DX Done Right 39: SAFe is a marketing framework, not an Agile scaling framework | S01E39

Part 1: SAFe is a marketing framework, not an Agile scaling framework

SAFe sells the illusion you can radically change without leaving your comfort zone

Let’s try to make a list of all the reputable names who support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Think about it. Does anyone come to mind?

Part 2: Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy

Strategy is hard — really hard — to do well. Many leaders will admit this privately: In an anonymous 2019 survey conducted by Strategyand, 37% of 6,000 executive respondents said that their company had a well-defined strategy, and 35% believed that their company’s strategy would lead to success.

Part 3: Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy

Great strategies exhibit logical coherence. They are composed of a set of logically interconnected reasons that necessarily produce the conclusion. With a valid argument, if you accept the premises, you must accept the conclusion. With an invalid argument, you run the risk of overlooking critical assumptions and flaws in your reasoning, which in turn can lead to your company’s downfall. Logical formalization ensures validity.

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