Independently Published The ART of Avoiding a Train Wreck: Practical Tips and Tricks for Launching and Operating SAFe Agile Release Trains

Perfect resource for someone starting or working on ARTs.

40 of us at work are doing a book club with this book. We come from 3 ARTs in the same Value Stream. The books gives so many ideas, along with the rationale for the ideas, that we have lots to talk about every time we meet. In fact, we are so far taking twice as long as expected for each section, since there’s so much to discuss! I highly recommend this for a book club - it’s a great way to get people talking about how things are really working, and where we are taking shortcuts that create more problems than we solve. It also helps us see where we have some good habits, so we can be sure to protect and nourish them. Love this book!

I have recommended this book to so many people I've lost count. My favorite thing is that it is not THEORETICAL, but rather gives real PRACTICAL information including examples from the real world to back it up. This is something we seldom see in Agile and makes me proud to recommend to anyone curious about SAFe or trying to stand up their first release train.

The book is an awesome read and gives lot of insight and practical ideas to keep your ART intact. Few chapters like Staying on track, laying track are pretty insightful. The tip and case study segment help the reader to apply and address the problems systematically.

There are some good ideas in this book, but it is way too overdone. Too many anecdotes, stories, inserts, etc. It reads like a chat room, with a lot of BS.The book has tons of pointless notes, and the way these notes are numbered just does not make sense. Did someone forget to clean it up?This would be a good, maybe a great book, if a decent editor spent some time with it. As is, it looks like a samizdat edition, and it, unfortunately, takes away from its merits