SAFe® Certification Courses

Lean Portfolio Management
Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager

In this course, attendees gain the practical tools and techniques necessary to implement the Lean Portfolio Management functions of Strategy and Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations, and Lean Governance.

Learners who take this course are:

CEO | Program or Project Manager | Release Train Engineer | Business Owner | Solution Manager | Agile Coach | SAFe Program Consultant | Portfolio Manager | CTO | Consultant | Director | Product Manager | Program Manager | Enterprise Architect | RTE

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)
Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager

Attendees gain an in-depth understanding of how to effectively perform their role in the Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments. They also explore how to apply Lean thinking to decompose Epics into Features and Stories, refine Features and Stories, manage Program and Team backlogs, and to plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments.

Learners who take this course are:

Program or Project Manager | Scrum Master | Release Train Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach | SAFe Program Consultant | Development Manager | CTO | Consultant | Architect | Engineer | Director | Product Manager | Product Owner | Delivery Manager | Solution Train Engineer | Software Developer

SAFe Scrum Master
Certified SAFe®

Attendees gain an understanding of the role of a Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. The course prepares attendees to successfully plan and execute the Program Increment (PI), the primary enabler of alignment throughout all levels of a SAFe organization. This includes learning the key components of Agile at scale development, how Scrum is facilitated throughout the enterprise, and how to execute Iteration Planning.

Learners who take this course are:

Program or Project Manager | Scrum Master | Team Lead | Release Train Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach | Portfolio Manager | Consultant | Architect | Engineer | Developer | Director | Quality Manager | Product Manager | Product Owner | Delivery Manager | Program Manager

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
Certified SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master

This course prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) implementation.

The course covers facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of program execution and relentless improvement. It enhances the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices, the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value, and supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders in the larger program and enterprise contexts. The course also offers actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise.

Learners who take this course are:

Program or Project Manager | Scrum Master | Release Train Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach | SAFe Program Consultant | Consultant | Product Manager | Product Owner | Program Manager

SAFe for Architects
Certified SAFe® Architect

The SAFe® for Architects course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. Attendees learn how to align architecture with business value and drive continuous flow to large systems-of-systems while supporting SAFe program execution.

Learners who take this course are:

Scrum Master | Agile Coach | Consultant | Architect | Agile Trainer | Solution Architect | System Architect

SAFe for Teams
Certified SAFe® Practitioner

Attendees gain an in-depth understanding of the qualities of high-performing Agile Teams, the ART and how it delivers value, and what they can do to effectively perform their role using Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Attendees also learn how to write Stories and break down Features, plan and execute Iterations, and experience a PI Planning event. Finally, attendees learn about the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, the importance of a DevOps culture, how to effectively integrate with other teams on the ART, and what it takes to continuously improve.

Learners who take this course are:

Program or Project Manager | Scrum Master | Team Lead | Release Train Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach | Consultant | Architect | Engineer | Developer | Director | Quality Manager | Product Manager | Product Owner | Program Manager | Change Agent | Operations Programmer

SAFe for Government
SAFe® Government Practitioner

Learn the principles and practices of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), how to execute and release value through Agile Release Trains, and what it means to lead a Lean-Agile transformation of a program inside a government agency.

Learners who take this course are:

Executives | Directors | Brand chiefs | Managers of development, engineering, QA, Architecture, Operations, Support | Program and project managers | Program/Project Management Office (PMO)

Agile Product Management
Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager

Learn the right mindset, skills, and tools to create successful products—from inception to retirement—using Agile techniques. Discover how to accelerate the product life cycle to get fast feedback and quickly deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight customers—all while aligning with your organization’s strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.

Learners who take this course are:

Agile Coach | Consultant | Agile Trainer | Product Manager

SAFe DevOps
Certified SAFe® DevOps Practitioner

This course helps people across technical, non-technical, and leadership roles work together to optimize their value stream from end to end. Attendees will learn what DevOps is, why it is important to every role, and design a continuous delivery pipeline that is tailored to their business. Attendees work in cross-functional teams to map their current state value stream from concept to cash, identify major bottlenecks to flow, and build an actionable implementation plan that will accelerate the benefits of DevOps in their organization.

Learners who take this course are:

Scrum Master | Team Lead | Release Train Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach | SAFe Program Consultant | Consultant | Architect | Engineer | Developer | Director | Quality Manager

Agile Software Engineering
Certified SAFe® Agile Software Engineer

Attendees learn the foundational principles and practices that make up the Agile Software Engineering discipline. They learn how continuous flow of value delivery and built-in quality are enabled by modern practices including XP technical practices, Behavioral-Driven Development (BDD), and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Attendees learn proven practices to detail, model, design, implement, verify, and validate stories in a SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline. They learn the practices that build quality into code (abstraction, encapsulation, intentional programming) and designs (SOLID, Design patterns). Attendees also understand how Software Engineering fits into the larger solution context and their role in collaborating on intentional architecture and DevOps.

Learners who take this course are:

Scrum Master | Agile Coach | Consultant | Software Developer | Software Engineer | Senior Manager

SAFe Release Train Engineer
Certified SAFe® Release Train Engineer

Attendees examine the RTE role in a Lean- Agile transformation. They learn how to facilitate ART processes and execution and coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in new processes and mindsets. They explore how to prepare, plan, and execute a Program Increment (PI) planning event, the primary enabler of alignment throughout all levels of a SAFe organization.

Learners who take this course are:

Program or Project Manager | Agile Coach | SAFe Program Consultant | IT Manager | Consultant | Director | Product Manager | Product Owner | Solution Train Engineer | Program Manager