ELM An integrated approach to Lean-Agile using SAFe 6.0 - Overview

Sep 12, 2026

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management presents an integrated Lean-Agile delivery approach using SAFe 6.0, aimed at building enterprise agility and high-performing teams. It shifts software and systems development from stage-gated delivery to flow-based execution centered on customer value. The solution supports enterprise-scale planning, value-stream optimization, and insight-driven delivery predictability. It also defines SAFe capabilities, ELM templates for Full/Large Solution/Portfolio and Essential SAFe, and a support taxonomy covering portfolio, solution train, ART, and team execution.

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management

Enterprise Agile Planning using SAFe

ELM Templates for SAFe 6.0

SAFe Support-Taxonomy

Align Portfolio to Strategic Themes

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management An integrated‘Agile-Lean’delivery process using SAFe® Bhawana Gupta Senior Product Manager, IBM Engineering | Innovation
is transforming how businesses and the world work | |
A Services organization is developing revenue-generating digital products complementary to traditional |
A Travel company offers apps with geo-localization and virtual reality to help customers find interesting | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |
An Automotive OEM is shifting its delivery model to support $23B in annual revenue from software subscription by 2030 |
A Mortgage company is reshaping their business using digital to be a single stop investment option |
A credit company has developed digital model to improve their market reach for their high-touch offerings |
An Apparel company has moved to digital processes to collaborate with design partners and suppliers | IBM Engineering / © 2023 IBM Corporation 2 Setting new goals for organizations IBM Engineering / © 2023 IBM Corporation Achieve Enterprise Agility Adopt the critical skills, principles, and practices needed to create highperforming teams who can deliver differentiating capabilities at the speed needed to satisfy market demands. Focus on Customer Value Move large and complex software and systems development from stage-gated approaches to a flow-based delivery-model which is organized around delivering what the client wants and needs Transform Quality Ensure that investments are driving high quality changes, in terms of both the delivery of high-valued features as well as low-or zero-defect functionality. 3 IBM Engineering solution for Enterprise Agile Planning With IBM Engineering, organizations transform software delivery with agile, scale across the enterprise, and optimize along the value stream to increase efficiency and effectiveness, delivering the right products at the right times. | Enterprise Scale
Easily adapt, integrate and scale across all levels of the enterprise | Optimize across the Value Stream
Connect innovation, strategy and work to deliver value to the customer | Insightful Delivery
Visualize data for actionable insightsand predictable delivery outcomes | | --- | --- | --- | IBM Engineering / © 2023 IBM Corporation IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Enterprise Agile Planning using SAFe ® SAFe® is a knowledge base of proven, scalable, and configurable principles, practices, and competencies for Lean, Agile, and DevOps, no matter the organization’s size, industry, or complexity. 01 Get up and running quickly with outof-the-box infrastructure to implement all levels of SAFe 02 Simplify change to culture and process with quick and easy access to SAFe guidance 03 Improve agility and predictability with role-based dashboards 04 Easily customize to fit your specific needs and organization Traceability across the lifecycle Access to all engineering information Collaboration across engineering disciplines IBM Engineering / © 2023 IBM Corporation 5 ELM Templates for SAFe ® 6.0 Use two predefined process templates that support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe ®) 6.0 to establish your tooling environment Full SAFe 6.0 Use template to establish a tooling environment for: Full SAFe: with the Portfolio Epic, Solution Epic and Capability Large Solution SAFe: with Solution Epic and Capability. Portfolio SAFe: with the Portfolio Epic, Solution Epic and Capability. Essential SAFe 6.0 Use template to establish a tooling environment for an ART and its teams These need to be associated with a Full, Large Solution or Portfolio SAFe tooling environments The world’s most trusted system for business agility © Scaled Agile, Inc. IBM Engineering / © 2023 IBM Corporation 6 SAFe® Support-Taxonomy Track & Plan Solution Analysis Quality | Portfolio flow | –Strategic theme
–Objective & Key results (OKRs)
– Lean budget
– Por

FAQs

What is SAFe 6.0 in the context of IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management?

SAFe 6.0 is described as a configurable knowledge base of proven principles, practices, and competencies for Lean, Agile, and DevOps.

How does the approach improve customer value and delivery outcomes?

It emphasizes moving from stage-gated methods to a flow-based delivery model organized around delivering what the client wants and needs, supported by insight and actionable visualization.

Which ELM templates are used to support SAFe 6.0 tooling environments?

The document lists templates for Full SAFe 6.0, Large Solution SAFe, Portfolio SAFe, and Essential SAFe 6.0, each tied to specific epics and the ART and team tooling environment.

Sep 12, 2026

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