SAFe Compendium eBook

The SAFe® eBook offers a detailed, end-to-end exploration of the Scaled Agile Framework, designed to guide organizations through the complexities of enterprise-level Agile transformation. It combines foundational theory with practical, real-world applications—empowering leaders to scale agility across teams, programs, and portfolios with confidence.

• Lean-Agile Foundations: Gain a deep understanding of the core principles that underpin SAFe, including Lean thinking, systems thinking, and flow efficiency. Learn how these concepts drive faster delivery, reduce waste, and align teams around customer value. The eBook explains how SAFe builds on Agile values while introducing Lean principles to support enterprise-wide coordination and adaptability.
• Team & Technical Agility: Discover how high-performing Agile teams operate within SAFe’s structure. Explore the role of Agile Release Trains (ARTs), DevOps pipelines, and built-in quality practices that enable continuous delivery of value. The eBook highlights how cross-functional collaboration, technical excellence, and shared ownership contribute to scalable, resilient systems.
• Program Increment Planning: Master the mechanics of PI Planning—SAFe’s signature cadence-based planning event. Learn how teams synchronize around shared objectives, refine backlogs collaboratively, and commit to delivering value in fixed timeboxes. The eBook walks through the full PI cycle, from planning and execution to Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring alignment and transparency across teams.
• Portfolio Management: Explore how SAFe enables strategic alignment across business units through Lean Portfolio Management. Understand how value streams replace traditional project structures, and how Lean budgeting practices empower decentralized financial decision-making. The eBook provides guidance on prioritizing investments, managing epics, and ensuring that strategy flows seamlessly into execution.
• Leadership Enablement: Uncover the critical role of leadership in sustaining Agile transformation. Learn how executives, managers, and change agents foster a culture of innovation, psychological safety, and relentless improvement. The eBook emphasizes the shift from command-and-control to servant leadership, and offers tools for coaching, mentoring, and enabling decentralized decision-making at scale.