SAFe Agile 5.0 A+ Solutions

SAFe Agile 5.0 A+ Solutions

SAFe Agile - ANS-Scaled Agile Framework. Framework for scaling Agile

Seven Core Competencies of Biz Agility - ANS-* Enterprise Solution Delivery * Agile
Product Delivery * Team & Technical Agility * Lean Portfolio Mgmt * Organizational
Agility * Continuous Learning Culture * Lean-Agile Leadership

Business Agility requires what? - ANS-Technical Agility and Biz-level commitment to
Product and Value Stream thinking. Everyone uninvolved in delivering Biz solutions use
Lean & Agile practices.

What are the 4 SAFe configurations? - ANS-Essential, Portfolio, Large Solution, Full

When is the Essential SAFe configuration used? - ANS-For Basic SAFe
implementations

When is the Portfolio SAFe configuration used? - ANS-TBD. Essential + Portfolio
additions

When is the Large Solution SAFe configuration used? - ANS-TBD. Essential + Large
Solution. MULTIPLE trains.

When is the Full SAFe configuration used? - ANS-TBD. All 3 other Configurations
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Enterprise Solution Delivery - ANS-How to apply Lean-Agile principles & practices to
specification, development, deployment, operation and evolution of the world's largest &
most sophisticated SW apps, networks, and cyber-physical systems. One of the 7 Core
Competencies of Biz Agility.

Agile Product Delivery - ANS-A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and
releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users.
One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz Agility.

Team & Technical Agility - ANS-The critical skills and Lean-Agile principles that
high-performing Agile teams (or team of teams) use to create hi-quality solns

,for
customers. One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz Agility. Roles: Agile Team, SM, PO.
Teams execute w Scrum & Kanban.

Lean Portfolio Mgmt - ANS-Aligns strategy & execution by applying Lean- and
systems-thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding Agile portfolio
operations, and governance. One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz Agility.

Organizational Agility - ANS-How Lean-thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their
business, evolve strategy with clear & decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt ad
needed to capitalize on new opportunities. One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz
Agility.

Continuous Learning Culture - ANS-A set of values and practices that encourage
individuals, & the Enterprise as a whole, to continually increase knowledge,
competence, performance and innovation. One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz
Agility.

Lean-Agile Leadership - ANS-How Lean-Agile Leaders drive and sustain organizational
change and operational excellence by empowering individuals & teams to reach their
highest potential. One of the 7 Core Competencies of Biz Agility.

Built-in Quality - ANS-Built-In Quality practices ensure that each Solution element,
at every increment, meets appropriate quality standards throughout development.

Agile Manifesto - ANS-* Individuals & Interactions OVER Processes & Tools; * Working
Software OVER comprehensive documentation; * Customer Collaboration OVER
contract negotiation; Responding to Change OVER following a plan.

Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP) - ANS-Continuous Exploration -> Continuous
Integration -> Continuous Deployment -> Release on Demand. CE -> CI -> CD ->
RoD.

Measure & Grow - ANS-The way portfolios evaluate their progress towards Biz Agility
and determine their next steps.

SAFe Core Values - ANS-Alignment, Built-in Quality, Transparency, Program Execution.
The four Core Values represent the fundamental beliefs that are key to SAFe's
effectiveness. These guiding principles help dictate behavior and action for everyone

, who participates in a SAFe portfolio.

Alignment - ANS-Constant communication, constantly check for understanding.
Built-In Quality - ANS-Ensures that each Solution element, at every increment, meets
appropriate quality standards throughout development.

Transparency - ANS-visualize relevant work, admits mistakes, support others.

SAFe House of Lean - ANS-Illustrates the goal of delivering VALUE through the pillars
of Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation, and Relentless improvement.
LEADERSHIP provides the foundation on which everything else stands.

Respect for people and culture - ANS-House of Lean. Generative Culture; People do
all the work; Customer is whomever consumes your work; Build long-term partnerships
based on trust; To change the Culture, Change the Organization.

Flow - ANS-House of Lean. Optimize sustainable Value delivery; Build in Quality;
Understand, exploit & manage variability; Move from Projects to Products.

Innovation - ANS-House of Lean. Innovative people, provide time & space for
Innovation, Go see; Experimentation & Feedback; Innovation riptides; Pivot without
mercy or guilt.

Relentless improvement - ANS-House of Lean. Constant sense of danger; Optimize the
whole; problem-solving culture; Base improvements on facts; Reflect at Key Milestones.

Value - ANS-House of Lean. Achieve the shortest sustainable lead time with The best
Quality & Value to People & Society; high Morale, Safety and Customer Delight.

Leadership - ANS-House of Lean.Lead by example; Adopt growth mindset (why do it
this way?); Exemplify values & principles of Lean-Agile & SAFe; Develop people; Lead
the change; Foster psychological safety.

Lean-Agile Principles - ANS-SAFe is based on ten immutable, underlying Lean-Agile
principles which inspire and inform the roles and practices of SAFe: *Take an economic
view; *Apply systems thinking; *Assume variability; *Build incrementally with fast,
integrated learning cycles; *Base milestones on objective evaluation of working
systems; *Visualize & limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, manage Q lengths; *Apply
cadence, sync with x-domain planning; *Unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge