Let’s briefly explore my list of 6 devastating SAFe anti-patterns. Each of these can be considered "devastating" due to the tremendous amounts of waste involved. #1 – Installing SAFe As-Is SAFe is huge. It is designed to cover most transformation needs from a perspective of scaling Agile at all levels – team, program, portfolio, and enterprise. Thinking of going SAFe? Here is a “SAFe [...]
One of the biggest anti-patterns I have consistently seen with SAFe enterprises is the misuse of the Large Solution level. Organizations (and yes Coaches) tend to misinterpret this extra level as required for inter-ART collaboration. They launch ARTs, realize that inter-ART dependencies exist, and immediately slap on the Large Solution as another level of overhead. Stop the madness! What Does SAFe Say? Here are [...]
As a portfolio or organizational leader, you may have wondered “How will SAFe change what we do?” One way of looking at this is to consider the constructs recommended by the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for the Portfolio level. For reference, here is a view of the SAFe 5.0 Portfolio configuration: Let’s briefly step through some of the important constructs that may cause [...]