#SAFe allows for multiple configurations to fit every businesses’ specific situation. These configurations are: Essential #SAFe, Large Solution #SAFe, Portfolio #SAFe, and Full #SAFe. This video is part of a series where we go into the specifics of each configuration and see what makes them up. In this video we’ll be exploring Large Solution #SAFe, a configuration providing enterprises the ability to build large and complex solutions.

Before we start, I need to state that #SAFe is a proprietary trademark, and many of the images and information used in this video is property of Scaled #Agile, Inc. If you wish to view everything in more detail, please visit www.ScaledAgile.com.

Large Solution #SAFe utilizes everything Essential #SAFe offers, building on it with additional roles, practices, and guidance to build large-scale applications and networks. As with every component of #SAFe, Large Solution #SAFe starts with the people needed to make it happen. These are the #Solution Architect/Engineer, #Solution Management, and #Solution Train Engineer.
● The #Solution Architect/Engineer is responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision across a #Solution Train to ensure the #solution under development fits its intended purpose. They analyze technical trade-offs and work to make the end product of quality and fitness.
● Product Management supports building desirable and feasible products that meet customer needs. They utilize a customer-centric mindset where the customer is at the center of every decision, supported by the tools and techniques of Design Thinking.
● The #Solution Train Engineer is a servant leader for the Solution Train, facilitating and guiding work across all #ARTs and suppliers in the Value Stream. They don’t manage teams; rather, they steer the entire #Solution Train in the right direction, so that they work as efficiently as possible.

After #Solution Intent, items decided upon are placed into the #Solution Backlog. This is the holding area for upcoming Capabilities and Enablers, each of which can span multiple #ARTs and is intended to advance the #Solution. #Solution Management is responsible for the #Solution Backlog, placing items in them that result from research activities to collaboration with stakeholders.

The #Solution Train is next, pulling items from the #Solution Backlog. This train builds large and complex #solutions, possibly requiring thousands of people to develop. These could be anything from commercially-available cars to defense systems for militaries.
The #Solution Train provides roles, events, and artifacts necessary to coordinate building important systems, where any mistake or slip up could have dire consequences.
Within the #Solution Train, there are Suppliers, internal or external organizations that develop and deliver components that help #Solution Trains. Suppliers support high-value solutions by providing unique competencies and distinctive skills. They provide the expertise that can accelerate solution delivery.
Within the #Solution Train, there are #Solution Demos, where development efforts show results to stakeholders. It’s an essential part of the train, offering feedback and objective evaluation for the #Solution. Within this, new capabilities, compliances, and overall fitness is demonstrated.

There you have the components of Large Solution #SAFe. As with Portfolio #SAFe, this is in conjunction with the Essential components of #SAFe as well as part of Full #SAFe, which is all the configurations combined. For more information on #SAFe and Agile, don’t forget to subscribe, and remember to be #Agile.

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