by Al Shalloway | Jan 19, 2022 | Agile, Agile@Scale, Frameworks
This article is intended for those people who are considering SAFe because it has a laid-out method. While SAFe does help many companies at the start it has some gaps and is overly complex. This is why many companies start well with SAFe only to stagnate after a...
by Al Shalloway | Dec 16, 2021 | Agile, Agile@Scale, AgileAdoption, Risk
Undertaking an Agile adoption has almost become an imperative for organizations. Unfortunately, many of those recently beginning their journey have little understanding of the risks involved. Worse, the two most popular frameworks (Scrum and SAFe) ignore these risks –...
by Al Shalloway | Dec 2, 2021 | Agile, Agile@Scale, Frameworks, Risk, SAFe, Scrum
When you start a project, creating or enhancing an existing product, or most any significant work I hope you attend to some risk issues: how do you know if this will result in value? what happens if the market changes? does your company have the skill set to implement...
by Al Shalloway | Nov 23, 2021 | Agile@Scale, AgileAdoption, SAFe
I have seen SAFe to be attractive to many small companies. There are good reasons for this. SAFe provides concepts to: Create a common backlog that can be sequenced across the organization Coordinate this backlog with a product manager Create plans for the entire...
