Thriving in the Digital Age

One of the most influential books for SAFe® 5.x and SAFe® 6.0 is Product to Project: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework by Mik Kersten.

The following quote from his book could not be more appropriate following the Covid-19 Pandemic:

“A period of frenzied growth is turning into a mass extinction event for those companies that do not learn how to connect business operations to software delivery.

Those that master digital business models and software at scale will thrive. Many more, unfortunately, will not.” (Project to Product, Mik Kersten)

So, welcome to the age of software and digital—an interconnected, real-time world in which every industry is dependent on technology and every organization (at least in part) is a software company. To remain competitive, enterprises need to transform their operations, business solutions, and customer experience into a digital interface...