. In other words, how does the organization make money by effectively serving its customers. A Value Glide agile coach and SAFe expert will work with a select group of individuals from your […]

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Why did SAFe create the Quickstart ART Launch program?

The SAFe Quickstart ART Launch program is a response to a number of SAFe implementations that Value Glide and several other SAFe specialist consultancies have been a part of. In the early days of SAFe implementations, we gathered a great deal of data and evidence from each unique application and learned from both the successes and the failures to inform what the optimal approach […]

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What is the Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration in SAFe?

What is the Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration in SAFe? For people to effectively innovate, you need to create time and space for them to do so. So, in every PI (program increment) – which is a cadence in SAFe – time for innovation and planning is built into the cycle to ensure that our agile team are always working on the […]

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Is SAFe the most popular scaling framework and if so, why do you think that is?

Is SAFe the most popular scaling framework and if so, why do you think that is? SAFe is acknowledged to be the most successful scaling framework, across the world, in almost every industry or application you can think of, and it represents almost 36% of market share compared to single digit figures for other agile frameworks such as LeSS […]

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When does an organization reach the tipping point and what does that mean?

When does an organization reach the tipping point and what does that mean? There are a few tipping points, in the context of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). Making the decision to adopt SAFe Becoming more effective Responding to change Making the decision to adopt SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Change is hard, and it’s even harder when you are […]

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Under what conditions would SAFe be a great solution for an organization?

Under what conditions would SAFe be a great solution for an organization? The following assumptions, or conditions, would need to be true for SAFe (Scaling Agile Framework) to be a great solution for an organization. Multiple teams necessary to deliver a solution/product to a customer. A lack of organizational agility Teams are overburdened and stressed Multiple teams […]

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What is the difference between SAFe and Scrum?

What is the difference between SAFe and Scrum? Scrum is an agile framework designed to work at the team level, which consists of between 6 and 9 people at most. It is a cross-functional team that coordinate their own work and prioritize the continuous delivery of valuable work for customers, end-users, and product stakeholders. They work […]

How does SAFe handle dependencies between agile teams?

What are the benefits of using SAFe?

What could you realistically achieve in the first 12 weeks of an agile consulting engagement?

What is a value stream identification workshop?

Why did SAFe create the Quickstart ART Launch program?

What is the Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration in SAFe?

Is SAFe the most popular scaling framework and if so, why do you think that is?

When does an organization reach the tipping point and what does that mean?

Under what conditions would SAFe be a great solution for an organization?

What is the difference between SAFe and Scrum?

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