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New Scaled Agile Framework Big Picture 2.0
Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big Picture, UncategorizedFor anyone who has been following the completion of the Portfolio and Program Level details of the Scaled Agile Framework , you will have noted that we have significantly restructured those areas (mostly the Portfolio) based on both...
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Refactor Details on the Scaled Agile Framework
Posted on September 21, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureAlex Yakyma has been working hard on the Detailed Page for Refactors, which we just published on the Scaled Agile Framework. While this may not seem like a major concern at the Portfolio and Program levels, it...
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New Program Backlog Details at the Scaled Agile Framework
Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big Picture, UncategorizedLast week, I finished the first version of Details for the Program Backlog article. The Program Backlog is so seminal to the Agile Release Train, and thereby the Scaled Agile Framework, that it makes me wonder why it took...
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New Portfolio Backlog Details at SAFe
Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureWe’ve just completed the Portfolio Backlog details page at the Scaled Agile Framework (TM). In addition to the main discussion, this page calls out the three primary scaling models in which we see SAFe applied: Single Program SAFe. The...
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New Investment Theme Details at SAFe
Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureWe've recently posted new detail pages for Investment Themes at the Scaled Agile Framework. As we mentioned last time, this portfolio area is evolving based on both observed and suggested practices. There is some serious new thinking here that...
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New Portfolio Details at SAFe
Posted on August 24, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureWe’ve just completed Portfolio Vision details on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Frankly, elaborating this section caused a pretty deep rethink about the way we have observed Investment Themes, the two kanban systems, and Portfolio Backlog actually being...
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New Version of the SAfe Big Picture! With Metrics, updated PPM and Epic Owner
Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in Agile Porfolio Management, Metrics, SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureOf course, we love input. After all, that’s how we built the Scaled Agile Framework, one company, one proven idea, one added idea, one borrowed idea, one idea from wherever, at a time. The challenge with input is...
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New SAFe Detail Pages: Systems Architect, Architectural Runway and Architecture Kanban System
Posted on June 29, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureI posted two three new detail pages to the Scaled Agile Framework. this week, Systems Architect, Architectural Runway and Architecture Kanban System. Each reflects some more current thinking, so I'd guess they'd be interesting to some...
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A Scalable Definition of Done
Posted on June 27, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Team PracticesRecently, one of our clients was struggling a bit to finalize a complete, scalable and yet achievable, Definition of Done for a specific program. It will likely serve as a template for other programs as well. They asked me to...
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New SAFe Detail Pages: Team Backlog and Economic Prioritization with Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF).
Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dean Leffingwell in SAF Content, Scaled Agile Framework/Big PictureI just finished the Scaled Agile Framework details pages for Team Backlog and Economic Prioritization with Weighted Shortest Job First. There’s some new stuff in Team Backlog, as I introduced Classes of Services here, which were not...
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