Phil Gardiner a a Certified SAFe Program Consultant Trainer® has recently joined the Applied Frameworks team to lead its Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) consulting practice.

Since starting Phil has written an article with 4 Tips for Getting Started with a SAFe Implementation. The 4 tips are:

1. Set the Strategic Theme, OKRs, and Epic Hypotheses

2. Find a Coach and Establish Coaching Outcomes

3. Get the LACE Working as an Agile Team

4. Identify Your First Pilot ART and Set a Launch Date

The article does a great job of explaining some of the abbreviations and acronyms in SAFe, has references to original source material on the Scaled Agile website and, includes a final tip:

Accelerate Your Launch with Coaching