Introduction to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Explore SAFe, the scaled agile framework, and how it aligns value delivery across teams through agile release trains, lean portfolio management, and cadence-based execution.

Explore how organizations start as fast-moving, customer-centric networks delivering value, then scale with a dual operating system that aligns value streams and agile release trains.

Master seven core SAFe 6.0 competencies to achieve business agility by forming cross-functional, high-performing teams within an agile release train, delivering built-in quality and customer-centric products.

Scale agile across the enterprise with SAFe 6.0 by aligning teams to strategic objectives, delivering transparency and value through agile release trains and PI planning, while tackling adoption challenges.

Learn how lean thinking and the lean agile mindset deliver value by defining customer value, mapping value streams, enabling flow, pulling work, and pursuing continuous improvement.

Learn how SAFe 6.0 centers alignment, transparency, respect for people, and relentless improvement, powered by lean agile leadership, to deliver customer value at scale.

Explore how SAFe lean-agile principles guide a system of integrated, proven practices to boost engagement, shorten time to market, and maximize quality and value, while acknowledging no one-size-fits-all solution.

Make economic decisions in SAFe 6.0 by valuing delivery lead time, costs, tradeoffs, and risk. Prioritize with wsjf, avoid sunk costs, empower local decisions, and measure cost of delay.

Apply system thinking to optimize the whole value stream by coordinating teams, interfaces, and interactions, avoiding sub-optimization and guiding continuous learning.

Practice set-based design to preserve options by exploring multiple design options in parallel, delaying decisions until the cone of uncertainty narrows and learning proves the best fit.

Learn how to build in small increments with fast integrated learning cycles in SAFe 6.0, shorten feedback loops, integrate often, and reduce risk to deliver value confidently.

Shift evaluation from gates to working systems by integrating frequently and using objective data to validate progress, product performance, and processes.

Visualize and limit work-in-progress, reduce batch sizes, and manage queues to accelerate flow across the continuous delivery pipeline and improve speed, quality, and value under SAFe 6.0.

Establish cadence to create rhythm and predictability through small batches and regular planning, while synchronization enables cross-domain planning across business, development, and architecture for rapid decisions.

Trust knowledge workers to determine how to work within autonomy and alignment, reducing micromanagement and fostering intrinsic motivation through autonomy, mastery, and purpose in SAFe.

Decentralize decision-making to reduce latency by empowering teams, but centralize only where strategic oversight is essential, balancing speed, accountability, and value delivery in SAFe 6.0 principle 9.

Organize around development value streams to flow value across cross-functional teams, reducing silos and handoffs while shortening lead time and enabling end-to-end delivery.

Explore SAFe configurations from essential to full, including large solution and portfolio, and learn how PI planning, agile release trains, and portfolio management align business goals with agile execution.

Learn SAFe essential building blocks, including Scrum roles, backlog practices, and steady cadences. Explore how features, stories, enablers, and ARTs align across PI to deliver value.

Explore how SAFe portfolio building blocks align strategy and investment with epics, capabilities, and features, while arts and portfolio roles enable incremental value delivery.

Explore SAFe essential roles, from agile teams building features to release train engineer, product management, and system architect guiding PI planning, art sync, and ensuring customer value.

Explore SAFe essential events, from team-level iterations—planning, daily scrum, backlog refinement, review, and retrospective—to ART-level PI planning, system demos, and Inspect and Adapt.

Explore SAFe 6.0 artifacts across team and art levels, including stories, enabler stories, team PI objectives, team backlog and art backlog, features, architectural runway, art epics, vision, and solution context.

Explore SAFe portfolio roles, events, and artifacts that align investments with business strategy through lean governance and budgeting, epic delivery, and value-stream roadmaps.

Explore Safeful in SAFe 6.0, detailing roles, events, and artifacts across team, art, solution, and portfolio levels to align strategy and execution at enterprise scale.

Explore SAFe roles, events, and artifacts across essential, large solution, and portfolio levels, including agile teams, PI planning, and stories.

Learn the SAFe implementation roadmap from go safe to enterprise agility, with tipping points, lean change agents, a lean center of excellence, leadership, value streams, and agile release trains.

Propel enterprise agility by continuous PI planning, coaching, and expanding trains across value streams while embedding lean portfolio management, DevOps, and advanced roles to drive measurable outcomes and sustained improvement.

Explore the full spectrum of safe certifications across the implementation roadmap, from leading safe design for executives to role-specific trainings like Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Lean Portfolio Management.