17. Implementing Agile Release Trains

Train everyone and launch trains.

—SAFe advice

Introduction

Prepare for the ART Launch

Train Teams and Launch the ART

The Quick-Start Approach to ART Launch

Coach ART Execution

Launch More ARTs in the Value Stream

Launch More Value Streams in the Portfolio

Summary

Introduction

In the previous chapter, we described steps 5 and 6 of the implementation roadmap, specifically:

• How to identify value streams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs)

• How to create the implementation plan

In this chapter, we’ll cover the next four steps in the transformation, including the most important part, which is organizing around value and by launching the ARTs in a value stream. The steps described here include how to do the following: ...

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