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SAFe Specific Questions

Most of the discussion in this knowledge base is generic in nature and can be applied to all lean-agile implementations. Over my past few engagements I have been working in SAFe implementations and so some of the information here is more specific to SAFe implementations. This page captures those questions for easy reference.

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"SAFe - Past, Present and Future" by Dean Leffingwell	safe, training, safesummit2016, conference
"The Rollout: A Novel about Leadership and Building a Lean-Agile Enterprise with SAFe" by Alex Yakyma	book, businessnovel, basics, safe, scaling
Dean Leffingwell - Nine Immutable Principles Of Lean Agile	principles, conference, safe, scaling
Dean Leffingwell - One on One Meeting Through Icon	safe, management, conference, agile2016, executive
DevOps for the Agile Enterprise	course, devops, safe, learning, coach, consultant, enterprise
Enterprise Lean-Agile Coaching Course	course, safe, learning, coach, consultant, enterprise
Essential SAFe - Dean Leffingwell	meetup, scaling, safe, leffingwell
How Can We Decentralize Team Breakouts Process in a PI Planning Event?	faq, safe, piplanning
How Do We Assign Business Value to PI Objectives?	consultant, tools, piplanning, program, piobjectives, safe, faq
How Do We Calculate the Cost of Delay (CoD) and the Weighed Shortest Job First (WSJF)?	safe, faq, wsjf, cod, prioritization, sequencing
How do we determine what to demonstrate in the System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
How Do We Move From SAFe to an Approach With Less Overhead?	faq, safe, descaling, process
How Do We Progress the Funnel of Ideas on a Portfolio Kanban?	faq, safe, portfolio, kanban, funnel
How Do We Use Assessments for Good?	faq, safe, assessment
How Do We Use Kanban at the Team Level When the ART Has a Cadenced Calendar? - SSA	faq, kanban, scrum, safe, comparison, agile, subjectspecificarticle
How do we work with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs)?	faq, safe, nfrs, features
How Do We Work with PI Objective Business Values During the Program Increment?	consultant, tools, piplanning, program, piobjectives, safe, faq
How Do We Write Good Features?	faq, features, good, safe, scaled
How Do We Write Great PI Objectives	consultant, safe, faq, piobjectives
How Does a Manager Need To Adjust Their Approach With Agile?	faq, management, safe, leadership, agile
How Does a Team Initially Get Control of Work?	faq, team, safe, programmanagement, piplanning, firstsprint
How Does Multi-tiered Product Management Work?	faq, productowner, productmanger, scaling, safe, wip
How Does The Role of Architect Change in Agile? - SSA	faq, management, culture, mindset, safe, architect, subjectspecificarticle
SAFe 4.5 Update by SAFe	webinar, safe, video, learning
SAFe Training Videos	videos, learning, improvement, consultant, safe
SAFe Values and Principles	learning, reference, basics, values, principles, safe
What Anti-patterns Do You See with the System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, antipatterns, smells, program
What Are the Guidelines for Kanban Teams Operating in a SAFe Environment?	faq, safe, kanban
What are the Pros and Cons of Assigning Business Value to PI Objectives?	faq, safe, businessvalue, consultant, tools, program
What are the Steps in a Value Steam Mapping Workshop?	faq, safe, valuestreammapping, vsm, improvement
What are the Steps in a Value Stream Identification Workshop?	faq, safe, valuestreamidentification, structure
What Do We Need to Think About When We Go From a PI Planning Approach to a More Continuous Planning Approach?	faq, safe, teamofteams, planning, continuous
What Do You Mean When You Say ...?	faq, cheatsheet, terminology, safe, firstsprint
What Is The Difference Between Value Stream Identification (VSID) and Value Stream Mapping (VSM)?	faq, safe, valuestreammapping, valuestreamidentification, structure
What is the Impact of a Reorg on an Agile Transformation?	faq, scale, safe, structure, organization, reorg
What is the Mapping Between Features and PI Objectives?	faq, diy, agile, coaching, goals, objectives, features, safe
What is the Purpose of a System Demo in SAFe?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
What is the typical agenda for a System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
What Problems Have You Seen With the Business Value Assignment Process?	consultant, tools, piplanning, program, piobjectives, safe, faq
What Question are we Voting on When we do a Confidence Vote in PI Planning?	consultant, tools, piplanning, program, confidencevote, planning, ceremony, piobjectives, safe, faq
What tips and tricks do you have to make a good System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, tips, program
When should the System Demo be scheduled?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
Who is invited to the System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
Who is responsible for orchestrating and facilitating the System Demo?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program
Why Do We Assign Business Values to PI Objectives?	consultant, tools, piplanning, program, piobjectives, safe, faq
Why Do We Do a System Demo in SAFe? - SSA	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program, subjectspecificarticle
Why do we run a System Demo when we’ve just done a Sprint Review or Iteration (Team) Review?	faq, safe, systemdemo, consultant, tools, program

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