SAFe makes risk visible! “When responsibility is unclear, authority does not disappear. It becomes invisible.” Russell L. Ackoff “A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.” W. Edwards Deming Many experienced Agile professionals do not feel undervalued because they lack skill. They feel that way because the systems they work within often fail to make their impact visible. In many Agile environments, practitioners are responsible for moving work forward, resolving

“Requirements are guesses. Designs are guesses. Estimates are guesses. What matters is how fast you can find out.” Mary Poppendieck “The problem isn’t that we don’t know how to build software. The problem is that we don’t know how to build software together .” Gene Kim Waterfall works very well when you know exactly what you are building. If you are constructing a house, pouring a foundation, or installing a system with fixed specifications, defining the work in detail up f

Issues can become risks! If you're a program manager! “There will always be external and internal factors that influence [your] plan....

“That which cannot be measured cannot be proven.” Anthony W. Richardson, FULL-SCALE: How to Grow Any Startup Without a Plan or a Clue...