Leading SAFe®
(Certified SAFe® Agilist – SA)

Including official SAFe® Agilist Certification Exam

Content

In this interactive course from ASD Training, you learn about the importance of mastering Business Agility in order to thrive in the digital age and you gain insights into leading of Lean-Agile organisation by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is the world’s most trusted system for scaling Lean and Agile practices and establishing Business Agility across the entire organization.

While many agile frameworks and methods have been initially designed to be applicable to one or only a few agile teams, most organizations nowadays work in complex systems, with many cross-depending collaborative teams, which in many cases are also geographically dislocated. To bring in the benefits of faster, quality-built-in deliveries, and quick responses to customer demands, this requires a well organised and synchronised system across the whole organisation.

Agile transformation on a large scale can be prone to failures due to a lack of proper understanding of existing processes or rigid legacy structures, and it might lead to agile implementations not yielding to the expected adaptation results.

Applying Lean and Agile principles and practices across all levels within an organization is the first step towards a successful transformation.

SAFe® is a proven, scalable, and configurable Scaled Agile Framework® for agile business transformation. It is apt for any organization, regardless its complexity or size.

Successfully Implementing SAFe®

Leading SAFe® course helps Lean-Agile Leaders to develop a Lean-Agile Mindset and apply the principles and practices of SAFe® when supporting Agile Teams and Program Portfolio Management.

Taking the Leading SAFe® course will help you to discover how to enhance Business Agility and how to effectively apply Scaled Agile Framework® inside the organization.

You will learn how SAFe® helps to improve employee engagement, time-to-market, team productivity, and the quality of products and solutions.

You will also gain understanding of how to align the organization around the clear customer-centric objectives, how to improve the flow of value from strategy to delivery, and how to organize crucial SAFe alignment and planning events.

SAFe® Agilist (SA) Certification

As a course participant you qualify for the Leading SAFe® – SAFe® Agilist (SA) certification from scaledagile.com. The certification exam fee is already included in the course price.

Benefits

Implement Scaled Agile Framework® in an enterprise context
Improve engagement, communication, and collaboration across all the enterprise
Improve time-to-market, and the quality of products and solutions
Improve productivity and effectiveness of the teams
Become an agile transformation leader
Get understanding of how to align the entire organization around clear objectives
Get understanding of how to enhance the flow of value, from strategy to the end customer
Benefit from many practical examples and valuable tips from our experienced and certified trainers
Get better career opportunities

Course Outline

Thriving in the digital age with Business Agility - Introducing to the fundaments and major concepts of Business Agility

Thriving in the digital age
SAFe® as an operating system for Business Agility
Understanding the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility
Supporting a Lean-Agile transformation with the SAFe® Implementation Roadmap

Becoming a Lean-Agile Leader - Understanding the values and principles to develop a Lean Agile mindset

Embrace the Lean Agile mindset
Apply Lean and Agile at Scale with the SAFe® Principles

Establishing Team and Technical Agility - Managing cross-functional Agile teams and consistently deliver valuable products and services

Form high-performing, cross-functional Agile teams
Build Quality in
Organize Agile Release Trains around the Flow of Value

Building Solutions with Agile Product Delivery - Understanding of Customer Centricity and important SAFe® alignment and planning events

Focus on Customer Centricity with Design Thinking
Prioritize the Program Backlog
Experience PI Planning
Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
Build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps

Exploring Lean Portfolio Management - Understanding what makes a successful SAFe® portfolio

Define a SAFe® Portfolio
Connect the Portfolio to Enterprise Strategy
Maintain the Portfolio Vision
Establish Portfolio Flow
Fund Value Stream

Leading the Change - Understanding the essentials of a successful Lean-Agile Leader

Leading by Example
Leading the Change

Practicing SAFe®

Implementing SAFe® – Putting the learnings into action and solve complex challenges

Preparation for the SAFe® Agilist certification exam (SA)

Registration on SAFe® Community Platform
SAFe® Agilist certification exam data and facts
SAFe® Agilist certification

The SAFe® Agilist certification exam is a web-based exam on SAFe® Community Platform and can be taken any time after the Leading SAFe® course completion. To access the exam, the participants must register their personal account on the SAFe® Community Platform. We recommend participants to prepare and take the exam as soon as possible after the Leading SAFe® course (no longer as 30 days after the course completion).

The 45 exam questions are structured in multiple choice or multiple answer format. Multiple answer questions require all selection of all correct answers (no partial credits are given). The exam timebox is 90 minutes.When the exam timebox ends, the exam will be submitted, regardless of the number of questions answered. All unanswered questions will be considered as incorrect. The exam passing rate is 77% (35/45).

The exam will be held in English language (some other languages are also available – please check availability by contacting ASD Training).

After successfully passing the SAFe® Agilist exam, the participants receive the SAFe® Agilist certification along with 1-year SAFe® Community Platform membership.

Further Information

Who can participate in Leading SAFe® course?

All are welcome to participate in the Leading SAFe® course, regardless of the previous knowledge or experience.

This course is primarily aimed at Lean-Agile Change Leaders, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Team Leaders, Project Manager, Service Delivery Managers, Product Managers, System and Solution Architects, Senior Software Engineers, or any other leading roles.

Maximum number of participants: 10
Minimum number of participants: 3

Prerequisites

It is recommended that the course participants have some basic knowledge or experience in:

Software development, testing, business analysis, product, or project management
Scrum or any other agile framework

Participants must attend both days of the Leading SAFe® course to qualify for the exam.

Technology requirements and set up for online course:

Computer with an up-to-date operating system and up-to-date browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari)
High speed internet access
Speaker and microphone or appropriate headset
Webcam

Duration / Times

2 days
Both days from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m.

Course Takeaways

Leading SAFe® Digital Student Workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® Agilist certification exam
One year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
Certificate of Leading SAFe® course completion

Teaching Methods in the Course

The Leading SAFe® course will be carried out by one of our experienced and certified SAFe® Practice Consultants, with a focus not only on theory, but also on sharing practical experiences and practices. This includes: