2. SAFe Overview

This would all be a lot easier to understand if you would just draw me a picture.

—Global 100 executive

The Big Picture

The Levels

The Foundation

The Spanning Palette

Summary

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) helps businesses address the significant challenges of developing and delivering enterprise-class software and systems in the shortest sustainable lead time. It is an online, freely revealed knowledge base of proven success patterns for implementing Lean-Agile software and systems at enterprise scale.

Developed in the field, SAFe draws from three primary bodies of knowledge: Agile development, systems thinking, and Lean product development. It synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large numbers of Agile ...

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