What is
SAFe?
The acronym SAFe stands for the Scaled Agile Framework®. It’s a scaling method for agility, which was developed by Scaled Agile Inc. (SAI) in Boulder, USA. SAFe is particularly effective in medium-sized companies and corporations. The framework offers coherent answers to questions of scaling and combines all elements from team to portfolio level.
The Nerd Republic is a Silver Partner of Scaled Agile Inc.
Die Nerd Republic ist Silberpartner bei der Scaled Agile Inc.
Why do organizations opt
for the implementation of
SAFe?
Scaled Agile Inc. presents four success indicators for the implementation of SAFe. The following results are recorded by SAFe for companies that have already completed a successful implementation:
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Although these key figures are based on concrete observations, our many years of practical experience show us that their impact on individual companies is more complex and is based on and influenced by various contextual factors. Companies that decide to implement SAFe come to us with a wide variety of real-life challenges:
- Poor project implementation with considerable additional effort
- Lack of transparency about ongoing initiatives
- Overloaded key resources
- Unreliable delivery capability of the organization
- Need to coordinate multiple teams
- Shortening of decision-making processes due to self-management
Zur SAFe-Zertifizierung mit der Nerd Republic!
WITH THE NERD REPUBLIC
TO YOUR SAFe-CERTIFICATION!
Leading SAFe (English)
Your course when it comes to gaining a comprehensive insight. Principles, planning cycles and portfolio. Everyone who wants to get started starts here.
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Leading SAFe (English)
Your course when it comes to gaining a comprehensive insight. Principles, planning cycles and portfolio. Everyone who wants to get started starts here.
Not sure which course is right for you?
Zur SAFe-Zertifizierung mit der Nerd Republic!
SAFe beyond a certification
More Courses
Management 3.0 Foundation Workshop (English)
Enter a new world of leadership and cooperation with this interactive workshop!
Management 3.0 Foundation Workshop (English)
Enter a new world of leadership and cooperation with this interactive workshop!
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We are proud of our course feedback
We are particularly proud of the course feedback from our participants. The following categories are collected as part of the course feedback by Scaled Agile Inc. The Nerd Republic thus achieves absolute top marks in the DACH region. Thank you very much!
Total score at the SAI
Training Content and Material
Venue and Facilities
Trainer's Knowledge of Content
Trainer's Facilitation Skills
*As of Feb 24, we regularly pull new values from the Scaled Agile Inc feedback forms for the SAFe courses.
Nothing beats an Agile team ... except a team of Agile teams.
– Dean Leffingwell
How do we support the successful
erfolgreichen Implementierung?
Implementation?
As Nerd Republic, we are an established silver partner of Scaled Agile Inc. Our trainers and coaches have also gained in-depth experience in training and implementing SAFe in recent years. We accompany people and organizations comprehensively on the SAFe journey. We focus on supporting you in three areas:
SAFe-IMPLEMENTATION
Tuning and scaling
Certification and qualification
SAFe-
IMPLEMENTATION
OUR RECIPE
FOR SUCCESS
The SAFe implementation can be approached in different ways. We would like to share a few of our success factors with you. You can read our hand-writing from these.
A strong goal
At the beginning, you need a clear goal and a clear “why?”. What should be achieved with the implementation of SAFe? An end in itself is not enough. Along the way, it will get difficult and doubts about the implementation will arise. If the goal is missing, everything quickly flies off the rails.
A strong team
We help with the early formation of a strong transformation team (LACE). This team must find itself, organize itself and be empowered by the management. Without the transformation team, there will be a diffusion of responsibility. We also empower the organization to transform through the team – after all, it is your organization and not ours.
Strong communication
We rely on early and strong communication models. A SAFe implementation is a transformation. Many areas of change cannot be planned and require trial and error and courageous experimentation. This process is accompanied by uncertainties and possible fears on the part of those involved. Open and early communication about the goals and the change steps are essential in order to create a “joint” transformation.
Living agility
We focus on “agile moments”. Too often, the focus is on the mechanical implementation of framework principles. In our experience, SAFe and agility are successful when they are based on attitude rather than rules. This requires constant experiences and epiphanies, coupled with joint reflection.
External remains external
We praise sports science with the concept of the inner and outer control loop. Roger Federer didn’t need a coach for years to show him how to play tennis. We see our strength in operating the outer control loop. Transformations should not be based on external people alone. Of course, we take on roles at short notice and thus get a push into the organization. In that case, however, we are happy to work with an internal pairing.
Everything just for a certification?
Certification is the start of a journey, not the end. It’s similar to a driver’s license. We believe that certification training is an important element in establishing a common language and a common mindset. Ultimately, however, all that is needed is the “tipping point”. This contributes to a learning organization and can be made significantly more needs-based. One SAFe course after another will not be enough to make a transformation successful.
Metrics and empiricism
Empirical systems, which are used in agility, allow us to take measurements and make statements. We try to work with metrics at different levels early on and give the transformation the necessary depth. At some point, someone somewhere will (rightfully) ask: “What has all this achieved?”. So let’s not try to tweak the Formula 1 car without asking ourselves whether the lap time has also improved.
SCALED AGILITY
We live and breathe agility
We support you in agile transformation and innovative organizational development. Experienced trainers and coaches are determined to play an active role in shaping your new working world. To this end, we break new ground in collaboration and turn previous structures upside down.
We have already welcomed numerous people to our courses and led them to successful certification. We have implemented SAFe in settings ranging from the corporate level with thousands of employees to small organizations with customized solutions. Partners value our authenticity, our agile mindset and our hands-on mentality.
