Following the SAFe® Implementation Roadmap
The lower bar on the various SAFe configuration graphics provides links to the topics on the SAFe Core Values, Lean-Agile Mindset, Principles, and Implementation Roadmap (https://www.scaledAgileframework.com/#). Except for the Implementation Roadmap, we discussed all these topics in Chapter 10, Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) as part of Essential SAFe. It did not make sense to introduce you to the Implementation Roadmap before you understood the total scope of the Scaled Agile Framework. Now that you do understand the comprehensive nature of SAFe, the value of the Implementation Roadmap becomes apparent.
The SAFe Implementation Roadmap (shown in Figure 13.7) provides detailed guidance on how to incrementally move an organization to implement SAFe across an enterprise successfully. This degree of change doesn’t happen overnight. Full implementation across a large enterprise can take 2 to 3 years. As with scaling Scrum practices, it...
