How should you design your SAFe ART/Value Stream?
How should you design your SAFe ART and Value Stream topology? Principles and examples for deciding what train structure fits your organization.
Tag: for-safe-practitioners
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Uncertainty and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
SAFe was built to manage the uncertainty inherent in large-scale product development. How the framework structure helps, and where it can undermine empiricism.
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Using the Stacey Uncertainty Matrix in SAFe
Apply the Stacey Matrix to SAFe decisions so you can match planning, coordination, and leadership approach to the real level of uncertainty.
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Blindly following (or ignoring) the PI timebox
The SAFe rule that features must fit in a PI timebox is a proxy for deeper principles. When to respect it, when to flex it, and how to size features.
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Spotify Squad Health Check Beyond the Squad
Practical ways to run the Spotify Squad Health Check at leadership, tribe, and cross-team levels, including facilitation patterns for larger groups.
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Sometimes it's safer to take a guided tour rather than explore on your own using a tour book
Guided tour or guidebook? Why criticizing SAFe's prescriptiveness misses the real question: what problem are you actually trying to solve?