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Stéphane Rondal 
stephane.rondal@arexo.be 
@stephanerondal 
Introduction to SAFe 
Scaled Agile Framework
Stephane Rondal 
18+ years software engineering 
9+ years in Agile 
Co-founder of Arexo 
Co-founder of Wajug 
Certified SAFe SPC 
Certified Management 3.0 Trainer 
@stephanerondal 
stephane.rondal@arexo.be 
slideshare.net/srondal
Conclusion 
Disclaimer
• Multiple teams working on same or inter-related 
Why? 
projects 
• Need better inter-team/projects coordination 
• Need a more long term view than « just the 
next sprint » 
• Scale Agile to the whole company, going an 
extra level
But what is SAFe?
Portfolio Level 
Program Level 
Team Level 
Foundations 
SAFe
Lean 
Lean Budgeting Agile 
Scrum XP 
Foundations
Your typical Scrum Teams 
Self-organizing 
Team Level 
Sprints/Iterations 
Multi-disciplinary team 
Product Owner 
Scrum Master 
Usual Ceremonials 
Sprint Planning Meeting 
Sprint Review Meeting 
Retrospective 
User Stories 
Velocity 
Estimations 
Story Points 
Daily standup 
Product Increment
• Essence 
• Roles 
• Collaboration Mechanisms 
• Artifacts 
Program Level
« A group of related projects managed in a 
coordinated way to obtain benefits and 
control not available from managing them 
individually. » 
Project Management Institute
A (virtual) organization of 5-12 
teams, centered around the value 
stream map, working together to 
deliver solutions. 
Agile Release Train (ART)
Have the whole system sprinting 
and delivering on cadence 
Goal
• Release planning meeting 
• Scrum of Scrum 
• System demo 
• Inspect and adapt workshop 
Collaboration Mechanisms
• Plan a whole Program Increment (PI) 
• 2-day meeting with the whole ART 
• High energy meeting 
• Designed to foster alignment 
• Right people at the right place 
Release Planning
System Architect 
Agile Lean Leaders 
Product Management 
Release Train Engineer 
System Team 
Business Owners 
Program Level Roles
• Communicate business context 
• Communicate solution vision & top 10 
features 
• Communicate Architecture & Dev practices 
• Draft planning in teams 
• Management review & problem solving 
Release Planning – Day 1
• Planning adjustements 
• Program Risks 
• Confidence vote 
• Planning adjustements 
• Planning retrospective 
Release Planning – Day 2
• PI Plan, sprint per sprint 
• Program Risks 
• PI objectives 
• Program Board 
Release Planning Output
Program Board @SoS
• Release planning meeting 
• Scrum of Scrum 
• System demo 
• Inspect and adapt workshop 
Collaboration Mechanisms
• Program Increment (PI) 
• Features 
• Architectural Features 
Main Artifacts
• Lean… Lean… Lean… 
• Reduced batch size 
• Prioritisation based on WSJF 
• Decentralize control when more efficient 
• Development of strong leadership 
• Building architectural runway 
There is more…
• Essence 
• Roles 
• Collaboration Mechanisms 
• Artifacts 
Portfolio Level
• Define strategic themes 
• Build portfolio backlog 
– High-level epics (feature & architecture) 
• Setup Agile Release Train(s) 
• Fund ARTs 
Portfolio Level Activities
Enterprise Architect 
Program Portfolio 
Management 
Agile Lean Leaders 
Epic Owners 
Portfolio Level Roles
• The « Spotify Approach » 
• Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) 
• Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) 
• Evidence-Based Management (EBM) 
Alternatives
SAFe 3.0 in 9 minutes
• Have 3+ teams working on the same 
program? 
• Already doing Scrum/Kanban? 
• Why not try it…. can bring nice benefits 
• Mind the gap, there’s no silver bullet 
Conclusion
http://scaledagileframework.com/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzeNQm7L0w#t=36 
http://blog.crisp.se/2012/11/14/henrikkniberg/scaling-agile-at-spotify 
http://www.infoq.com/articles/large-scale-scrum-jomorgan 
http://disciplinedagiledelivery.com/ 
http://evidence-basedmanagement.com/ 
References
THANK YOU ! 
AREXO CONSULTING 
Stephane Rondal 
stephane.rondal@arexo.be 
@stephanerondal 
www.arexo.be

