Scaled Agility with SAFe®
Scale lean-agile ways of working beyond individual teams.
Support for establishing and scaling SAFe® as a practical way of working — from the first Agile Release Train to multiple teams, products, organizational units, and external partners.
Agile teamsalready working iteratively
First Agile Release Trainprepared and launched
Programs, products & supplierscoordinated across boundaries
One scaled operating modelagile and non-agile parts included
Overview
Agile pays off organizationally when it reaches past the team.
Agile methods create their full organizational value when lean and agile principles extend beyond individual development teams and connect programs, products, suppliers, and portfolio-level coordination.
The engagement can support the first Agile Release Train as well as broader scaling across multiple teams, products, organizational units, and external partners.
Objective
Establish a scalable lean-agile working model that enables teams and organizational levels to collaborate effectively while preserving the coordination needed for complex product development.
Service scope
The engagement can support
- Preparation and launch of Agile Release Trains
- Scaling from teams to programs and products
- Coordination with external suppliers
- Integration with non-agile teams
- Hybrid development models
- Organizational adoption of lean-agile principles
- Supporting process and governance changes
Benefits
- Launch an initial Agile Release Train quickly and with experienced support.
- Establish a lean-agile working environment that scales beyond individual teams.
- Align teams, programs, products, external suppliers, and other organizational levels.
- Enable collaboration between agile and non-agile parts of the organization through a common, coordinated development model.
- Reduce the risk that every organizational area creates its own interpretation of scaled agility.