Agile Certification Courses and Trainings

Frequently, we offer SAFe® certification open courses and inhouse on request, based on comprehensive implementation experience:

Having trained hundreds of participants, feedback typically sores in 4.8+ out of 5 and NPS recommendation 9 out of 10.  

Back in 2018 we were first to introduce SAFe® for public agencies on the German market (SGP – SAFe® for Government Practitioners SGP).

(see Seminar&Events).

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) is the world’s leading methodology for scaling agile and lean management practices. SAFe® is a freely available knowledge base and provides a proven, holistic framework for agile organizational alignment.

The following SAFe® certificate courses are offered as public “open” course (online) as well as “inhouse” for closed groups (online or onsite on request).


Leading SAFe (SA)

The course answers the questions:

  • What is SAFe?
  • What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
  • How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?

Attendees learn

  • How to realize the benefits of SAFe, including: Boosting productivity, improving product quality, decreasing time to market, increasing employee engagement.
  • How to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value.
  • How to align massive organizations around clear, common objectives.
  •  How to participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Planning.
  •  How to adopt a customer-centric mindset.

What’s included?

  • Course delivery online (inhouse courses onsite on request) and materials (electronically) in English
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms for preparation for the certificate exam (to be taken online at own pace within one month after the course, participants must be present throughout the course to take the exam)
  • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
  • One-year membership in the SAFe® Community
  • Continuous Education: 21 Professional Development Units
    (PMI claim code 44460OU5T4)

Who benefits from this certification course?

  • Executives and Managers, Directors, CIOs and VPs
  • Developers, Quality Assurance and Infrastructure Managers
  • Program and Project Managers, Consultants
  • Product and Product Line Managers
  • Portfolio Managers, PMO and Process Leads
  • Business, Systems and Solution Architects
  • Scrum Master, Product Owner and agile coaches

Prerequisites

All are welcome, regardless of specific prior knowledge. However, for the SAFe® certification exam we recommend:

  • 5+ years of experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product or project management.
  • Experience in Scrum

SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)

SAFe® POPM answers the questions:

  • How do POs and PMs plan and execute work during a PI?
  • How do I integrate a customer-centric mindset to deliver products customers want?
  • How do you connect SAFe Lean-Agile principles and values to the PO/PM roles?

 

Attendees learn:

  • How to perform the role of a PO and a PM on a daily basis
  • How to put the customer at the center of your design, build, and test process
  • How to prepare for and lead PI Planning
  • How to decompose Epics to Features and Features to Stories
  • How to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Product Management Video playlist and customer research tools to support product owners in their role
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam

Who benefits from this certification course?

  • Produktmanager, Product Line Managers, Product Owners
    Business Owners, and Business Analysts
  • Solution Managers, Portfolio Managers, Program Managers,
    PMO Employees, and Process owners
  • Enterprise, Solution, and System Architects

SAFe® Scrum Master / Team Coach

SAFe® Scrum Master answers the questions:

  • How do Scrum Masters facilitate planning and execution of work during a PI?
  • How do you coach and lead Agile teams inside a SAFe enterprise?
  • How do you become a servant leader to build a high-performing team?

Attendees learn:

  • How to facilitate Scrum events
  • How to support PI execution
  • How to coach teams to improve constantly
  • How to implement DevOps for continuous flow and delivery

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
    • Team Event Facilitator Guides
    • Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
    • Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Scrum Master certification exam

Who benefits from this certification course?

(Aspiring) Scrum Masters who want to qualify for the scalable lean-agile environment SAFe.

Experienced Scrum Masters who want to better realize their role in the SAFe context

(Aspiring) managers who want to understand the role of the Scrum Master

SAFe Release Train Engineers who want to coach Scrum Masters in their roles


SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management

Lean Portfolio Management answers the questions:

  • How do I connect strategy to execution?
  • How do I manage flow and solve perpetual overload?
  • How can I fund and govern dynamically?
  • How does Lean Portfolio Management fit into SAFe?

Attendees learn:

  • How to connect the portfolio to the enterprise
  • How to maintain portfolio vision and roadmap
  • How to establish Lean budgets and guardrails
  • How to create portfolio flow

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Complete LPM Practice Guide to help plan and execute a successful LPM adoption
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to perform better as part of an Agile Team
    • Lean Portfolio Manager certification exam
    • Access to the optional Getting Started with LPM Workshop

Who benefits from this certification course?

  • Executives und Leaders (CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, and VPs)
  • Enterprise Architects
  • Product und Solution Managers
  • Business Unit Managers
  • Program Office Mitarbeiter
  • SPCs und Enterprise Agile Coaches
  • Human Resources

SAFe® for Teams

SAFe® for Teams answers the questions:

  • How does an Agile team function inside of an ART?
  • How do we as an Agile team plan and execute iterations and the PI?
  • How do we work with other teams on the ART to effectively deliver value?

