what is scaled agile framework

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a set of organizational and workflow patterns intended to guide enterprises in scaling lean and agile practices. It is a body of knowledge that includes principles meant to improve the company as a whole by inspiring lean-agile decision making across functional and organizational boundaries. SAFe is widely adopted across enterprises with large software development teams, and it is trusted, customizable, and sustainable. The framework is built around the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility that are critical to achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage in an increasingly digital age. SAFe is supported by the SAFe Studio platform and Scaled Agile’s dedicated Customer Success Team, and an extensive network of 500+ Scaled Agile Partners provide strategic advisory services, implementation support, training, coaching, and technology platforms for SAFe collaboration, visibility, and flow. The Scaled Agile Framework’s principles are intended to influence the decisions of not just leaders and managers, but of everyone in the organization and condition their mindset to shift from traditional waterfall thinking to lean-agile thinking.