Cross-functional Scrum Teams Don’t Need Every Skill

The Goal of Scrum Teams If you look at the definition of Scrum, you will know that teams should be...

Emerson Cole

  • March 9, 2025

PI Planning for SAFe® with Savah

Plan your program increment with confidence, whether your teams are in the same room or spread across the globe. With...

Emerson Cole

  • June 26, 2025

Remote PI Planning for distributed agile teams

Fun Fact! According to the State of Agile report, over 90% of organisations practice Agile, and more than half of...

Team Savah

  • May 6, 2025

How to Manage Dependencies in PI Planning Before They Become Sprint Blockers

If you want to manage dependencies in PI Planning before they become sprint blockers, you...

Emerson Cole

  • April 30, 2026

Best PI Planning Tools 2026: A Hands-On Comparison for RTEs

Finding the Best PI Planning Tools is about more than just software features; it’s about...

Emerson Cole

  • April 16, 2026

The Automated Miro Alternative for SAFe PI Planning

The "Post-PI Hangover": A Multi-Million Dollar Problem The standard 2nd day of a SAFe PI...

Emerson Cole

  • March 29, 2026

What Can Be Revealed During PI Planning?

PI Planning is more than an agenda — it’s the planning moment where teams on...

Emerson Cole

  • March 23, 2026

Mastering Backlog Refinement: A Product Owner’s Essential Guide

In Agile product management the product backlog is a living document — but without deliberate...

Emerson Cole

  • March 18, 2026

Team Capacity Management for SAFe PI Planning: A Practical Guide

Teams practicing scaled agile need a repeatable way to turn people availability into reliable plans....

Emerson Cole

  • March 2, 2026

SAFe in Jira: A Practical Guide to Scaling Without the Friction

SAFe is the leading scaled agile framework for organizations that need to coordinate many teams,...

Emerson Cole

  • February 24, 2026

The Release Train Engineer (RTE): The Engine Behind Large-Scale Agile

In small startups, a handful of people can sit in a single room and stay...

Emerson Cole

  • February 23, 2026

Resource Allocation Strategies to Balance Capacity and Priority in Agile

In Agile development, resources are not just money or tools. They include people, their skills,...

Team Savah

  • January 21, 2026

Data-Driven Priority Scoring Using Analytics and Metrics in Agile

In the high-stakes environment of software development, deciding what to build next often proves to...

Team Savah

  • January 21, 2026