Want to Fail Your SAFe Rollout? Learn from These Anti-Patterns!
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This talk reviews common anti-patterns that cause SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) rollouts to fail, based on the presenter’s years of hands-on coaching across industries (aviation, healthcare, finance, media, IT). It names the core issues—misunderstanding the SAFe model, organizational vs cultural blockers—and gives practical guidance on how to avoid those anti-models to protect a SAFe transformation or, conversely, how such mistakes lead a train to derail.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 15:48Let's fight the culture!
- 20:18Design the organization you already have
- 22:39Lack of Leadership Support
- 27:31Lack of Discipline for Program Execution
- 31:46Lack of Meaningful Measurements
- 35:30Wait for the Perfect Timing
- 38:34HR is an External Agent
- 40:28Start with SAFe within Departments
- 41:53Tyranny of the Urgent
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