====== Why Do We Do a System Demo in SAFe? - SSA ======

One of the base practices in SAFe is the System Demo practice. What I find interesting is that there is also a lot of confusion around this practice, and a lot of questions that seem to come up. This article is aimed at addressing some of these questions.

Before we get started, here is some context:


  * We are in a true ART situation; we have a multi-team situation with dependencies between teams and need to have an aligned work effort.
  * We have true Features. In other words, most take more than one iteration to complete the work of the Feature or involved multiple teams to get them done. The reason this is important is that if you do not have this, then there will be a lot of overlap between a System Demo and an Iteration (Sprint) Review.

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====== Want to Know More? ======

  * [[https://www.scaledagileframework.com/system-demo/|SAFe's View of a System Demo]]
  * [[how_can_we_improve_the_quality_of_feedback_at_an_iteration_demo|How Can We Improve The Quality of Feedback at a Iteration Demo (Sprint Review)?]] - Talks about Iteration Review but some of the same thinking can be applied to the System Demo.


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