About the Authors

A photograph of Dean Leffingwell, the creator of SAFe.

Dean Leffingwell, Creator of SAFe, Chief Methodologist, Scaled Agile, Inc.Widely recognized as the one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell is an author, serial entrepreneur, and software and systems development methodologist. His two best-selling books, Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise and Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises, form much of the basis of modern thinking on Lean-Agile practices and principles.

Richard Knaster, SAFe Fellow, Methodologist, and Principal Consultant, Scaled Agile, ...

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