What is SaFe?
The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is a system for implementing Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices at scale. The Scaled Agile Framework is the most popular framework for leading enterprises because it works: it’s trusted, customizable, and sustainable.
If you want to build operational excellence, collaboration, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction into your organizational DNA, where do you start? SAFe provides a proven playbook for transformation.
The Scaled Agile Framework, or SAFe, is an agile framework developed for development teams. Most importantly, SAFE’s foundation consists of below metaphorical pillars:
Furthermore, SAFe gives a product team flexibility. Moreover, it helps manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing Agile. SAFe consists of a broad knowledge base of proven best practices. Likewise, product teams use SAFe to deliver successful software products.
When to use SAFe?
- When a team is interested to implement an agile approach consistently across larger, multi-team programs and portfolios.
- When multiple teams are running their own way of Agile implementation but regularly facing obstacles, delays, and failures.
- When teams want to work independently.
- When you want to scale Agile across the organization but not sure what new roles may be needed or what existing roles (i.e., management) need to change and how.
- When you have attempted to scale the Agile across your organization but struggling in alignment to achieve uniform or consistent strategy across business departments from portfolio to program and team levels.
- When an organization needs to improve its product development lead time and want to know how other companies have succeeded in scaling Agile with SAFe.