✅ Understanding the SAFe Framework

📸 Value Stream Flow

"Value streams are foundational to SAFe, organizing work around the flow of value to deliver meaningful outcomes efficiently and continuously."

📝 What is SAFe?

The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is a proven system for scaling Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices across an enterprise. SAFe empowers organizations to achieve business agility by aligning strategy and execution through a structured framework that embraces collaboration, customer-centricity, and relentless improvement.

Key Pillars:

• Lean-Agile Principles – Foundational mindset for decision-making
• Team and Technical Agility – High-performing, cross-functional teams
• Agile Product Delivery – Continuous value delivery with DevOps
• Lean Portfolio Management – Aligning investments with enterprise goals

📸 SAFe Core Competencies

A wheel or hexagon diagram of the 7 Core Competencies of SAFe.

📝 Why SAFe?

Traditional project management models often struggle in large, fast-moving organizations. SAFe introduces a flexible yet disciplined structure that improves visibility, predictability, and alignment across teams of teams, delivering greater value at scale.

Benefits of Implementing SAFe:

• Aligns teams with clear objectives (OKRs and strategic themes)
• Builds an Agile Release Train (ART) for delivery cadence
• Enables enterprise-wide transparency
• Empowers leaders and developers alike

“You can’t scale chaos. SAFe provides the guardrails to scale agility with confidence.”

— Gary Shepard, Technology Evangelist