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Starting at its first release in 2011, six major versions have been released<ref name="History of SAFe">{{cite web |title=About Scaled Agile Framework - A Brief History of SAFe |url=https://www.scaledagileframework.com/about/ |publisher=Scaled Agile Inc. |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> while the latest edition, version 6.0, was released in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scaledagileframework.com/blog/say-hello-to-safe-6-0/|title=Say Hello to SAFE 6.0|publisher=Scaled Agile Inc|access-date=2023-03-16}}</ref>
While SAFe continues to be recognised as the most common approach to scaling agile practices (at 30 percent and growing),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stateofagile.com/#ufh-i-521251909-13th-annual-state-of-agile-report/473508|title=13th Annual State of Agile Report|date=2019|website=State of Agile Survey|publisher=CollabNet VersionOne|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Link|first1=P|last2=Lewrick|first2=M|date=29 September 2014|title=Agile Methods in a New Area of Innovation Management|url=http://www.brainguide.de/upload/publication/b0/2c3xg/c51b33fd2c6a9d032a7387f3273b9c62_1402133130.pdf|journal=Science to Business Marketing Conference}}</ref>{{page needed|date=April 2019}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://computerworld.com.br/carreira/2015/01/28/profissionais-brasileiros-e-o-interesse-por-treinamentos-de-especializacao/|title=Profissionais brasileiros e o interesse por treinamentos de especialização|last=Baptista|first=Roberto|date=28 January 2015|publisher=Computerworld Brazil|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> it also has received criticism for being too [[Hierarchy|hierarchical]] and inflexible.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kenschwaber.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/unsafe-at-any-speed/|title=unSAFe at any speed|last=Schwaber|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Schwaber|date=2013-08-06|work=Telling It Like It Is|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> It also receives criticism for giving organizations the illusion of adopting [[Agile software development|Agile]], while keeping familiar processes intact.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/safe-is-not-agile/|title=SAFe is not Agile|last=Gothelf|first=Jeff|author-link=Jeff Gothelf|date=2021-10-05|access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref>
== Challenges of scaling agile principles and practices ==
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