Canadian Owned and Operated
Description
Course overview
In this course, you’ll learn to apply the SAFe mindset, values, and principles to lead with clarity and confidence, aligning strategic objectives to unify your organization around shared goals and improve value flow. You’ll discover how to establish true technical agility by organizing cross‑functional teams around value streams rather than traditional silos, enabling faster, more adaptive delivery. At the same time, you’ll develop practical, responsible AI prompting techniques to enhance decision‑making, streamline workflows, and tackle complex challenges with speed and precision. Together, these capabilities equip you to drive meaningful business outcomes in an increasingly dynamic, AI‑enabled world.
Leading SAFe will help you answer:
- What is SAFe?
- What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
- How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?
Course outline
Module 1: Adapting and Thriving with SAFe in an AI‑Driven World
- The need for business agility in a rapidly evolving, AI‑enabled landscape
- Overview of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- How AI is accelerating transformation and decision-making
- Key competencies for thriving organizations
- Role of leaders in guiding AI‑enhanced transformation
Module 2: Building a Foundation with Mindset, Values, and Principles
- The Lean‑Agile mindset: SAFe House of Lean and Agile Manifesto
- Core SAFe values: Alignment, Built‑in Quality, Transparency, Program Execution
- SAFe principles and their application in modern enterprises
- Integrating ethical and responsible AI practices into leadership decisions
- Shifting leadership behaviors to support innovation and adaptability
Module 3: Team and Technical Agility
- Forming and supporting high-performing, cross-functional Agile teams
- Organizing around value streams vs. traditional hierarchies
- DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery pipelines
- Embedding AI tools into team workflows for automation and insight generation
- Improving collaboration, quality, and speed with technical agility practices
Module 4: Agile Product Delivery with AI Enablement
- Customer-centric product development and design thinking
- Defining and managing value streams
- Product ownership and backlog management at scale
- Leveraging AI for backlog refinement, user insights, and forecasting
- Delivering value continuously with built-in quality and rapid feedback loops
Module 5: Lean Portfolio Management
- Aligning strategy with execution across the organization
- Funding value streams and managing portfolios dynamically
- Strategic themes, roadmaps, and governance
- Using AI to enhance portfolio insights, prioritization, and decision-making
- Measuring outcomes and optimizing value flow
Module 6: Leading the Change
- Leading successful Lean‑Agile transformation initiatives
- Building a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Change management strategies in complex organizations
- Coaching leaders and teams through transformation
- Applying AI responsibly to accelerate adoption and reduce friction in change
Module 7: Applying Practical, Responsible AI Prompting Techniques
- Fundamentals of effective prompt design
- Ensuring responsible, ethical, and secure use of AI tools
- Use cases for leaders: strategy, communication, and decision support
- AI-assisted problem-solving and workflow optimization
- Hands-on practice applying AI in SAFe leadership scenarios
Module 8: Putting It All Together
- Integrating SAFe principles with AI-enabled practices
- Case studies and real-world scenarios
- Action planning for your organization
- Identifying next steps for SAFe implementation and AI adoption
Audience / prerequisites
This course will benefit anyone who seeks to drive the adoption of scaled and organisational agility in a large company or enterprise.
