I Gotta Have SAFe: Sung To The Tune of George Michael’s ‘Faith”

I’ve tried to avoid SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) training for software product development in the past, but this time around I feel motivated to understand it better.

Why? Because there are plenty of opponents to it on the Internet who’ve written terrific critiques, like the storied Marty Cagan:

“I can’t imagine any of the strong tech product companies I know choosing to move to SAFe, and if for some reason they did, I’m pretty certain their top talent would leave.” https://svpg.com/revenge-of-the-pmo/

Having seen my share of SAFe doubters, and having spent an inordinate amount of time scratching my head while trying to read the key diagram that underlies this framework for agile, I felt that I should make more of a concerted effort to learn instead of just criticize.

via https://www.scaledagileframework.com/

Reason why SAFe s*cks #6: Engineering gets brought into the process too late as primarily just writers of code.