SAFe

The scaled agile framework is a set of organisational and workflow patterns intended to guide enterprises in scaling lean and agile practices. SAFe promotes alignment, collaboration, and delivery across large numbers of agile teams. It was developed by and for practitioners, by leveraging three primary bodies of knowledge: agile software development, lean product development, and systems thinking.

Principles

According to its authors, SAFe is based upon ten underlying concepts, which are derived from existing lean and agile principles, as well as observation:

1. Take an economic view
2. Apply systems thinking
3. Assume variability; preserve options
4. Build incrementally with fast integrated learning cycles
5. Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems
6. Visualise and limit work-in-progress, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths
7. Apply cadence (timing), synchronise with cross-domain planning
8. Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
9. Decentralise decision-making
10. Organise around value

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