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SAFe^® News You Can Use

2020 – September

Change is constant in business, but with Agile and SAFe, you can keep adapting to whatever comes your way. Here are some resources to help: See updated guidance for Lean Portfolio Management. Tap into a wealth of knowledge in the SAFe Community Forums. Get a copy of SAFe 5.0 Distilled for your teams. And read thoughts from our CEO, Chris James, about supporting employees’ comfort levels around remote work.

2020 – July

Get the SAFe for Marketing white paper, learn why now is the time to prioritize learning, take a break from screen time and listen to our podcasts, read how Citrix pulled off its first virtual PI planning, meet our new SAFe Fellows, and check out our CEO’s thoughts about trust and remote work.

2020 – May

Stories from the field: SAFe partners, customers, and trainers share their experiences and lessons learned from running remote SAFe ceremonies like PI Planning, doing remote training, and facilitating virtual collaboration. Plus, check out all the remote SAFe resources at your fingertips and explore how to connect with us at the upcoming virtual European SAFe^® Summit.

2020 – April
Remote delivery and facilitation resources to train, plan, and learn; get help from your peers in the SAFe Community Forums; the European SAFe Summit goes virtual; get advice about running remote activities; virtual planning recommendations; why to become an SPCT; tell us how COVID-19 is affecting you, and more ...

2020 – February
The evolution of digital transformation with Scaled Agile CEO Chris James, why Ørsted’s ambitious digital strategy involves SAFe, how Agile and DevOps are better together, a deep dive into design thinking, save on your registration for SAFe Day Government and the European SAFe Summit, other event news, and more ...

2020 – January
Our customers weigh in on what excites them about SAFe 5.0, Konica Minolta’s transformation journey, Agile trends to watch in 2020, how the VA is using SAFe and DevOps, top 12 DevOps stories of 2019, SAFe Day Government, event news, and more ...

2019 – December
Debunking the myth that you can’t do Agile on large-scale ERP implementations, the new SAFe 5.0 introduction white paper, Capgemini’s Agile at scale report, Mik Kersten reflects on Project to Product journey, find the right SAFe coach with our new Partner finder, registration is live for the 2020 Global SAFe Summit and SAFe Day Government, event news, and more …

2019 – November
The Airbus CIO’s bold plans for disruption include SAFe, why a shift in Travelport’s transformation focus has led to increased predictability, how attendees at the Global SAFe Summit helped us donate $500,000, best practices in starting a LACE, bonus episodes of the Business Agility Podcast, event news, and more …

2019 – October
How AT&T is using SAFe to improve product development, PI Planning changes the game for Travelport teams, SAFe 5.0 preview, 7 Dimensions of a Great SPC, SAFe Adoptions in Finland, Business Agility Podcast, event news, and more …

2019 – September
Travelport’s PI Planning Success, ASE Vlog Series, APSM Classes Live, 6 Videos that Reveal the Secrets of Lean-Agile Leadership, Fine-Tuning SAFe with Architecture, Last Chance for the Global SAFe Summit, Women in Agile Podcast, event news, and more …

2019 – August
Uplevel Your Product Strategy with Design Thinking, Survey on Scaling Agile Frameworks, SAFe Business Agility Podcast, Baseline Metrics in a SAFe Implementation, TIAA Wins Big with SAFe and DevOps, 5 Tips for Leading a Great Inspect and Adapt Workshop, event news, and more …

2019 – July
Travelport Takes Off with SAFe and Micro Focus; Webinar: Testing, SAFe, and Rational Quality Manager; A New Perspective on DevOps; New Course: Agile Product Management ; SAFe Business Agility Podcast; Understanding Cost in a SAFe World; Cisco IT: SAFe Bought Us Speed, Visibility, and Accountability; The New Age of Agile: Evolving from teams to the entire business; event news; and more …

2019 – June
Can DevOps Practices Be Applied to Cyber-Physical Systems Development?, Applying Empathy to Design Thinking, The Enterprise Architect’s Ecosystem in an Agile Enterprise, State of Agile Report, 5 Little Changes that Make a Big Difference in Your SAFe Transformation, event news, and more …

2019 – May
SAFe Business Agility Podcast, Skandia Agile Transformation, Update to Principle #1 article, Five Common (and Wrong) Expectations of a SAFe Transformation, Highlights of the 2019 European SAFe Summit, Event news, and more …

