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The Roles and Responsibilities of a SAFe Agilist You Never Knew

Agilemania

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning. Working with lean agile principles helps the SAFe Agilist in building the Agile Portfolio management with lean budgeting. But, is there a solution? Decentralize decision-making.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

Scrum.org

From sunk costs, HIPPO-ism, my-budget-my-features to self-fulfilling prophecies?— Apparently, there is a difference in the inspect & adapt cadence when product strategy and Sprint Backlog are compared to each other. How that is supposed to happen is nowhere described in the Scrum Guide.

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The Complete Guide to Scaling Agile and SAFe for Business Agility

Agilemania

The cadence of development of multiple teams. In 2011, Dean Leffingwell codified SAFe, the Scaled Agile Framework , to help bring the success that small teams have enjoyed with various agile methodologies such as Scrum or XP but scaled to the enterprise. How do we budget?” . Facilitate teams of teams planning.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Surviving the Matrix Organization , The common picture of the project manager in a matrixed organization is of a frustrated diplomat struggling to cajole the functional departments into performing the work on schedule and within budget. PMI EVM Community of Practice, EVM World , May 16-18 2011. IMP/EVM World Workshop Materials.