Are you considering SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)? Have you begun your SAFe implementation but are not seeing the promised business results? This webinar discusses how to ensure your desired business outcomes are achieved using SAFe. It explains the missing “connective tissue” that ties your business objectives to the underlying framework. Mike Hall is an experienced Agile Coach specializing in scaling Agile and lean economics. He has led several large SAFe transformations and is an experienced SAFe trainer.

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MAPPING BUSINESS
OUTCOMES TO SAFe®

2. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Mike Hall
Senior Agile Coach/Trainer
mike.hall@agilevelocity.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agile-leader/
@MikeH_Agile

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OUTCOME-ORIENTED
APPROACH

5. ?
Starting a Scaled Agile Transformation with SAFe?

6. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Business Outcomes
Productivity
Predictability
Innovation
Quality
Speed
Employee
Engagement
Customer
Satisfaction
Continuous
Improvement
Market
Responsiveness

7. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Business
Outcomes
SAFe
Practices
What’s
Missing?

8. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Business
Outcomes
Agile
Outcomes
Agile
Capabilities
SAFe
Practices
“Why”
Dictates
Priorities
Which Are
Achieved
Through
By
Implementing
Accomplish
Enables
Drives
The “connective tissue” of an
Agile transformation!

9. OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict Accelerate Adapt
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to
Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Agile Leadership
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduced Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
Network of Teams
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework

10. OrgSystemTeam
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to
Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Agile Leadership
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduced Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
Network of Teams
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Speed

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12. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Speed
BUSINESS OUTCOMES AGILE OUTCOMES
OrgSystemTeam
Leaders are articulating value and
sequencing the work at the appropriate
level and then allowing the next layer to
pull and decompose so teams can focus
on delivering the highest value work.
Ability to Focus
Predict | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The ability to make fast decisions at all
levels in order to effectively react to
business needs.
Decision Agility
Accelerate | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The organization is constantly
implementing ways to reduce time to
deliver end-to-end value and are
collaboratively maximizing the flow of
value beyond traditional spheres of
control.
Faster Time to Value
Accelerate | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The team continuously implements ways
to reduce the time it takes to deliver value
into production.
Reduced Cycle Time
Accelerate | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Teams are able to safely deploy code,
release on demand to production, and
operate with minimal manual effort.
Release Continuously
Accelerate | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Cross-functional teams deliver developed
and tested code each iteration with
minimal carryover.
Predictable Delivery Cadence
Predict | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
“We want to decrease our
average time-to-market for
a new feature from 6.5
months down to 2 months,
so that we are positioned
as the most responsive
vendor in the market.”

13. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Example 1: Agile Capabilities and SAFe Mapping
AGILE OUTCOME SAFe MAPPING
Cross-functional teams deliver developed
and tested code each iteration with
minimal carryover.
Predictable Delivery Cadence
Predict | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
AGILE CAPABILITIES
Acceptance Criteria
Potentially Shippable Product Increment created every iteration
Potentially Shippable Product Increment has business value for the customer
Potentially Shippable Product Increment is released to the customer on
demand
Potentially Shippable
Product Increment
Predict | Team | Predictable Delivery Cadence
Path to Agility 2.2.2 Framework: © 2017-2020 Agile Velocity, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Acceptance Criteria
Forecasts created based on team velocity and history of delivering product
increments
Forecasts are accurate enough to deliver the business value that stakeholders
expect (even if the scope is not precisely the same)
Forecasting
Predict | Team | Predictable Delivery Cadence
Path to Agility 2.2.2 Framework: © 2017-2020 Agile Velocity, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Acceptance Criteria
Iteration commitment in the form of a potentially shippable product increment
is typically met
Work is pulled as capacity becomes available
Limit WIP
Predict | Team | Predictable Delivery Cadence
Path to Agility 2.2.2 Framework: © 2017-2020 Agile Velocity, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
- Every team builds PSPI every iteration!
- XP practices to ensure Quality
- System Demo every 2 weeks of
“system increment”
- Program Increment every 8-12 weeks
- Roadmap of 3 PIs based on empirical
data,1 committed PI, 2 forecast PIs
- Normalized story point estimates
- Aggregate story points for Feature/
Epic estimates
- Metrics at all levels
- Kanban at all levels (team, program,
portfolio) with WIP limits
- Backlogs at all levels
- Pull only when capacity is available!

14. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
OrgSystemTeam
BUSINESS OUTCOMES AGILE OUTCOMES
Employee
Engagement
Leaders recognize and embrace the shift
in their role, from directing the work to
supporting their staff, enabling high-
performing teams, and changing the ways
they interact and lead in service to others.
Agile Leadership
Predict | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
How work and value flow is understood
and teams are identified and formed to
reduce dependencies and optimize flow.
Teams Aligned to Value
Align | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The team has established agreements,
owns them, and updates them over time
as needed.
Team Formed
Align | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Foster self-organizing teams where
ownership is transferred from
management to team.
Team Empowerment
Learn | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
“We want to increase our
Employee Satisfaction
scores from an average of
2.3 to 4.0 within 6 months,
so that we can retain our
top talent and attract new
hires with excellent
potential.”

15. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Example 2: Agile Capabilities and SAFe Mapping
- Value Stream workshop
- Operational value stream
- Development value streams
- Value streams at Portfolio,
Large Solution, and Essential levels
- Organize around flow of value
- ARTs consist of cross-functional Agile
teams
- Minimal component teams
- Evolve cross-functionality to reduce
dependencies
- Team charter
- WSJF prioritization
- PO Sync event
- Vision capability in spanning palette
- Business value in PI Planning
The ways in which value is delivered and how it flows is
understood.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Value Streams Identified
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
Cross-functional teams have been created for the value
streams with minimal dependencies and handoffs.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Teams Aligned to Value
Streams
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
The needs of the market and/or stakeholders define the teams
purpose and guide value delivery.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Clear Value Proposition
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
AGILE OUTCOME SAFe MAPPINGAGILE CAPABILITIES
How work and value flow is understood
and teams are identified and formed to
reduce dependencies and optimize flow.
Teams Aligned to Value
Align | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com

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17. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Business
Outcomes
Agile
Outcomes
Agile
Capabilities
SAFe
Practices
“Why”
Dictates
Priorities
Which Are
Achieved
Through
By
Implementing
Accomplish
Enables
Drives
TAKE AWAY:
Agile Outcomes and Capabilities are
the “connective tissue” that link your
Business Outcomes to your chosen
framework!

18. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Align
Accelerate
Adapt
Predict
Learn
Chaos & Resistance
Integration &
Practice
New Status Quo
Status Quo
Path to Agility® Framework

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If you need to re-focus your organization on
outcomes…
Our free, 2-hour Path to Agility® Outcomes workshop guides your
organization’s leadership through the process of determining the most important
business outcomes needed and defi ning a path to achieving those outcomes.
If you need help understanding where to go from
here…
Our Agile Assessment services will identify gaps, establish a baseline for the
transformation moving forward, and determine key next steps for achieving your
goals.
If your organization is ready to get started…
Our SAFe Training and Implementation services help your organization
understand and integrate the Scaled Agile Framework while maintaining an ongoing
focus on delivering business outcomes.
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22. SAFe® defines an implementation roadmap for organizations undergoing a Lean-Agile transformation.
SAFe Implementation Roadmap

23. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Example 3: Capabilities and SAFe Mapping
AGILE OUTCOME SAFe MAPPING
ARTs of 5-12 long-lived teams
All Essential level roles fulfilled: SM, PO,
Team, RTE, Prod Mgmt, SA, Business
Owner
Stakeholders and Customer identified
Aligned iteration cadence
Aligned PI cadence
ART Sync event 1-2 times/week
PI Planning with all teams
All ART teams integrate continuously
System Demo every 2 weeks of
potentially shippable product increment
CD pipeline
Trunk-based commits, limited branching
Release on Demand
DevOps culture for pipeline optimization
AGILE CAPABILITIES