Attendees learn:

  • Your role on the team and your team’s role on the ART
  • How to apply SAFe principles to scale Lean-Agile delivery
  • How to plan and execute iterations and PIs
  • How to continuously improve the ART

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe® 6.0 Practitioner certification exam

SAFe® Release Train Engineer (inhouse only)

SAFe® Release Train Engineer answers the questions:

  • How do I plan for and execute a PI?
  • How do I create an environment of relentless improvement?
  • How do I lead and serve my ART?

Attendees learn:

  • How to lead ARTs and large solutions in a SAFe organization
  • How to apply Lean-Agile knowledge and tools to release value
  • How to foster relentless improvement
  • How to build a high-performing ART by becoming a servant leader and coach

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
    • Access to RTE Essentials Online Learning Series
    • Facilitation Guides for all ART events
    • Online collaboration tools for facilitating SAFe ART events, like PI Planning and System Demo
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice Scaled Agile Framework every day
  • SAFe® Release Train Engineer certification exam

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master answers the questions:

  • What’s the next step in my learning as a SAFe Scrum Master?
  • How can I improve my coaching and facilitation skills to support my team?
  • What are common anti-patterns to avoid when encouraging relentless improvement at scale?

Attendees learn:

  • How to apply SAFe principles to facilitate, enable, and coach in a multi-team environment
  • How to adopt scalable engineering practices, Kanban, DevOps, and Agile architecture to optimize flow
  • How to advance your facilitation skills for ART and team event planning, execution, and delivering end-to-end value
  • How to build communities of practice to support high-performing teams and ART efficiency
  • How to lead distributed teams effectively in remote environments

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Team Event Facilitator Guides
    • Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
    • Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification exam

SAFe® DevOps

SAFe® DevOps answers the questions:

  • What is DevOps and how does it enable strategic business objectives?
  • What are the mindset, culture, and technical practices to successfully define, build, test, deploy, and release?
  • How do I use value stream mapping to measure flow and spot bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline?

Attendees learn:

  • How to incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
  • How to integrate continuous exploration, integration, and deployment, and release value to end users on demand
  • How to design and implement an actionable DevOps transformation plan tailored to your organization
  • How to evaluate and improve your current state using tools like the DevOps Health Radar and Transformation Canvas

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Value Stream Mapping workshop
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe DevOps certification exam

SAFe® for Architects

SAFe® for Architects answers the questions:

  • How do I plan for and execute a PI?
  • How do I plan the architectural runway to consistently deliver business value?
  • How do I create clarity and visibility into the architectural vision for an ART?

Attendees learn:

  • How to develop and communicate the architectural vision
  • How to develop solution vision, intent, and roadmaps
  • How to prepare and deliver software effectively and continuously
  • How to lead and coach architects and team members during Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe® for Architects certification exam

SAFe® Agile Product Management

Agile Product Management answers the questions:

  • How can I use design thinking to achieve customer centricity?
  • How do I prepare a product strategy, vision, and roadmap for my ART?
  • What are the right mindsets, skills, and tools to create successful products?

Attendees learn:

  • How to create innovation in the value stream
  • How to use design thinking to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable products
  • How to use product strategy to set clarity and direction for the ART
  • How to develop and evolve short-term roadmaps that result in long-term value

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe® Agile Product Manager certification exam

SAFe® for Government

SAFe® for Government answers the questions:

  • What are specific leadership behaviors that can drive successful organizational change in government?
  • How do I build high-performing, multi-vendor teams and ARTs?
  • How do I manage contracts and acquisition/procurement using Agile principles and practices?
  • How can I coordinate Agile at scale in a government and multi-vendor environment?

Attendees learn:

  • How to apply Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles and practices in traditional government organizations and cultures
  • How to adapt technology strategy, budgeting and forecasting, acquisition, compliance, and governance practices to flow-based practices using emerging government guidelines
  • How to organize government programs into Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and execute in program increments (PIs), even in remote environments with distributed teams
  • How to build an action plan to begin or accelerate a SAFe implementation in your program or agency

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe for Government certification exam

SAFe® Agile Software Engineering

Agile Software Engineering answers the questions:

  • How do I build a test-first, principle-based team environment and technical infrastructure?
  • How do Agile teams use BDD to create a shared understanding?
  • How do we build in quality throughout the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?

Attendees Learn:

  • How to apply the test-first principle to align tests and requirements
  • How to detail, model, design, implement, verify, and validate stories in a SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline
  • Practices such as abstraction, encapsulation, and SOLID that build quality into code and design
  • Foundational Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles and practices
  • How to use the test infrastructure for automated testing
  • How to design from context for testability.

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Agile Software Engineer certification exam

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