SAFe® 4.0 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework® for Lean Software and Systems Engineering, First Edition

18. Sustain and Improve

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence—only in constant improvement and constant change.

—Tom Peters

Introduction

Advance Organizational Maturity

Implement Agile HR Practices

Measure and Take Action

Improve Agile Architecture and Technical Practices

Focus on DevOps and Continuous Delivery

Reduce Time to Market with Value Stream Mapping

Summary

Introduction

In the past three chapters, we described a pattern for the successful implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). One Agile Release Train (ART) at a time and one value stream at a time, the business will move to this new way of working. Most importantly, substantial business benefits will occur.

But even after the initial business benefits are in place, ...