SAFe® 4.5 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework® for Lean Enterprises, Second Edition

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Implementing Agile Release Trains

“Train everyone and launch trains.”

         —SAFe advice

Introduction

In the previous two chapters of this part of the book, we described steps 1–6 of the implementation roadmap. In this chapter, we’ll cover the next three steps, including the most important part of the transformation: implementing Agile Release Trains (ARTs). The steps described here focus on the following aspects of SAFe:

Step 7. Prepare for the ART launch.

Step 8. Train teams and launch the ART.

Step 9. Coach ART execution.

In addition, we’ll describe an accelerated, one-week ART ‘Quickstart’ approach to the ART launch, which—after some preparation—is the fastest way to get an ART structured, started, and delivering value.

Step 7. Prepare ...