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Introduction to SAFe, the Scaled Agile Framework

  • 1. Stéphane Rondal stephane.rondal@arexo.be @stephanerondal Introduction to SAFe Scaled Agile Framework
  • 2. Stephane Rondal 18+ years software engineering 9+ years in Agile Co-founder of Arexo Co-founder of Wajug Certified SAFe SPC Certified Management 3.0 Trainer @stephanerondal stephane.rondal@arexo.be slideshare.net/srondal
  • 4. • Multiple teams working on same or inter-related Why? projects • Need better inter-team/projects coordination • Need a more long term view than « just the next sprint » • Scale Agile to the whole company, going an extra level
  • 5. But what is SAFe?
  • 6.
  • 7. Portfolio Level Program Level Team Level Foundations SAFe
  • 8. Lean Lean Budgeting Agile Scrum XP Foundations
  • 9. Your typical Scrum Teams Self-organizing Team Level Sprints/Iterations Multi-disciplinary team Product Owner Scrum Master Usual Ceremonials Sprint Planning Meeting Sprint Review Meeting Retrospective User Stories Velocity Estimations Story Points Daily standup Product Increment
  • 10. • Essence • Roles • Collaboration Mechanisms • Artifacts Program Level
  • 11. « A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. » Project Management Institute
  • 12. A (virtual) organization of 5-12 teams, centered around the value stream map, working together to deliver solutions. Agile Release Train (ART)
  • 13. Have the whole system sprinting and delivering on cadence Goal
  • 14. • Release planning meeting • Scrum of Scrum • System demo • Inspect and adapt workshop Collaboration Mechanisms
  • 15. • Plan a whole Program Increment (PI) • 2-day meeting with the whole ART • High energy meeting • Designed to foster alignment • Right people at the right place Release Planning
  • 16. System Architect Agile Lean Leaders Product Management Release Train Engineer System Team Business Owners Program Level Roles
  • 17. • Communicate business context • Communicate solution vision & top 10 features • Communicate Architecture & Dev practices • Draft planning in teams • Management review & problem solving Release Planning – Day 1
  • 18. • Planning adjustements • Program Risks • Confidence vote • Planning adjustements • Planning retrospective Release Planning – Day 2
  • 19. • PI Plan, sprint per sprint • Program Risks • PI objectives • Program Board Release Planning Output
  • 21. • Release planning meeting • Scrum of Scrum • System demo • Inspect and adapt workshop Collaboration Mechanisms
  • 22. • Program Increment (PI) • Features • Architectural Features Main Artifacts
  • 23. • Lean… Lean… Lean… • Reduced batch size • Prioritisation based on WSJF • Decentralize control when more efficient • Development of strong leadership • Building architectural runway There is more…
  • 24.
  • 25. • Essence • Roles • Collaboration Mechanisms • Artifacts Portfolio Level
  • 26. • Define strategic themes • Build portfolio backlog – High-level epics (feature & architecture) • Setup Agile Release Train(s) • Fund ARTs Portfolio Level Activities
  • 27. Enterprise Architect Program Portfolio Management Agile Lean Leaders Epic Owners Portfolio Level Roles
  • 28.
  • 29. • The « Spotify Approach » • Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) • Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) • Evidence-Based Management (EBM) Alternatives
  • 30. SAFe 3.0 in 9 minutes
  • 31. • Have 3+ teams working on the same program? • Already doing Scrum/Kanban? • Why not try it…. can bring nice benefits • Mind the gap, there’s no silver bullet Conclusion
  • 32. http://scaledagileframework.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzeNQm7L0w#t=36 http://blog.crisp.se/2012/11/14/henrikkniberg/scaling-agile-at-spotify http://www.infoq.com/articles/large-scale-scrum-jomorgan http://disciplinedagiledelivery.com/ http://evidence-basedmanagement.com/ References
  • 33. THANK YOU ! AREXO CONSULTING Stephane Rondal stephane.rondal@arexo.be @stephanerondal www.arexo.be

Editor's Notes

  1. Who knows WAJUG? Next talks with Bruno Sbille
  2. In now way affiliated to SAFe SAFe is for me a tool that helps an organization to scale Agile and helps to run Agile transformations
  3. Each with its sweet spot
  4. SAFe is « just » a framework