19. Essential SAFe

Simplicity—the art of maximizing the amount of work not done—is essential.

—Agile Manifesto

Overview

Lean-Agile Principles

Agile Teams and Release Trains

Cadence and Synchronization

Essential Team and Program Roles

PI Planning

System Demo

Inspect and Adapt

IP Iteration

DevOps Pipeline

Lean-Agile Leadership

Summary

Overview

Throughout this book, we’ve described the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in some detail. While it is indeed “distilled” from the larger body of knowledge,1 the fact remains that it’s a significant framework. Not surprisingly, we’ve observed that not every implementation realizes the full business benefits others achieve. When diagnosing these cases, we typically discover the root causes, which illustrates ...

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