2019 – April
Raytheon CIO: Continuous learning starts with IT leaders, Webinar: Tips for getting strategic value out of your DevOps investment, How to use IT4IT with SAFe to increase release velocity, IPMA: SAFe for Lean Enterprises, Twinfield teams are PROs in mastering remote PI Plannings, Lessons from a Successful Large-Scale Agile Transition, and more …

2019 – March
SAFe® for Architects, Murex case study, Dealing with Unplanned and/or BAU Work in SAFe, Implementation of SAFe in France, 5 things to know before PI Planning, and more …

2019 – February
Featuring new SAFe for Government resource portal, Lean Enterprise assessment, SAFe^® for Architects course, Remote Program Increment Planning tips, Why DevOps is not Enough, Weighted Velocity: An Approach to Addressing the Impact of Planned and Unplanned Leave on Yesterday’s Weather, and more …

2019 – January
Featuring registration open for 2019 European SAFe Summit, three new videos: 3-minute SAFe Explainer, What Goes into SAFe Certification, and PI Planning at French insurance company, InfoQ article on CA Technologies Agile transformation, and more …

2018 – November
Featuring 4.6 Courseware, the new SAFe for Government and SAFe Agile Software Engineering courses, the European SAFe Summit, Testing and Quality in SAFe, Implementing Lean-Agile at Scale in Highly Regulated Industries Webinar, and more …

2018 – October
Featuring Global SAFe Summit presentation downloads, SAFe 4.6 “What’s New” presentation, video, and downloads, SAFe’s CALMR approach to DevOps, Johnson Controls case study,
Agile Amped podcasts, webinars, and more …

2018 – September
Featuring The Global SAFe Summit, SAFe 4.5 Distilled Pre-order, an RTE Survival Guide, Upcoming Webinars, and more …

2018 – August
Featuring the SAFe DevOps Health Radar, SAFe Glossary Translations, The Global SAFe Summit, Telia and Pole emploi Case Studies, and more …

2018 – July
Featuring 2018 Global SAFe Summit keynote: Vernice Armour, ITCC Agile Development Task Force, Testing and Quality in the Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises, The Journey to being an Agile Finance Team, Agile Procurement and Contracts, and more …

2018 – June
Featuring the updated SAFe Reference Guide, the retirement of SAFe 4.0, DevOps at Scale, Fostering innovation with Lean startup and SAFe, and more …

2018 – May
Featuring Geoffrey Moore to keynote the 2018 Global SAFe Summit, the new SAFe® DevOps course, SAFe® for Government Programs beta class, the 12th Annual State of Agile report, 10 Essentials for a Distributed PI Planning, SproutLoud Case Study, and more …

2018 – April
Featuring the SAFe Foundations update, Don Reinertsen keynote at Summit, new Feature templates, and more …

2018 – February
Featuring The Two Upcoming SAFe Summits, Our New Headquarters, Overcoming the Challenges of Agile Transformation Video, LIC Case Study, and more …

2018 – January
Featuring 200,000 SAFe-trained professionals!, Beta SAFe DevOps course, New SAFe Fellows, preparing for PI Planning, Case Studies from Standard Bank, Intel, and Capitol One, and more …

2017 – December
Featuring Leading SAFe 4.5 Live Lessons, Expanded DevOps Content, PI Planning in Action, Fannie Mae Case Study, Australia Post Case Study, and more …

2017 – October
Featuring SAFe Summit Presentations, The Scaling Agile Report 2017, The New SAFe 4.5 Introduction White Paper, an Interview with the SAFe Distilled Authors, Case Studies from Standard Bank, Thales InFlyt Experience, and CapitalOne, and more …

2017 – August
Featuring new Compliance White Paper, Elbit Experience Report, Tooling Partners geared up for SAFe 4.5, Lean Portfolio Management article, PMI webinar: Implications of DevOps for traditional project managers, Dave Prior/Dean Leffingwell interview at Agile2017, webinars, and more …

2017 – July
Featuring Essential SAFe updates, Dean Leffingwell video interviews, NICE Actimize video, vantiv case study, Agile 2017 SAFe sessions, and more …

2017 – June
Featuring SAFe 4.5 worldwide debut, Courses updated, What’s New 15-minute video, Summit keynote speakers, Fitbit case study, and more …

2017 – April
Featuring SAFe #1 in State of Agile Report, New RTE course, Scalable DevOps w/ SAFe, 6-day Quickstart, the final installment in the story of the 6-day SAFe Quickstart, Right-sizing Features for SAFe Program Increments, more …

