SAFe Implementation Roadmap

1. What is SAFe:
SAFe Implementation Roadmap
By:
Deepak Srinivas (2017HL93012)
Hemanth Kumar MP (2017HL93007)

2. •What is SAFe?
•Why is SAFe?
•How to start?
•How to Implement?

3. Agile Process Movement

5. SAFe Delivers Business Results

7. Go Safe: Reaching the tipping point
• The Need for Change
1. A burning platform: The company is failing to compete, and the existing
way of working is inadequate to achieve a new solution in time.
2. Proactive leadership In the absence of a burning platform, leadership must
create the sense of urgency to proactively drive change by taking a stand
for a better, future state.
• Establish the Vision for Change
1. Purpose
2. Motivation
3. Alignment
• Take an Economic View

8. Train Lean – Agile Change Agents
SPCs(SAFe® Program Consultants) are knowledgeable change agents. Many are typically
required.

9. Train Executives, Managers, Leaders
• Only management can change the system. - It is not enough
that management commit themselves to quality and productivity,
they must know what it is they must do. Such a responsibility
cannot be delegated.

10. Identify Value Streams and
ARTs(Agile Release Trains)
A Value Stream is a fundamental thinking construct in Lean. Each Value
Stream is the sequence of steps used to deliver value to the Customer.
Organizing around the flow of value:
• Fewer handoffs, faster value delivery
• Easier to build in quality
• Built-in alignment between the business and development
• Optimizing the system as a whole
Result: Faster delivery, higher quality, higher customer satisfaction

11. Identify Value Streams and
ARTs(Agile Release Trains)
Steps
• Identifying the operational value streams
• Identifying the systems that support the operational value stream
• Identifying the people who develop and maintain those systems
• Defining the development value streams that contain the systems
and people
• Identifying the ARTs that realize the development value streams

12. Create the implementation Plan
Three activities:
• Pick the first value stream
• Leadership support
• Clarity on product and solutions
• Has good team
• Many good challenges
• Select the first ART
• Create a preliminary plan for additional ARTs and value streams

13. Prepare for ART Launch
No matter who leads, the larger activities in preparing the launch
include:
• Define the ART
• Set the launch date and end date for the program calendar
• Train ART leaders and stakeholders
• Establish the Agile teams
• Train Product Managers and Product Owners (POs)
• Train Scrum Masters
• Train System Architects/Engineers Assess and evolve launch
readiness
• Prepare the program backlog

14. Train Teams and Launch ART
• The Benefits of Big Room Training
• Launch the ART
• One week activity
• SAFe for Teams – 2 days followed Program Increment (PI) planning – 2
Days, Remaning one day for workshop

15. Train Teams and Launch ART

16. Coach ART Execution
• Help teams plan, execute, review and retrospect the first several
iterations of the PI
• Manage and improve flow
• Keep the focus on delivering value vs. simply completing tasks
• Coach new Scrum Masters and Product Owners
• Continuously Improve with Inspect & Adap

17. Launch More ARTs and Value Steams
• Large Solution Level

18. Extend to the Portfolio

19. Sustain and Improve

20. Sustain and Improve

21. Thank You