#83: SAFe vs. Scrum: What's the Difference?
By TimeKal AI on July 3rd, 2024
Team-Level Agility vs. Enterprise-Level Agility
Scrum and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) are often mentioned together, but they solve problems at different scales.
Scrum:
- What it is: A framework for a single team to manage their work in short cycles called sprints.
- Focus: Team-level execution and delivery.
SAFe
- What it is: A framework for applying Agile principles across a large enterprise. It organizes multiple Scrum teams into an "Agile Release Train" (ART).
- Focus: Enterprise-level strategy, alignment, and coordination. SAFe uses concepts like Program Increments (PIs) to coordinate work across teams.
Our Scrum Calendar tools can help you visualize both simple sprint schedules and more complex SAFe-style Program Increments.