Is SAFe® Right for Your Organization? A Practical Decision Guide
Is SAFe® right for your organization—or is it too much, too soon? This practical decision guide helps leaders evaluate when Scaled Agile Framework® makes sense, what organizational signals to look for, and common pitfalls to avoid. Learn how SAFe supports alignment, coordination, and flow at scale—and how tools like Agile Hive help teams implement SAFe effectively within Jira.
Driving Lean Portfolio Management with Agile Hive: Turning Strategy into Execution in Jira
Bring Lean Portfolio Management to life inside Jira with Agile Hive. Learn how this SAFe®-aligned solution connects strategy, investment, and execution across all levels — from portfolio epics to team delivery. Discover how Agile Hive enables true alignment, transparency, and continuous flow for modern enterprises practicing Lean Portfolio Management.
How Agile Hive Streamlines SAFe® in Jira
Implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) inside Atlassian Jira can be challenging. Agile Hive changes that. Purpose-built to bring SAFe to life in Jira, Agile Hive provides preconfigured structures, PI planning boards, dependency management, and reporting dashboards—all seamlessly integrated into the Jira environment teams already know.
Understanding Flow Metrics in SAFe®: A Beginner’s Guide to Measuring and Improving Agile Performance
Discover how flow metrics in SAFe (the Scaled Agile Framework) enhance performance. Learn the six key metrics and how they help teams deliver value faster and more predictably.
5 Best Practices For PI Planning In Agile Hive
There are a handful of frameworks available for scaling agile. In Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) , Program Increment, or PI Planning stands as a crucial event. It marks the beginning of a new development cycle, bringing together various teams to align their work with strategic goals. Agile Hive, the “SAFe® in Jira” solution, offers a comprehensive solution for streamlining this complex process. In this article, we will explore how to effectively plan a PI using Agile Hive, highlighting key strategies, benefits, and practical tips.
The Power of Shared Services in SAFe®
In the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), Shared Services play a critical role in facilitating the alignment, collaboration, and delivery of value across organizations of all sizes, particularly those of larger enterprises. By using SAFe success patterns consistently across the enterprise, with transparency and collaboration, with Agile Hive, we can reduce a significant impediment to the flow of value.
Adopting SAFe® in Small Steps
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) takes Agile and Lean principles and implements them at an enterprise or large organization level to increase and drive efficiencies, meet the requirements of stakeholders, and improve customer satisfaction. However, it’s not just supersizing established practices that worked at the team level, there’s an ART (pun intended) to it. This article explores the benefits and processes of making the transition via smaller steps rather than one giant leap.
