Setting up your first PI

1. Agile
Network
India
(ANI)
Setting up
your first PI
With SAFe
By S R V Subrahmaniam
Freelance Enterprise Agile Coach

2. START WITH
Identify the ART
leadership
whole PI preparation may take few weeks
to months depending on organizational
preparedness

3. Formulate ART
The ART structure with
Leadership layer, System
team and scrum teams
starting
from
Scratch
Refine Backlog
Value slice the backlog for the
PI.
Set-up basic CI
Teams need to be able to
integrate their work.
PI Planning logistics
Logistics to accompany the
face to face or VC

4. What is your ART
about?
Is it a module or a component?
Does it add value?

5. Our
Clients
IS IT SELF-
CONTAINED TO
DELIVER
WORKING
SOFTWARE
IS
GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION
OPTIMIZED
ARE SCRUM
TEAMS CO-
LOCATED
IS EVERYONE
FULLY
ALLOCATED TO
THE ART

6. Dev / Test /
Environments /
Automation / BAs /
Business
FORM AN AGILE RELEASE TRAIN
Silos within the organization is broken down in the process

7. Teams must be able to
merge their work and
test in an
independent test
environment
Formulate your Definition of Done at User Story / Feature levels

8. Backlog refinement;
Identification of
features and user
stories and
socializing with the
respective teams
Business Items Technical Items
Feature prioritization (WSJF)
Breaking down into smaller features and user stories
Add acceptance criteria
Socialize with the teams
Estimate in story points

9. Logistics for BIG
ROOM Planning
• Travel
• Stakeholders
outside of ART
• Booking slots
• Prior Alignment

10. Set-up your Agile
Backlog Management
tool
• Add SAFe plug-in
• Set-up teams
• Add backlog
• Configure
dashboard

11. Keep in Touch
Linkedin: Subrahmaniam
S R V