Invitations-Based SAFe ImplementationsScaling Agile using Pull/Invite rather than Push/Mandate

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Yuval Yeret

Let me tell you a story about Lucy…

scaledagileframework.com/launch-more-arts-and-value-streams/

Here’s our Lucy Again…

Wait – Who are REALLY Lucy and Ethel in our story?

#YMMV**Your Mileage May Vary

COME SOON

What’sgreenoutsidered inside?

The SAFe TheaterStarring the Managers-Only PI Planning,

The Command & Control RTE,

w/ special guest - The Waterfall Thinking

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But What if …

FreedomontheFreedomTrail

Sometimes a walk with an expert IS better …

Pull-based Implementation Flow

Improve/Boost

Backlog

I

DecideProspects Stable/Recharging

F

B

LeadingSAFeMgmt

Workshop

Kickoff/QuickStart

Stabilize–

I&A

L

N

“Pull from management & executives”

E

D

Market/Sell more depth

QR

Market/Sell the change to LOBs

G

Let Leaders Pull Training

• RunLeading-SAFe/FoundationseveryXweeks

• Marketinternallyusing“Launch”techniques(Scarcity,Deadline,etc.)

• Letpeopleopt-in• Willidentifychampionsandpotentiallyinterestedvaluestreams/ARTs

Use a “SAFe Implementation Workshop” for a specific VS/ART

bit.ly/ImplSAFe

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Open the space “SAFe @ our company/org –What does it mean? Why? How?”

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8:00-9:00

9:00-10:30

1:00-4:00

10:30-11:30

4:00-5:00

11:30-1:00

Open the space in the SAFe QuickStart

• Leave some of the HOW decisions open for discussion

• Confidence Vote around “Are we good to go with SAFe here?” and mini-open-space using that as the theme.

Follow a Confidence Vote with a mini-open-space

Use guerilla marketing to grow – leveraging the beach head

Improve/Boost

Backlog

I

DecideProspects Stable/Recharging

Leading/Implementing

SAFeMgmt

Workshop

Kickoff/QuickStart

Stabilize–

I&A

L

N

Q

R

Invite prospects to QuickStart or PI

Planning

Share success, publicly visualize, invite prospects to PI System Demo

Tipping Point

Gold Rush

The Chocolate

FactorySnowflakes

Too Soon

Push all you want

Let's use our SAFePrinciples

It's a market

Freedom on the

Freedom Trail

Flow

Implementation

Workshop

Open the space

Yuval@AgileSparks.com

T: 857-218-9585linkedin.com/in/yuvalyeret/@YuvalYeret

ØRead the guidance article –

scaledagileframework.com/invitation-based-safe-implementation/

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