“Yet those companies and practitioners without extensive Agile experience have a hard time evaluating what will bring them value and what not.”
SAFe sells big companies a certified, trademarked version of agile, complete with training tiers and consultants. The guide collects case after case where it didn’t deliver, and Agile Manifesto signatories among its critics. When it fails, the customer is told they implemented it wrong. The framework makes its money either way.