SAFe is SCRUM on Steriods
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What is SCRUM
Scrum is a framework for project management that emphasizes teamwork, accountability and iterative progress toward a well-defined goal. … The three pillars of Scrum are transparency, inspection and adaptation. The framework, which is often part of Agile software development, is named for a rugby formation.
Questions
- What is Agile development?
- Agils is a way to do things.
- What is a good definition of SCRUM and when should it be used?
- SCRUM is a way to get things done
- Do you always have 2 week cycles?
- Is Agile’s goal to move faster?
- Why is a daily stand up necessary?
- What did you do today?
- What needs to be done?
- Blockers?
- Sprint planning
- Testing
- Demo
- How do you pass acceptance criteria
- What is SAFe?
- What is PI Planning?
- Why would you use SAFe?
- Does SAFe slow a project down?
- What is the benefit of using SAFe?
- Is SAFe anti Agile?
- Once a company adopts SAFe what do they complain about?
- How long does it take a company to work through the growing pains?
- There are too many meetings! Why?!?
- Is SAFe a good methodology to adapt within a startup?
- What size company is a good fit for SAFe?
- How do you go about doing an assessment if someone is a good fit for SAFe?
- If they are not a great fit for SAFe as a whole, can they use any part of it?
- Small batches of work
- Consistency
- What are the different levels of SAFe
- Essential
- Large Solution
- Portfolio
- Full
- What occurs to make you decide you need to switch from SCRUM to SAFe?
- Multiple Teams working together, but on different products?
- Different Timelines?
- Will SAFe give me more visibility?
- Is SAFe only a single vision, or can you make it fit your requirements?
- Framework?
- What are the key roles within SAFe?
- Release Train Engineer
- System Architect
- Product Manager
- SCRUM Master
- Product Owner
- Agile Team
- Cross Functional Developers
- QA
- Does Design Fit within this team?
- Do you need to fill roles that are T shaped?
- Should you only fill with E shaped individuals?
- How do you get better participation in Sprint Planning?
- SCRUM Master
- Everyone should weigh in on pointing (Other than SCRUM Master/PO)
“SAFe is SCRUM on Steriods” ~ Elizabeth Wilson