Scalable Agile Frameworks: Comparing Safe, Less, And Nexus for Enterprise Adoption

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This study aims to identify and systematically SUBMITED 24 April 2025 compare the main large-scale agile frameworks that ACCEPTED 17 May 2025 PUBLISHED 19 June 2025 companies can adopt to manage the work of large scale VOLUME Vol.07 Issue 06 2025 and distributed teams. The companies can consciously perform better decision on the choice of the framework CITATION that fits the practices and challenges of their organizations. The work employs a qualitative approach Dhanasekar Elumalai. (2025). Scalable Agile Frameworks: Comparing Safe, Less, And Nexus for Enterprise Adoption. The American Journal of supporting an exploratory analysis identifying the Engineering and Technology, 7(06), 135–143. processes of migration to large scale agile. First the https://doi.org/10.37547/tajet/Volume07Issue06-15 assessment criteria for scaling agile are discussed. COPYRIGHT Second these criteria used to perform a comparative © 2025 Original content from this work may be used under the terms analysis fo 3 large scale agile frameworks i.e. SAFe, LeSS of the creative commons attributes 4.0 License. and Nexus. The findings reveal there isn’t a dominant large scale agile framework in all dimensions. However, framework like Nexus offer low technical complexity accommodating the changes easily while other frameworks like SAFe offer high level of scalability more demanding and deep efforts changing work processes in organization. Keywords: SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, scalable, frameworks. Introduction: Since the creation of the Agile Manifesto in 2001, agile software development methods have become mainstream in software projects that are continuously affected by external drivers, such as changing customer demands, shifting regulatory requirements, and new technological advances. Since then, academics and practitioners have devoted a great deal of attention to agile methods. Agile methodologies, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum, were initially created for small, co-located, and self-organizing teams developing software in close collaboration with customers applying short iterations. Given the successful adoption of agile methods in small organizations and projects, many software practitioners The American Journal of Engineering and Technology 135 https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajet are increasingly engaged in using these methods in large 2.1 Lean- Agile mindset is combination of lean thinking projects and organizations. Some existing agile methods and agile principles aiming a culture of continuous and software practitioners, who have worked with improvement, collaboration and customer focused companies to scale agile approaches to their settings, in an organization emphasizing the importance of have promoted various agile scaling frameworks, such as delivering value effectively and efficiently to the Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)1 and Scaled Agile Framework changing circumstances. Lean thinking focus (SAFe) to address issues related to the adoption of agile maximizing value and minimizing waste encouraging methods in large companies and projects. As large to process streamline, eliminate inefficiencies and organizations face increasing pressure to become more optimize work flow. Key principles include Value, agile, the adoption of agile scaling frameworks in the Value stream, flow, pull and perfection. industry has grown, to provide off-the-shelf solutions for scaling agile methods. 2.1.1 Value defined from the customers Even though there is a growing body of knowledge on perspective which is derived by engaging with agile scaling frameworks, the existing literature neglects customer to understand their needs and deliver to investigate why companies select a specific value. framework, what benefits they expect, and how 2.1.2 Value stream will identify, and map steps satisfied they are with selected framework. We required to deliver value, this is adopted to understand this gap in the literature by presenting our changing requirement and market conditions findings on the reasons, expected benefits, and 2.1.3 Flow of work throughout the value stream satisfaction of organizations adopting agile scaling smoothly and continuous via iterative frameworks of industry participants worldwide. development cycles. Agile methodologies play a vital role in software 2.1.4 Pull will produce the work based on demand development in teamwork from team flexibility rather then forecasts in collaboration with diverse collaboration and have been delivering high quality team members. products, the need of scaling agile practices is crucial for 2.1.5 Perfection by continuously improving the organizational growth, maintaining efficiency and process reflecting the practices. alignment across multiple teams. This. Paper aiming to The lean agile mindset integrates agile principles with compare 3 popular scaling frameworks: SAFe (Scaled lean thinking creating an approach to deliver value by Agile framework), Nexus, and LeSS ( Large scale scrum) encouraging