What is SAFe/AGILE governance in software development?

• A. It eliminates governance altogether to speed delivery.
• B. Agile governance provides lightweight, continuous governance that enables adaptability while ensuring alignment, standardization, and risk controls through principles and events.
• C. It mandates heavy upfront governance with no flexibility.
• D. It uses random checks without defined events.

Answer: (B)

In SAFe/Agile governance, the focus is on lightweight, continuous governance that fits into the normal development rhythm. It provides guiding policies and decision rights so teams can adapt quickly while staying aligned with business goals and managing risk. This is done through defined principles and events—like PI Planning, system demos, Inspect and Adapt, and ongoing risk management—so governance is active, not a one-time gate, and is applied consistently across the program and teams. This approach keeps delivery fast and flexible, avoids heavy upfront control that slows progress, and prevents the randomness of unstructured checks.