In recent years, it has become evident that software is driving innovation and development in practically all industries. Agile was created to help software development teams keep pace with the accelerating rate of innovation and fast evolving user needs. Scaling Agile across large organizations was, and to some extent, continues to be a problem –…
When comparing frameworks for scaling Agile such as SAFe or Scrum at Scale, the question is not what the best framework for scaling Scrum is but rather which framework is best for you considering your knowledge base, your starting point and what you are looking to achieve. Then you need to consider what you think…
With the release of Scaled Agile Framework 4.0 a new 4th level is added to the freely available knowledge base. It is for a higher level of operation for larger organizations, providing a greater value stream for those businesses that have both software and systems engineering teams, developing both hardware and firmware (embedded software). Scaled…
Large enterprises the world over are lagging behind in software product innovation, due to being slower to adapt to changes in the market than their smaller competitors. “Coincidentally”, these smaller companies are increasingly adopting Agile, allowing them to react faster than global juggernaut enterprises. Not surprisingly, large companies are also looking to jump on the…
The Scaled Agile Framework and its architecture is the most popular method for scaling Agile for enterprise use. It builds upon Scrum, XP and Lean Agile development processes, but in addition provides SAFe architecture necessary to Scale Agile effectively. SAFe® differentiates between three different levels, the Team Level, Program Level and Portfolio Level and architecture…
Due to its prosperity in the software industry, Agile no longer needs an introduction: in the past decade or so, seemingly everyone has been talking about this modern framework. Having recognized the success that small and mid-sized companies are realizing by using Agile, a growing number of large enterprises are also looking to adopt this framework.…
The importance of managing risks in your software projects need not be further emphasized. Even if you’re not working on safety critical products, risks have the potential to fundamentally derail your projects. With safety critical projects however, it is even more obvious that product (functional) risks mean a serious threat not only to your project’s…
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), the standardized framework for the adoption of Lean and Agile practices in large enterprises, has had to face criticism from various sources, most importantly from famed experts such as Neil Killick (Agile and Lean thinker and trainer), Ken Schwaber (one of the founding fathers of Scrum and Agile), and Ron Jeffries (one of the…
In the early days, Agile development was used for pilot projects at the enterprise level. Developers worked in small teams experimenting with making “lean and Agile” methods work in their environment. The pioneers noted what worked and what didn’t, and went on to develop various frameworks and strategies for scaled Agile adoption. Scaled Agile adoption by enterprises…
