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The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a framework for implementing agile practices at an Enterprise level. More information available at http://scaledagileframework.com/
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In SAFe, what is the meaning of AV in the PI Objectives?
In the https://scaledagileframework.com/pi-objectives/ page, when capturing the PI Objectives, you have a BV and AV column.
The BV is Business Value, and is explained. But I don't see a meaning ...
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Automated sprint capacity organization
I've tried to figure out if there is a conceivable way to accomplish this with automation but I'm coming up with nothing. This is a frequent issue within my org causing massive amount of frequent ...
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How can a SAFe team end a failing sprint early?
In Scrum, the team has the power to bring a sprint to a premature end if it becomes clear that the Sprint Goal cannot be achieved (or if it becomes irrelevant). How can a SAFe team do the same thing?
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Can we add user stories in the middle of an Iteration, and what is the likely impact of doing so?
Development of planned user stories is complete. Testing is pending as a part of our Definition of Done (DoD). Can the Product Owner still accept new user stories for the Iteration? What are the ...
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Is the Product Owner part of the Scrum Team in SAFe?
I've understood the Scrum Team to be one cohesive team consisting of three responsibility domains:
Development team
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Collectively, we all seek to refine/define and ...
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PI Planning and user stories without features
In our project we have features containing stories and some standalone stories which have no binding to features at all. For example it can be story for adding one new column in report.
For feature we ...
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How to improve Scrum Master performance
Update: I think we can assume that my manager does not see me as a pure scrum master but more like a leader of the team.
I am a Scrum Master and my manager has told me basically that I am not ...
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Interview answers for a Scrum Master applying to a SAFe org
I've noticed interviewers in SAFe organisations ask different questions. I'm guessing that they also want different answers to the Agile and Scrum type of answers e.g. "help the team figure it ...
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How are department wide technical decisions made and enforced within and across SAFe Scrum Teams?
My Scrum Team works within the SAFe framework. I raised an issue with technical leadership for decision making when I realized I [in my role as a Scrum Developer] had no answers or ideas.
Our unit [...
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Where and how V&V applies in an agile context?
I joined a company that is leaving the waterfall approach to implement a SAFe (scaled agile framework) one for developing. I'm part of the Quality Assurance team.
Before we had requirements register ...
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How to calculate a flexible team capacity and have the sprint capacity adapt to it?
I am planning a Program Increment of 3 Months and I have a team of people with a variety of skills.
Basically, we have 3 categories in which each developer is differently skilled: UI, Backend & ...
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When T-Shirt sizing Epics, should the size be based on 1 person's capacity or the teams capacity?
My company wants the team to estimate (via t-shirt sizes) Features/Epics. When we attempt to do this, I often get asked "is this estimate based on 1 person or the entire team working on the ...
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Are there concrete differences between (SAFe + LeSS) Community of Practice and (Spotify) Chapter (and Guild) concepts?
SAFe promotes Communities of Practice (CoP) as groups of people who have a common interest in a specific technical or business domain and actively get together to sharpen up a set of skills.
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Poor man's manner of conducting Agile Scrum/kanban/lean/XP software development philosophies/practices while remotely working online over the internet [closed]
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I and my colleagues work remotely from home. I'm trying to document user stories. Unfortunately, since we work remotely from home, I cannot sit next to my colleagues with ...
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Certifications to go from tech-heavy to business-oriented projects?
I am currently doing some planning/research regarding certifications for this year. I have a combination of technical background (Ph.D. in Physics) and an executive MBA (specialization in managing and ...
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SAFe Innovation & Planning vs. Sprint Planning
We're moving to SAFe in my company, and I have trouble understanding the differences. I'm certified in Scrum (CSM/CSPO), but don't know much about SAFe, and I don't really see much of a difference ...
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In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework); are there any guidelines around what feature acceptance criteria should look like (eg SMART)?
My organization has been leveraging SAFe for a few years now and as a Team lead I am concerned about the sort of Feature Acceptance Criteria being defined. Specifically its extremely vague and I would ...
