Implementing SAFe®

Implementing SAFe®

Become a leading agent for change—and enable your enterprise to succeed in a disruptive marketplace—when you certify as a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) 6.0.

Course Overview

During this four-day course, you will learn how to lead a Lean-Agile transformation by leveraging the practices and principles of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). You will also gain insights and practice how to coach programs, launch Agile Release Trains, build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps culture, and empower a Lean Portfolio. The first two days of the course—Leading SAFe®—will provide you with the basis to teach SAFe to leaders. The final two days focus exclusively on what it takes to successfully implement SAFe in the enterprise.

Who Will Benefit?

• Professional Service Consultants
• Internal Change Agents, Lean-Agile Center for Excellence (LACE) participants, Agile Working Groups
• Business and Technology Executives, Leaders, Managers, and Directors
• Portfolio Managers and Fiduciaries, Project/Program Management Office (PMO) personnel
• Development, QA, and IT Managers
• Program and Project Managers
• Product and Product Line Managers
• Process Leads and Lifecycle Governance personnel
• Enterprise, System, and Solutions Architects

What You'll Learn

To perform the role of a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), you should be able to:

• Lead an enterprise Lean-Agile transformation
• Implement the Scaled Agile Framework
• Empower with a Lean Portfolio
• Align the organization to a common language and way of working
• Perform Value Stream identification
• Launch and support Agile Release Trains, and coordinate Large Solutions
• Build and execute an implementation rollout strategy
• Configure the Framework for a specific enterprise content
• Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe®

Topics Covers

Leading SAFe Days 1-2

• Introducing the Scaled Agile Framework
• Embracing a Lean-Agile Mindset
• Understanding SAFe Principles
• Creating High-Performing Teams and Programs
• Experiencing Program Interval (PI) Planning
• Exploring, Executing, and Releasing Value
• Leading a Lean-Agile Enterprise
• Empowering a Lean Portfolio
• Building Large Solutions
• About the Exam

Implementing SAFe Days 3-4

• Reaching the SAFe Tipping Point
• Designing the Implementation
• Launching an ART
• Coaching ART Execution
• Extending to the Portfolio
• Sustaining and Improving
• Becoming a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC)

Prerequisites

All stakeholders in a Lean-Agile transformation are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) 6.0 certification exam and practice as a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC):

• 5+ years of experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product, or project management
• 3+ years of experience in Agile
• One or more relevant Agile certificaitons

What You Get

Class registration includes:

• Attendee workbook
• Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) 6.0 exam
• One-year membership to SAFe Studio
• Course Certificate of completion

Attendees must attend all four days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.

Eligibility to train others in SAFe

As a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), you can continue the learning journey by achieving validation to license and teach SAFe courses. Courses available for validation are:

• Leading SAFe®
• SAFe® for Teams
• SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager
• SAFe® Scrum Master
• Advanced SAFe® Scrum Master
• SAFe® Release Train Engineer (additional requirements apply)

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

• You may be eligible to apply for 30 PDUs toward your continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications
• You may be eligible to apply for SEUs under Category C, toward earning or renewing your CSP through Scrum Alliance