Description

On your way to becoming a Certified SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), this course will prepare you to:

Implement the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe and act as a SAFe Agilist (SA) certifying agent
Train teams in SAFe ScrumXP for Teams and act as a SAFe Practioner (SP) certifying agent. For the first half of this course is an intensive version of Leading SAFe® with Certified SAFe® Agilist (SA). The goal is to prepare certified SAFe Practice Consultants (SPCs) to teach the course and act as a certifying agent for SAFe Agilists (SAs). Outcomes include:

The ability to lead an enterprise agile transformation while leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and its underlying principles of lean thinking and product development flow.
A thorough understanding of how the principles and practices of the SAFe framework support Agile Teams, Agile Programs, Agile Program Portfolio Management, and Agile Architecture.
The second half of this course focuses on developing the ability to identify, plan, and implement SAFe programs with Agile Release Trains. Students will leave class with the briefings, artifacts, and templates needed to:

Identify value streams
Optimize organizational change management
Launch agile programs
Plan and execute major events and milestones
Implement effective processes and measures for continuous program improvement

Leading SAFe® – Days 1 and 2

Introducing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Embracing a Lean-Agile Mindset
Understanding SAFe Principles
Experiencing Program Increment (PI) Planning
Exploring, executing, and releasing value
Leading a Lean-Agile Enterprise
Empowering a Lean Portfolio
Building Large Solutions

Implementing SAFe® – Days 3 and 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 6 Practice Consultant (SPC)