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Is SAFe Agile?

Leading Agile

I don’t spend a bunch of time on LinkedIn, but the other day, I was scrolling around and happened to catch a thread where some folks in the Agile community were debating if SAFe was actually Agile. People have been debating this topic for as long as SAFe has been around. What is Agile?

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The Uncomfortable Truth of Scaling ‘Agile’

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Uncomfortable Truth of Scaling Agile Agile transformations, scaling Agile from a team level to the whole organization, are more than implementing frameworks like SAFe®. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 47,000-plus subscribers. ? ??

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Has Agile Stalled?

Scrum.org

Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. I have witnessed the growth of Scrum, the rise of DevOps, the impact of XP, the expansion of SAFe, and the growing connection to professional coaching. At Agile 2023, I did not feel that. My first was in Chicago in 2009.

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Agile Transformation Requires More Than Agile Practices

Leading Agile

Many people believe that the practices associated with Scrum and SAFe will reveal what’s getting in the way. But what happens when the teams run up against a tightly coupled mainframe system, or cross-cutting concerns amongst multiple teams, and dependencies in the technology stack? Music Interlude) Hey, everybody.

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“The Sprint Review is Just a Demo” and other Scrum myths

Scrum.org

The Sprint Review serves as an invaluable opportunity to inspect and assess what has been delivered over the course of the Sprint. While both fall under the Agile umbrella, they are distinct approaches with different scopes and purposes. Scrum is a framework, not a set of work instructions. The flexibility of Scrum is its strength.

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4 Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. All the things we consider hallmarks of a small team, Agile methodology. But here we are.

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Waterfall won the war with Agile!

Scrum.org

Agility and self-organisation were beaten to a stalemate by hierarchy and command & control. TLDR; Waterfall won the war with agile. Agile did not win the war with waterfall. The markets were new, largely stable, and based on textile, steel, and large-scale goods production. I want to help people change.

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