The SAFe Blog
Interesting thoughts and insights
from SAFe Fellow Ian Spence
The independent thinker and SAFe Fellow has co-authored a number of popular books. For Scagilize, he regularly writes down his thoughts and insights all around the world of SAFe
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 3
In part 3 we will conclude our discussion of practical ways to improve your decision latency by looking at ways to make your decisions flow.
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 2
In this blog, we look at another 2 ways – this time examining ways that the executive can help improve your decision latency.
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 1
Decentralized decision-making is necessary but on its own is not sufficient to significantly improve an enterprise’s decision latency. So, what else can you do?
How Lean is Your Business Case?
In this new series of blogs, we will be looking at using an A3 Lean Business Case and how this impacts portfolio management.
It's not them, it's you: Some thoughts on why Agile Transformations fail
We all know that change is difficult and that the failure rate for Agile Transformations is quite high. But who is to blame?
The Fundamental Difference Between Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Approaches
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How to benefit from LPM even when you’re not a ‘true’ portfolio?
We look at several ways that your ARTs can benefit from adopting LPM Techniques. Pt. 1: Local Epics of Convenience
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 3: A Little Goes a Long Way
In this final blog we’ll take a look at how even the lightest of touch LPM adoptions can produce profound effects
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 2: Eliminating Dark Work
What is dark work, and how can its elimination help us increase customer value?
Talking down isn’t punching up
Instead of bringing the second part of the Hidden Benefits of LPM, this time it is about the question of proper communication. Plus some complimentary free-to-use slides for you ...
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 1: Improved Decision Latency
Two important aspects of Lean Portfolio Management require frequent, hands-on input from the LPM Team. The first: the need to support improved decision latency ...
Part 2 of Jargon-free LPM
This month, we will wrap up our jargon free comparison by looking at why you should stop being afraid of failure, use transparency to enable faster decision-making and let people focus and own their products
A Jargon-free Comparison of Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Practices
I was asked to do a 10-minute summary of Lean Portfolio Management – here is my presentation, part 1.
"We Want ..." – A Simple Format for Writing Technical and Team Stories
The perfect format for the user stories – but what about technical stories?
Where does the Business Agility Value Stream fit into my Business?
Portfolios are to the Business Agility Value Stream as Agile Release Trains are to the Development Value Stream.
Why I am excited about SAFe Version 6
Last week saw the launch of a new version of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and I must admit I’m genuinely excited about it ...
Ian Spence
Scagilize Network Partner (Trainer & Consultant), Advisor & SAFe Fellow
Ian is an independent thinker, author and agile coach, and an advisor and partner to Scagilize on all things scaled and agile. He spends most of his time coaching the teams working on some of the world’s largest and most technically challenging endeavours – such as the Square Kilometre Array Organization (SKAO), building the world's largest radio telescope to explore the Universe – and works with industry thought leaders such as Dean Leffingwell, Dr Jeff Sutherland and Dr Ivar Jacobson to improve the art of software development. He has co-authored a number of popular books and led the creation of the OMG’s Essence Kernel and many of the most popular Essence Practices. He has many certifications, the best of which is probably SAFe Fellow.
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 2
n this blog, we look at another 2 ways – this time examining ways that the executive can help improve your decision latency.
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 1
Decentralized decision-making is necessary but on its own is not sufficient to significantly improve an enterprise’s decision latency. So, what else can you do?
How Lean is Your Business Case?
We will be looking at using an A3 Lean Business Case and how this impacts portfolio management.
It's not them, it's you: Some thoughts on why Agile Transformations fail
We all know that change is difficult and that the failure rate for Agile Transformations is quite high. But who is to blame?
The Fundamental Difference Between Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Approaches
GO TO 03/24
How to benefit from LPM even when you’re not a ‘true’ portfolio?
We look at several ways that your ARTs can benefit from adopting LPM Techniques. Pt. 1: Local Epics of Convenience
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 3: A Little Goes a Long Way
In this final blog we’ll take a look at how even the lightest of touch LPM adoptions can produce profound effects.
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 2: Eliminating Dark Work
What is dark work, and how can its elimination help us increase customer-value?
Talking down isn’t punching up
This time it is about the question of proper communication. Plus some complimentary free-to-use slides for you ...
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 1: Improved Decision Latency
Two important aspects of Lean Portfolio Management require frequent, hands-on input from the LPM Team. The first: the need to support improved decision latency ...
Part 2 of Jargon-free LPM
This month, we will wrap up our jargon free comparison by looking at why you should stop being afraid of failure, use transparency to enable faster decision-making and let people focus and own their products
A Jargon-free Comparison of Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Practices
I was asked to do a 10-minute summary of Lean Portfolio Management – here is my presentation, part 1.
"We Want ..." – A Simple Format for Writing Technical and Team Stories
The perfect format for the user stories – but what about technical stories?
Where does the Business Agility Value Stream fit into my Business?
Portfolios are to the Business Agility Value Stream as Agile Release Trains are to the Development Value Stream.
Why I am excited about SAFe Version 6
Last week saw the launch of a new version of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and I must admit I’m genuinely excited about it ...
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 2
n this blog, we look at another 2 ways – this time examining ways that the executive can help improve your decision latency.
Practical ways to improve your decision latency, Part 1
Decentralized decision-making is necessary but on its own is not sufficient to significantly improve an enterprise’s decision latency. So, what else can you do?
How Lean is Your Business Case?
We will be looking at using an A3 Lean Business Case and how this impacts portfolio management.
It's not them, it's you: Some thoughts on why Agile Transformations fail
We all know that change is difficult and that the failure rate for Agile Transformations is quite high. But who is to blame?
The Fundamental Difference Between Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Approaches
GO TO 03/24
How to benefit from LPM even when you’re not a ‘true’ portfolio?
We look at several ways that your ARTs can benefit from adopting LPM Techniques. Pt. 1: Local Epics of Convenience
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 3: A Little Goes a Long Way
In this final blog we’ll take a look at how even the lightest of touch LPM adoptions can produce profound effects.
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 2: Eliminating Dark Work
What is dark work, and how can its elimination help us increase customer-value?
Talking down isn’t punching up
This time it is about the question of proper communication. Plus some complimentary free-to-use slides for you ...
The Hidden Benefits of LPM Part 1: Improved Decision Latency
Two important aspects of Lean Portfolio Management require frequent, hands-on input from the LPM Team. The first: the need to support improved decision latency ...
Part 2 of Jargon-free LPM
This month, we will wrap up our jargon free comparison by looking at why you should stop being afraid of failure, use transparency to enable faster decision-making and let people focus and own their products
A Jargon-free Comparison of Traditional and Lean Portfolio Management Practices
I was asked to do a 10-minute summary of Lean Portfolio Management – here is my presentation, part 1.
"We Want ..." – A Simple Format for Writing Technical and Team Stories
The perfect format for the user stories – but what about technical stories?
Where does the Business Agility Value Stream fit into my Business?
Portfolios are to the Business Agility Value Stream as Agile Release Trains are to the Development Value Stream.
Why I am excited about SAFe Version 6
Last week saw the launch of a new version of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and I must admit I’m genuinely excited about it ...
