SAFe Assessment Collection
Organizational Agility
by SAFe
The SAFe Organizational Agility (OA) Assessment enables organizations to evaluate how effectively they incorporate Lean thinking, Agile teams, and adaptable strategies to optimize business processes and quickly respond to new opportunities. Covering the essential dimensions of Lean-thinking teams, streamlined business operations, and strategic agility, this assessment provides valuable insights into an organization's capacity to evolve and compete in a fast-changing landscape.
Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow,
Scaled Agility, Inc.
Dean Leffingwell
Co-founder and Chief Methodologist
Scaled Agility, Inc.
How Does It Work?
The assessment consists of structured statements that measure alignment with Organizational Agility principles. Participants reflect on key dimensions such as team collaboration, Lean business operations, and adaptability, providing insights into areas of strength and growth across the organization.
Core Benefits of the SAFe OA Assessment
Why Choose the SAFe OA Assessment?
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Assess how well cross-functional teams incorporate Lean and Agile principles, foster continuous improvement, and align around customer-centric goals.
Enhance Cross-Functional Collaboration
The OA Assessment highlights the value of cross-functional, Agile teams and Lean-thinking leaders who continuously support growth and innovation.
Lean Business Operations
Evaluate the efficiency of business processes, visualized workflows, and bottleneck management to optimize value delivery.
Streamline Business Processes
By prioritizing value stream mapping, bottleneck management, and process efficiency, the assessment supports operational excellence and optimized value delivery.
Strategic Agility
Understand how your organization adapts strategy, prioritizes innovation, and reorganizes around value to stay competitive.
Adapt to Market Dynamics
Strategic Agility is emphasized, ensuring organizations stay aligned with market trends, customer needs, and new opportunities through fast, informed decision-making.
Sample Questions
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Agile technical teams are cross-functional, long-lived, and relentlessly improving.
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Leaders are trained as Lean-thinking managers and teachers, supporting a continuous learning culture.
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Business and operational teams are on the train, working alongside Agile teams to support innovative solutions.
Lean Business Operations
Value stream mapping is used to improve flow, with bottlenecks and delays quickly addressed.
Lean Business Operations
Kanban systems help visualize and limit Work in Process (WIP), optimizing process efficiency.
Lean Business Operations
Development teams apply customer-centricity in all interactions, supporting internal and external stakeholders.
Strategic Agility
Vision, mission, and strategy are clearly communicated across the organization.
Strategic Agility
Executives spend significant time in Gemba and with customers to remain close to operations.
Strategic Agility
Strategic decisions are data-driven, with feedback loops and connected Kanban systems supporting fast flow.