Reflecting on first few steps of SAFe's "implementation roadmap"

I have been looking at SAFe's "Implementation Roadmap" (http://www.scaledagileframework.com/implementation-roadmap/) and reflecting on my own experiences standing up Scrum teams in large organizations. I am wondering if anyone has seen the pattern of somewhat forced middle management engagement as seen in the first few steps of the roadmap work in practice? By first few steps I am referring to everything prior to the "create implementation plan" step.