SAFe Assessment Collection
Enterprise Solution Delivery Assessment
by SAFe
The SAFe Enterprise Solution Delivery (ESD) Assessment is crafted to help organizations evaluate their effectiveness in applying Lean-Agile principles to the specification, development, deployment, operation, and evolution of sophisticated software, networks, and cyber-physical systems. This assessment covers essential areas to ensure that large-scale solutions are delivered with agility, efficiency, and continuous adaptability.
Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow,
Scaled Agility, Inc.
Dean Leffingwell
Co-founder and Chief Methodologist
Scaled Agility, Inc.
How Does It Work?
Through structured statements and an intuitive rating scale, participants evaluate their alignment with Lean-Agile practices across large-scale systems. This method reveals strengths and improvement areas in applying Agile principles to enterprise-level software and system delivery.
Core Benefits of the SAFe ESD Assessment
Why Use the SAFe ESD Assessment?
Lean Systems Engineering
Assess the application of Lean principles to systems engineering, focusing on flexible specifications, continuous integration, and collaboration with suppliers.
Enable Large-Scale Agility
The SAFe ESD Assessment supports enterprises in achieving Agile excellence across highly complex systems, where Lean principles enable adaptable and continuous value delivery.
Efficient Coordination
Measure the proficiency of solution trains in aligning Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and suppliers for synchronized and efficient large-scale solution development.
Identify Key Improvement Areas
The assessment questions provide insight into areas such as system architecture, compliance, and supplier collaboration, all critical for scaling Agile practices.
Continuous Evolution
Understand how effectively your organization evolves live systems using continuous delivery, minimum viable functionality, and on-demand release capabilities.
Support Continuous Delivery
Organizations can measure the effectiveness of their Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP), ensuring the ability to deliver, integrate, and release value on demand.
Sample Questions
Lean Solution and Systems Engineering
System architecture supports frequent change and independent development by teams.
Lean Solution and Systems Engineering
Models, simulations, and test doubles accelerate development, testing, integration, and learning.
Lean Solution and Systems Engineering
Compliance activities are performed in small batches and automated in the continuous delivery pipeline.
Coordinate Trains and Suppliers
Solution Train Engineers (STEs) facilitate events to ensure coordination.
Coordinate Trains and Suppliers
Suppliers align roadmaps, continuously integrate assets, and actively participate in Solution Train events.
Coordinate Trains and Suppliers
End-to-end solution integration occurs frequently, at least every Program Increment (PI).
Continually Evolve Live Systems
Systems are deployed with minimum viable functionality and evolve based on user needs.
Continually Evolve Live Systems
Teams build the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP) and solution in tandem.
Continually Evolve Live Systems
The CDP enables continuous deployment without requiring immediate release to end users.