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Classic BA role in agile (scaled agile)?
I work in an environment that has really embraced agile and I feel like when faced with a problem we double down on the framework. We're now in a position where we're going to have up to 5 teams ...
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Does SAFe yields better long term results than traditional Agile
While SAFe is picking up a lot of attention and as I understand seems to yields better long term results (velocity and overall product quality) than traditional Agile, I'm curious about its possible ...
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SAFe, are developers required to gather their own requirements?
Recently at our company, the management decided to implement SAFe. Things have changed quite a bit since then for better or worse.
One of the major changes we have noticed as a developer is the ...
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How can we know that implementing SAFe results in profits for the company?
Did any company measure profits after implementing SAFe?
How can we know that total costs of implementing SAFe are less than profits?
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If SAFe must be continuously calibrated and measured in ideal days, why does the framework say recalibration is unnecessary?
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SAFe says you don't need to recalibrate estimation, but requires estimates and other metrics to be normalized across one or more Agile Release Trains. Context, question rationale, and the ...
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What is the framework "escape hatch" for a SAFe ART that is running down the wrong track?
Handling Incipient Failures in SAFe
In Scrum, there is the notion of Cancelling a Sprint and returning to Sprint Planning if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete, or if the iteration plan is so far off ...
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How can I leverage JIRA ticket assignments to encourage group ownership, pairing, and swarming without bypassing other core functions?
Background & Objectives
Atlassian JIRA is really just a ticketing system at heart. While there are a number of agile-ish workflows and plugins available to the system, the fundamental design of ...
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What to do when mid-sprint, you realize some stories won't be done?
On the seventh day of a two weeks Sprint, we realize that 20 percent of the stories cannot be completed.
What is the best action to take?
Is it possible/recommended to cancel the iteration on start ...
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How do you demo a spike?
Do spikes need to be demoed or you kind of just describe the knowledge gathered from the spike.
During a Team Demo in safe.
http://v4.scaledagileframework.com/team-demo/
Looks like the team could. ...
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What role should a project manager play in an Agile project? [duplicate]
I am on a software project with a project manager that seems to be doing things that are either not adding value, or that the rest of the Agile team could quite easily do themselves. It feels like ...
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User's of VersionOne - How do you handle requests that impact a current Epic/Product?
Currently, my effort has a few Epics in flight. One of the Epic's is servicing or enhancing a product in production. We are starting to use the request feature in VersionOne to intake these ...
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How can one Scrum Master do two retrospectives during SAFe PI Planning?
As a Scrum Master for two teams within SAFe, I have the standard scheduling down pat. I can attend all regular meetings and the teams are running relatively smoothly. However, we are working in a ...
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SAFe with Chargeback Accounting?
My company is very project-oriented and siloed. Many business units don’t want to fight for the money thus they build their own shadow IT. I think it's because of Chargeback Accounting. It’s all ...
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Are there differences in Test plans for an agile model and a traditional model?
Are there differences in in-sprint Test plans for an agile model and a traditional model?
Is there any best practices to follow for in-sprint test plans?
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Is Ken Schwaber advocating a platform model in this blog post?
Context: Working as a Developer within an enterprise delivery encompassing a full technology stack across 22 feature teams - very SOA and backend heavy.
As part of the Agile journey for the teams we ...
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How to use TFS 2015 Agile template artifacts in practice?
I am part of a company that is just establishing our process methodology for using the SAFe version of Agile, and leveraging the TFS 2015 Agile process template. Our team has several questions ...
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Objectives and release train philosophy
I have a question about this article "The Role of PI Objectives", where the author stated near the end of the article:
As I captured these thoughts I was reminded of a key difference
between ...
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Does Scaled Agile Framework really help to scale agile in bigger organizations?
Could anybody share whether SAFe has helped practically scale agile development in bigger organizations.
Is there any other similar methodology or best practices document that could help with agile ...
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