Evaluating best fits

The Essential SAFe configuration provides the information you need to get started with a SAFe implementation, although some organizations may never grow beyond the Essential SAFe configuration. Essential SAFe coordinates and integrates the activities of multiple yet small Agile teams across both value creation and value delivery activities. Specifically, the Essential SAFe configuration provides the organizational structures, roles, events, and artifacts that help direct customer-centric and value-adding activities across the Agile teams.

The ART structure of Essential SAFe facilitates the guidance of multiple Agile teams spanning 50 to 125 people. The ART structure supports product development or value stream activities, depending on the size and complexity of the products under development. Large products may require multiple ARTs to coordinate and integrate all the work. In such cases, the ARTs typically align with development and operational value streams...