2017 – March
Featuring New Book: SAFe Distilled, Recorded webinar: Project Managers in the Lean-Agile Enterprise with SAFe, Case studies: Northwestern Mutual and censhare, Upcoming webinars, meetups, and more …

2017 – February
Featuring SAFe Summit 2017 Registration Announcement, Visual Studio TFS Mapping guidance for SAFe, SAFe and Small Teams, The Critical Role of the SPC, SimCorp video, Kantar Retail case study and more …

2017 – January
Featuring New SAFe Implementation Roadmap, Mark Richards’ blog: The Art of SAFe, Invitation-based SAFe implementation, Videos: Dean’s answers to Top 7 Questions about SAFe Value Streams, new case studies: Royal Philips, LEGO, NHS and more …

2016 – November
Featuring 2016 SAFe Summit downloads & videos, SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Essential SAFe, End of Life for SAFe 3.0, Books: The Rollout, Tribal Unity, Videos: Dean Leffingwell on the Strategic Value of Value Streams, Schroders PI Planning Workshop, new case studies: AstraZeneca, and more …

2016 – September
Featuring 2016 SAFe Summit updates, Essential SAFe, Prototyping to Maximize UX Efficiency in SAFe, SAFe and Kanban, SAFe video tour for newbies, Video: Dean Leffingwell on Managing Value Streams over Projects, new case studies: Swisscom, and amdocs, and more …

2016 – August
Featuring 2016 SAFe Summit, New SAFe 4.0 Reference Guide, New White Paper: Agile HR and SAFe, Introducing a simple Portfolio planning method, Agile2016 Downloads, Video: Indispensible Elements of SAFe, New case studies: HPE, Cisco, and Wespac, and more …

2016 – June
Featuring New LiveLessons Video Leading SAFe 4.0 with Dean Leffingwell, New SAFe 4.0 White Paper, Essential SAFe 4.0, SEI Case Study, Becoming an SPCT, cPrime supports SAFe in JIRA, and Business.com article Too Big to be Agile? Not with SAFe

2016 – May
Featuring New SAFe 4.0 PMPO Course, VersionOne Advanced Platform Support, PI Planning Tips, UX in SAFe, Video: How to Identify & Coordinate Your Value Streams, Dean Leffingwell podcast “What’s New with SAFe,” Video: SAFe in 5 Minutes, Adventures with ART (#WhereisART), and more …

2016 – April
Featuring New SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe jumps to #2 in State of Agile Survey: Agile Contracts, Video: Building Complex Systems with SAFe 4.0, TomTom Case Study, and more …

2016 – March
Featuring New SAFe 4.0 Role-based Curriculum, What’s New in SAFe 4.0: Instructor-Led Training, Essential SAFe, Value-Add Member Toolkits, CapEx and OpEx, and more …

2016 – January
Featuring SAFe 4.0 Goes Live, New Version-specific certifications, New LMS and Video Upgrade Course, 10 Things You Need to Know About SAFe, SAFe 4.0 Foundations, LEGO Case Study, Poster Downloads, 2015 in Review, and more …

2015 – October
Featuring 3 Case Studies: Elekta, Seamless, and RMIT, Partner Summit, SAFe Rankings in World Quality Report and CIO.com Agile Certifications, House of Lean and 9 Principles Poster Downloads, SAFe in 8 Pictures Deck, 5 Tips for a Successful SAFe Release Planning Event, and more …

2015 – August
Featuring Accenture case study, Downloads: Dean Leffingwell’s 9 Immutable Principles, Drew Jemilo’s Agile Contracts, Leading SAFe V3.0.3 release, Video: Release Planning Simulation with Rally & Philips, and more …

2015 – June
Featuring new SAFe Lean-Agile Principles, New 3.0 Foundations PowerPoint, the Road to SAFe 4.0/LSE, Welcome VP of Community Success—Carol McEwan, Nordea Case Studies, and more …

2015 – April
Featuring The Top 10 Reasons to use SAFe , New Leading SAFe Video, SAFe LSE classes, Travis Perkins and NAPA Case Studies, and more …

2015 – February
Featuring The Dean Interview Every SAFe Practitioner Should Read, Leadership Retreat, IBM Support for SAFe, SPC Welcome Webinar, and more …

2014 – December
Featuring Applied SAFe, SAFe Novella, Specifying Epics, Case Studies, and more …

2014 – October
Featuring SAFe LSE, Microsoft’s TFS Support, Kanban for SAFe Teams, Case Studies, and more …