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Is SAFe Evil? Henrik Kniberg Lars Roost

Hi! Lars Roost Henrik Kniberg Program Manager & Agile/Lean coach Agile Change Agent

Is SAFe Evil? It depends....

Is SAFe Evil? No.

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SAFe in a nutshell 10:25 01:32

Agile ”umbrella” – a family of iterative, incremental methods SAFe FDD DSDM (Scaled Agile Framework) Crystal XP Scrum Kanban Henrik Kniberg

SAFe in a nutshell Portfolio Kanban System Portfolio Implementing Funnel Review Analysis Backlog PORTFOLIO LEVEL Epic Business case PROGRAM LEVEL Agile Release T rain Product Increment Program backlog 8-12 weeks Feature Releasable TEAM LEVEL Sprint Scrum T eam T eam backlog 2-3 weeks Story T estable Henrik Kniberg

Pattern: 2-tier planning Months Weeks Weeks Weeks Weeks Henrik Kniberg

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Example: PI-planning @ Lego 10:32 01:32

Agenda for PI planning 5 8 weeks 2 2 2 2 Weeks Weeks Weeks Week Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

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Day ¡1 ¡ Lightning talks High level priorities: Architecture vision / priorities / constraints 1. ... 2. ... 3. .... Global ¡Insights ¡ Digital ¡Child ¡Safety ¡ Data ¡Privacy ¡Law ¡ Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ Instant feedback on the event Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ T eam breakouts Law of 2 feet.... Can you help? Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ T eams pull features from common backlog Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ T eams pull features from common backlog v2 Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

T eam boards Day ¡1 ¡ Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

The Program Board Day ¡1 ¡ Dependency mapping by teams Notice any patterns? Scrum of Scrums Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ Risk Board (per major project/program epic) Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ Draft plan ”fair” 4 presentation rounds: 10 min + 10 min + 5 min + 5 min Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day ¡1 ¡ Management review Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day 2 Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day 2 Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Day 2 Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Should the building instructions be followed? 10:42 01:32

Shu Ha Ri Shu = Follow the rules Ha = Adapt the rules Ri = Ignore the rules SAFe = Shu-level scaling Henrik Kniberg

Lego’s journey 10:45 01:32

Focus on the basics Simplicity Collaboration Lars Roost

So what to do with lots of them? NEXUS TM ¡Framework ¡ Disciplined ¡Agile ¡Delivery ¡ And many, many more… Lars Roost

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So what have we gained? T ransparen ency, , T ransparen ency, , T ransparen ency, , T ransparen ency, , T ransparen ency… Lars Roost

“Solid” effects so far Sel elec ected ed answer ers to T T e eams handle “Ho How has as SA SAFe affec ected ed your r daily work rk?” “resource e allocation” 7 out of 10: T eam Priorities are clearer 6 out of 10: I add more value 3 out of 10: We spend less time on meetings 2 out of 10: We have less Work In Progress Increas ased ed pred edictab ability Lars Roost

And it gives us so much more… Momen entum Aw Awaren eness of f cha change Inter erfaces agile e teams with water erfall IT dep dep. Lars Roost

But ¡journey ¡has ¡just ¡begun… ¡ Photo ¡by ¡Yoryo ¡García ¡ ¡ Lars Roost

The Good The Bad The Ugly 10:55 01:32

Planning as a social event Dependency Board (aka Program Board) Risk Board Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

Big Bang is risky Don’t get stuck in Shu Don’t swallow the whole elephant Don’t believe in Hype Watch out for Queues and Batches or Anti-Hype Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost

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Wrapup 11:05 01:32

Take-away points • SAFe is a toolkit. Neither Good nor Evil. • SAFe is built on Lean & Agile principles. Thanks for listening! • SAFe = Shu-level scaling. • It’s big and detailed. Take the stuff you need only. • SAFe can be useful when you have: • A bunch of teams working on the same product • A bunch of teams working on different products, but have many dependencies. • Don’t get stuck in Shu. Experiment a lot! Henrik Kniberg & Lars Roost