What is SAFe?

SAFe is an enterprise agile framework

SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework) is a structured methodology for deploying Agile to Agile teams, business units, and entire organizations, It was conceived by Dean Leffingwell and is published and offered by Scaled Agile, Inc. It has been adopted by approximately 20,000 companies worldwide and has trained more than 1.4 million people. It is the No. 1 enterprise Agile framework in the world and has been increasingly adopted by Japanese companies over the past few years.

Why Agile by SAFe?

Agile helps teams become more flexible and agile and do their jobs better. Many organizations start with small agile teams in IT development and gradually increase their numbers. However, many struggle when trying to expand to multiple teams or departments. Agile methodologies that may have seemed simple for a team of a few dozen people become difficult when applied to a few hundred or even a thousand.

SAFe provides a proven roadmap for how, who, what, and when to deploy Agile throughout an organization or business, so that the entire company or organization can work better. SAFe supports you by providing proven roadmaps and guidance on how, when, who, what, and how to do it, so that your entire company or organization can achieve a better way of working.

From Agile to Business Agility with SAFe

The world’s top companies, including giant IT companies in the U.S. and Europe, have Agile embedded in their business. Can Japanese companies compete by continuing to do business the way they have always done?

Organizations applying SAFe are transforming the way they work through Agile principles and practices, improving employee engagement, time to market, team productivity, product and solution quality, and business agility.

Reduced time-to-market

SAFe aligns cross-functional agile teams based on business values. This enables faster decision-making, more effective communication, streamlined operations, and customer-centricity.

Quality improvement

Built-in quality is one of SAFe’s core values, emphasizing the importance of integrating quality into every step of the development cycle. deploying agile with SAFe throughout the business will significantly reduce defects in products and solutions.

Increased productivity

SAFe significantly increases productivity by eliminating unnecessary work from the team, identifying and eliminating delays, and empowering them to continuously improve and build the right things.

Increased Employee Engagement

By practicing SAFe, employees will improve their autonomy, proficiency, and ability to achieve their objectives, and satisfaction will increase.

TDC's work on SAFe

• SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) is a registered trademark of Scaled Agile, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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• TDC SOFT Inc. is a Scaled Agile Gold Transformation Partner in the Scaled Agile Partner Program of Scaled Agile, Inc.