Implementing SAFe® with Certified SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC)

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

Objectives:

• Apply lean, agile, and product development flow principles to improve productivity, employee engagement, time to market, and quality
• Apply the Scaled Agile Framework based on lecture, real-world examples, and insights by Scaled Agile experts
• Employ the skills necessary for an enterprise transformation based on the information and examples presented, and additional recommended readings and resources
• Gain the insights into the leadership skill most effective in unlocking the intrinsic motivation of software development knowledge workers, and begin applying them in your context
• Find the value streams around which to organize the enterprise’s Agile Release Trains
• Prepare the organization and the teams to launch the trains
• Interact at key program touch-points to “help keep the train on the tracks”
• Run Inspect and Adapt workshops for continuous program improvement
• Introduce the organization to the principles of program portfolio management and agile transformation

Audience:

This course is meant for consultants, managers, or leaders responsible for implementing Agile programs as part of an enterprise Lean-Agile change initiative. Students should arrive to class with an excellent grasp of Agile, and should have knowledge of SAFe practices. It is an accelerated course for those who are interested in earning their SAFe SCP Certification.

Professionals who benefit from this course include:

• Executives
• Managers
• Change Agents
• Program and Project Managers
• Agile Coaches
• Scrum Masters
• Anyone helping lead the SAFe implementation