During Inspect and Adapt, if a team identifies many action items for a problem, how should they proceed?

The process of Inspect and Adapt is crucial in the SAFe framework, as it allows teams to assess their performance, reflect on their work, and identify areas for improvement. When a team identifies many action items for a specified problem, the recommended approach is to ensure that the most impactful improvements are focused on and manageable within the given capacity.

Loading all identified action items into the Program Backlog is not ideal because it may overwhelm the team and lead to ineffective implementation. Instead, selecting a few key items that can realistically be addressed allows the team to concentrate their efforts and resources on the most significant improvements.

By identifying two or three improvement items and loading them into the Program Backlog, the team can prioritize these actions and strategically allocate time during upcoming iterations to work on them. This ensures that improvements are actionable and that the team isn't spreading itself too thin across numerous initiatives, which would make it harder to achieve meaningful progress. Using the Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) approach for prioritization is another effective method to choose which items to focus on, but it still relies on the principle of limiting the number of concurrent improvement actions for successful implementation.

Therefore, the best practice in this situation is to narrow down the focus and only proceed with a