Overview

This is an artifact prescribed by SAFe to define a specific business objective that connects the SAFe Porfolio Vision to the evolving enterprise business strategy. Strategic themes define differentiators for the business, they are not typically the "no duhs". For example, Making Money is not a valid Strategic Theme, but Improving End User Experience could be, as a means of growing revenue.

To learn more, visit the Scaled Agile Framework topic Strategic Themes.

Artifact Template

The Strategic Theme has a corresponding artifact template that can be used when you create a new Strategic Theme artifact. The template reminds you about the things you should consider when articulating the business themes for a Portfolio. The template looks like this:

Summary:

< Short summary>

Description:

<In-depth description of strategic theme, including value proposition>

Attributes

The Solution Intent artifact type defines the following custom attributes:

Owner - The owner of the artifact
Status - The status of the artifact (see States below)

States

The Solution Intent artifact type has this workflow:

Draft - Initial state of the artifact
Under Review - Indicates that the artifact is being reviewed by the Portfolio team
In Playback - Indicates that the artifact is being reviewed with stakeholders and customers for feedback
Approved - Indicates that it is approved by the Portfolio team as well as stakeholders/customers
Rejected - Indicates that the artifact is rejected and no further work will be done
Deprecated - Indicates that the artifact has been deprecated and there may possibly be a newer version of it