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How to Choose a SAFe Certification

Em Campbell-Pretty - September 01, 2024

One of the most common questions we are asked - both prior to and during courses is: How do I know which SAFe training to take? Those who are new to SAFe want to know which one to start with. Those who already have one SAFe Certification want to Read more...

Category:

SAFe Tips & Tricks

Tags: Safe Certifications, Tags: SAFe Training, Scaled Agile Framework

Shared Services and External Services: Partnering to Support ART Flow

Em Campbell-Pretty - August 21, 2024

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) describes Shared Services as the “specialty roles, people, and services required for the success of an ART or Solution Train, but that are not dedicated full-time.” The Shared Services guidance article provides an Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Agile Release Train, ART Launch, Iteration Reviews, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, System Demo

5 Ways Product Advisory Can Support SAFe Business Owners & Product Managers

Em Campbell-Pretty, Melissa Hay - May 23, 2024

Sometimes, a framework does not provide all of the answers needed to apply concepts in the real world. This is to be expected as a framework is a framework! At the SAFe Summit in Berlin last month, Scaled Agile Chief Methologist Andrew Sales defined Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Product Advisory, Product Management, Product Manager, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

Understanding the Role of the Release Train Engineer in SAFe 6.0: An Essential Guide

Em Campbell-Pretty - April 24, 2024

In Leading SAFe 6.0, the Release Train Engineer (RTE) is described as “a coach for the Agile Release Train.” While this is definitely part of the role, it is not the whole story. In a recent RTE certification class, one participant shared that Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Release Train Engineer, RTE, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

What is the Role of a Technical Lead on a SAFe Agile Team

Em Campbell-Pretty - March 26, 2024

If you look at the Agile Team guidance in SAFe, you won't find a Technical Lead listed as one of the speciality roles (i.e. Scrum Master and Product Owner). That said, a Tech Lead or Lead Engineer is a construct we have found to be a valuable Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Built-in-Quality, SAFe Agile Team, Scaled Agile Framework, System Architect, Technical Lead

Will the Real SAFe Product Manager Please Stand Up

Em Campbell-Pretty - March 09, 2024

Having recently posted on The ART of Selecting SAFe Product Owners, I am now finding myself getting questions about the role of the SAFe Product Manager. What is the role of the Product Manager in SAFe? While all Product Managers focus on a Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Agile Product Manager, Product Management, Product Manager, SAFe, SAFe Product Manager, SAFe Product Owner

Demystifying Team Topologies in SAFe

Em Campbell-Pretty - February 01, 2024

Ideas from Team Topologies have been referenced by the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) since version 5.1. Many SAFe classes, including the very popular Leading SAFe, have two slides summarising Team Topologies in the context of SAFe. Personally, Read more...

Category:

SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Release Train, Complicated Subsystem Team, Component Team, Enabling Team, Feature Team, Platform Team, Stream Aligned Team, Team Topologies

The ART of Selecting SAFe Product Owners

Em Campbell-Pretty - November 09, 2023

A few weeks ago, I was teaching an executive Leading SAFe class, and our Business Owners were clearly very new to Agile, SAFe and Scrum. As I started the lesson on Team and Technical Agility, I noticed them leaning in to try and better Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Agile Release Train, Iteration Reviews, Product Owner, SAFe Agile Team, SAFe Product Owner, Scaled Agile Framework, System Demo

5 Use Cases for an Agile Release Tram (aka Small Scale SAFe)

Em Campbell-Pretty - August 31, 2023

What is an Agile Release Tram? Well, that is a great question. It sounds a bit like Agile Release Train; however, there are no references to it in the Scaled Agile Framework. While I’m sure we are not the only people who have Agile Release Trams, Read more...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Release Train, Agile Release Tram, Agile Teams, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

How do I justify full-time Scrum Masters for my Agile Release Train?

Claire Sanders, Em Campbell-Pretty - July 18, 2023

It feels like every time we launch an Agile Release Train, one of the first hard conversations we have is the need for a full-time dedicated Scrum Master for every Agile team. I suspect there are two main reasons this conversation comes up time Read more...

Category:

SAFe Roles

Tags: Agile Coaching, Agile Release Train, Agile Teams, Facilitation, Iteration Reviews, Scaled Agile Framework, ScrumMastery, System Demo, Team Building