Resources to Support SAFe Transformations

SAFe helps unite executives and global teams to deliver faster and more predictably

Learn how the separate worlds of vehicle engineering and IT came together at Porsche to reimagine the sports car of the future

Agile leaders from CVS Health band together to tackle their monumental, and ever-evolving COVID response.

How Enterprise Agility Is Transforming the Largest Media Company in Latin America

“Many people in organizations think they are just too complex to have that business agility. However, as a company, AT&T proved that we could pivot and establish new ways of working to meet an urgent need.”  —Mary Ellen Ferrara What started with a small Agile group in 2012 has evolved into a growing effort to […]

The best way to improve your skills is through practice. But practicing the wrong way can lead to bad habits. In this episode of the SAFe Business Agility podcast, SPCT Dwayne Stroman discusses the concept of “practice makes permanent” and how it helps drive a successful SAFe implementation. Bill and Dwayne cover topics including: The […]

Technical expert, cat-herder, change leader, entrepreneur. Lots of terms have been used to describe an architect. But a marine pilot? In today’s episode of the SAFe Business Agility podcast, senior consultant and SPCT candidate Steve Adolph joins us to talk about that metaphor, plus the importance of the architect role and why it doesn’t get […]

In between running the Value Stream and ART Identification Workshop and actually launching an ART lies an informal process to determine what people should be involved where. And when that informal process is rushed, it can lead to less-than-optimal outcomes. At least that’s what SPCT Marshall Guillory discovered as he worked with organizations at that […]

What is a real Agile team? In this post, I hope to avoid the standard message about “what is a team?” and instead share some thought-provoking ideas about what a true Agile team is.

It was May of 2012, the year that the Mayan calendar said the “great cycle” shall come to an end. And with every cycle comes a new cycle. This new cycle was the beginning of an evolution of knowledge, sharing, and learning around how society builds the world’s largest systems.

When applying the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to large, complex, cyber-physical systems, we have discovered a pattern called solution areas to manage the complexity. A solution area is made up of two to four Agile teams that collaborate daily to solve problems together.

Is your SAFe® implementation slowing? Has the energy and enthusiasm faded, and it feels like just one more process change? Maybe you’re just not seeing the value you expected? That’s OK, because PI Planning presents significant opportunities for your relentless improvement journey.