SAFe Portfolio Canvas

Nov

2018

ART Canvas

ART Canvas, Focusing Tool, SAFe Portfolio Canvas, SPC

Are you aware of the Agile Release Train (ART) Canvas? This is very cool ... the canvas even accentuates -- visually on the canvas -- the fact that ART sits on the Development Value Stream (DVS) and DVS sits on Operational Value Stream (OVS)! Every ART must have this ART Canvas! It is a great focusing tool ... just like the classic Business Model Canvas (BMC) ... and the SAFe 4.6 SAFe Portfolio Canvas (SPC)... the ART Canvas really provides that concentrated focus on key elements of the ART -- in one glance! Related reading from this blog: SAFe 4.6…

Oct

2018

By Clarence Galapon

SAFe 4.6 has a new SPC

BMC, SAFe Portfolio Canvas, SPC

"Huh?", you might say. Yes, that is the SAFe Portfolio Canvas! It is SAFe's take / revision of the popular and classic Business Model Canvas (BMC). SAFe is Value Stream centric... it makes sense for them (scaled agile -- makers of SAFe) to make the classic BMC into a Value Stream centric version... and SAFe centric... it mentions SAFe events like PI Planning as key activities... and key partners (Product Managers, Product Owners, etc.) are also mentioned...and many more SAFe stuff... see first picture. I love the classic BMC! I've used it extensively. It is interesting to see how widely…