Certified Implementing SAFe 5.0 (SPC)

Summary

• During this four-day course, attendees will learn how to lead a Lean-Agile transformation by  using the practices and principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and the seven core  competencies of the Lean Enterprise.
  
  
  Attendees will practice how to coach programs, launch Agile Release Trains, create a DevOps  culture to build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline, and empower a Lean portfolio.
  
  
  The first two days of the course—Leading SAFe®—provide the basis to teach SAFe to leaders. The final two days focus exclusively on what it takes to successfully implement SAFe in the  enterprise. Becoming a change agent and a Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC) enables attendees to coach and guide the enterprise toward success in a disruptive marketplace and empowers them to implement a Lean-Agile SAFe transformation.
  
  
  Who Will Benefit?
  • Professional services 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 Solution Architects

Topics Covered

Leading SAFe® days 1 – 2

• Thriving in the digital age with business agility
  
• Becoming a Lean-Agile leader
  
• Establishing Team and Technical Agility
  
• Building solutions with Agile Product Delivery
  
• Exploring Lean Portfolio Management
  
• Leading the change
  

• Reaching the tipping point
• Designing the implementation
• Launching an Agile Release Train
  
• Coaching ART Execution
  
• Extending to the portfolio
  
• Accelerating to business agility
  
• Becoming an SPC

What you’ll learn

• Lead a Lean-Agile Enterprise transformation
• Implement SAFe
  
• Implement Lean Portfolio Management
  
• Perform Value Stream identification
  
• Launch and coach Agile Release Trains
  
• Coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains with a Solution Train
  
• Use the seven core competencies to achieve business agility
  
• Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe®
  
• Continue your learning journey and become enabled to train other roles in a SAFe Enterprise
  

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

• Attendee workbook
• Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC) exam
  
• One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
  
• Course certificate of completion