Hi Folks, I was recently interviewed by Cisco business architect Venkat Narayan about SAFe, Agile and big data. It quickly evolved into a broader perspective on things like TQM, Lean Six Sigma and more, and most importantly (from my perspective!) why SAFe works as well as it does. I think it’s an interesting interview with one or two helpful insights. Check it out here. —Dean

Hi all, At Scaled Agile, we’ve experienced firsthand the benefits of creating a physical working environment that supports Agile practices, and many of you have shared similar experiences with us. Our new advanced topic article on Agile Workspaces brings together these learnings and provides recommendations for creating spaces where Agile teams, ARTs, and innovation can flourish—including considerations for remote working. We’ve also seen many organizations effectively use workspaces to visualize work and improve transparency, and have.

Hello folks: The upcoming release of SAFe 5.0 and the recent updates to the Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) class have advanced our thinking around establishing and documenting the Portfolio Vision, which is a new artifact in V5.0. Since we are supporting the current version (4.6) of SAFe for another year, we thought it would be helpful to update the portfolio canvas and guidance in 4.6 to reflect our latest thinking.  To that end, we’ve just.

Since we announced the SAFe 5.0 preview at the Global SAFe® Summit, a lot of people have asked us for a presentation outlining what the new version is all about and the changes from version 4.6 to 5.0. Well, we heard you and we’re excited to announce that our What’s New in SAFe 5.0 presentation is now available to download. Use the deck to inform yourself, your organization, colleagues, and customers about the newest version of.

Welcome back to our video series designed to jump-start your understanding of the core principles and practices of Agile software engineering. In this seventh installment, Lean-Agile thought leader Ken Pugh tackles the question of how to create a shared understanding of code behavior. Customers, developers, and testers think about behavior from multiple perspectives. So, how can you avoid problems that arise when people in this triad of roles think about behavior differently? Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).

When I learned about Microsoft’s new program, Agile for Good, I was honored that a few passionate SPCs and others at the company interested in helping our veterans wanted to provide SAFe® Scrum Master training to military veterans and their spouses, free of charge. We jumped at the chance to give back to this community by donating the course licenses. Microsoft decided to offer the course during its 2019 hackathon in July for a few.