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SAFe® Coaches Handbook
SAFe® Coaches Handbook

SAFe® Coaches Handbook: Proven tips and techniques for launching and running SAFe® Teams, ARTs, and Portfolios in an Agile Enterprise

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Profile Icon Wilmshurst Profile Icon Lindy Quick
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Key benefits

  • Understand how to tailor SAFe® practices to meet your organization’s needs
  • Avoid common mistakes encountered while adopting SAFe® at team, ART, and portfolio levels
  • Discover practical tips and best practices to plan teams, ARTs, events, and Lean Portfolio Management

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The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) is widely recognized as an eff ective methodology for implementing Agile practices at the Enterprise level. However, the complexity of SAFe® can make it challenging for Teams and organizations to determine which practices can be safely adapted to their unique needs. Although SAFe® is a framework rather than a set of rules, promoting adaptation, it’s crucial to understand why SAFe® practices are designed the way they are along with the consequences of modifying them. The SAFe® Coaches Handbook is a comprehensive resource that goes beyond a how-to guide, providing a deep understanding of SAFe® principles and practices. The chapters are designed in a way to teach you how to successfully implement SAFe® in your organization and eff ectively manage the Team’s Backlog while avoiding common pitfalls. You’ll discover optimal ways to create SAFe® Teams and run successful Events. You’ll also learn how to plan Agile Release Trains (ARTs), manage the ART Backlog, conduct PI Planning, and grasp the importance of Value Stream Identifi cation in driving value delivery. By the end of this book, you’ll be armed with practical tips and advice to help you successfully customize the Scaled Agile Framework to your Enterprise’s needs while preserving the aspects that make it work successfully.

Who is this book for?

If you're a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPCT), Scrum Master/Team Coach, or Release Train Engineer tasked with implementing SAFe® within an organization, you'll find this book indispensable. It offers valuable insights into aspects of SAFe® and helps ensure success in delivery and execution with practical uses you can adopt. Product owners and product managers will also benefit from this book by gaining a deeper understanding of how to function effectively within a SAFe® environment. A basic understanding of SAFe®, agile, and DevOps is recommended to get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

  • Discover how to set up Agile Teams to attain maximum effectiveness
  • Avoid common mistakes organizations make with SAFe®
  • Find out how to set up the Agile Release Train
  • Discover common mistakes enterprises make that affect the success of the ART
  • Understand the importance of Value Streams and learn how to work with them successfully
  • Start using the best ways to measure the progress of Teams and ARTs at an Enterprise level
  • Recognize the impact of successful SAFe® adoption on Enterprise strategy and organizational structure

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Vahid Hakami Aug 19, 2024
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Diego S Groiso Aug 15, 2023
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It is great to have the latest SAFe 6.0 content in a single book to read and also to use as a reference. It is well organized by SAFe levels starting at the team level and going up to the Portfolio level, plus a chapter on the leadership required to make this happen.Not only that, but it is also full of great advice for Agile Coaches and highlights areas they need to focus on during a transformation.The most valuable part of the book must be the Pro tips. They translate the theory into practice and benefit the reader from years of the authors' experience. I would have liked to know those tips before my first transformation.The authors identify some common mistakes and mix them up with real-life stories.It is great to see the authors' additions to the SAFe framework based on their experiences, such as the Technical Sync and the Troika Sync.As an ex-RTE, I identify with Darren's definition of the RTE's role: "It's a version of extreme cat herding".
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ChuckG73 Aug 09, 2023
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I received an early version of the book and it is a great summary of Scaled Agile in the first 15 chapters, with real-world examples and easy to read. Chapter 16, is where the rubber meets the road. "Leadership Alignment", walks an SPC through how to organize and set up a Scaled Agile Environment and the work you conduct with the Leadership and the teams to create, and how we all work together. I wish I had this book when I did my first Agile Transformation!!! This is a great book to have on the shelf, next to your copies of Team Topologies and SAFe Distilled.
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MiHyun Sep 18, 2023
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SAFe can be a daunting framework to coach. The coaches handbook helps bring it home with practical guidance for every aspect of the SAFe framework. As a coach, the tips in here give you steps on setting up and sustaining everything from building a release train to the day to day workings of the release train. The authors show how to effectively measure, run events, and work with leadership. I like how these tips are all in one place as a reference. Highly recommend this book to agile coaches using SAFe or anyone that is using SAFe and wants to find ways to improve their practice.
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Robert Wen Aug 17, 2023
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I mostly look at SAFe from a trainer's perspective: can I demonstrate to my students the nuances in the Scaled Agile Framework. Darren and Lindy do an excellent job of showing that, with real stories I can take back to my students!
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