22Scaled Agile Framework®
THE SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK® (SAFE®), developed by Dean Leffingwell, is “a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, and DevOps.”1 Figure 22.1 shows a high‐level overview of the latest version of the Scaled Agile Framework. SAFe has evolved over the years from a layered approach to enterprise management to a very robust and well‐integrated set of core competencies, principles, and values that can be used to define a complete, top‐to‐bottom enterprise‐level Agile approach.
SAFe® COMPETENCY AREAS
SAFe is composed of seven core competency areas:
1. Continuous Learning Culture
SAFe recognizes the importance of having an organizational culture that is consistent with an Agile environment as a foundation for the overall framework:
The Continuous Learning Culture competency describes a set of values and practices that encourage individuals—and the enterprise as a whole—to continually increase knowledge, competence, performance, and innovation.
This is achieved by becoming a learning organization, committing to relentless improvement, and promoting a culture of innovation.2
FIGURE 22.1 SAFe 5 for ...
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