Leading a SAFe Program?

Leaders who don’t understand how to apply agility to their agency to guide a new way of working that helps them exploit speed to continuously increase value delivery.

Organizational agility isn’t something that happens because other people do it. Without highly engaged leaders who exemplify behaviors that inspire and motivate the organization to pursue a better way of working, the changes won’t stick. Leadership from the top, is found to be much more effective than trying to scale Agile from the bottom up. But leaders must do more than simply “support the transformation.”

Learn more about Lean-Agile Leadership and what’s required to build a solid Lean-Agile foundation in government.

Bureaucratic organizational structures dictate the structure of the Agile program.

Healthy Agile teams are the primary organizational unit in SAFe®. These high-performing teams are small, cross-functional, self-organizing, and often include a mix of government staff and contractors. They function with the trust of the agency to define and execute the objectives of the program using assigned priorities and clear acceptance criteria. Successful Agile programs in government are made up of cross-functional teams that have a level of autonomy to make quick decisions, resulting in greater efficiency and value being delivered faster to citizens and warfighters.

Learn more about creating high-performing teams of teams in government.

Contracting officers in government struggle to move from traditional waterfall RFIs and RFPs to Agile services acquisition.

Legacy guidelines that govern the acquisition processes are often too rigid to meet today’s demands for efficiency, innovation, and protection. Traditional acquisition methods often lead to delays and result in poor outcomes. New Agile contracting, that references Agile processes, Agile Product Management, and Agile technical approaches offer an alternative approach by establishing the need for a different mindset and new values and principles to govern the new way of working.

Learn about modifying acquisition practices to enable Lean-Agile development and operations and download the guide to SAFe Services Acquisition.