Implementing SAFe
- Bringing Agile and Lean at scale
Available as in-house training
Date and location of the in-house training to be agreed
Price: 2200 EUR + VAT / person
Duration and language:
Onsite training - 32h - 4 days each 8 hours (including breaks).
Online training - 32h - 8 days each 4 hours (including breaks).
Online training schedule:
- 09:00 - 10:45 CET online session,
- 10:45 - 11:00 CET break,
- 11:00 - 13:00 CET online session.
Training is provided in English. A Polish version is also available.
Target group:
The training is intended for:
- change agents, agile coaches, Agile consultants,
- C-level leadership members,
- project managers, department managers and directors,
- program and portfolio managers, PMO and Process Owners,
- Scrum Masters and Product Owners who want to leverage the best practices of agile ways of working at scale.
Training preconditions:
Minimum knowledge of basic concepts in the field of product/services development and project management. Participation in the development and team engagement activities, in particular in initiatives, in which a team of at least several people cooperates, or many teams at the same time. If you are looking for an introductory training to SAFe® we recommend the Leading SAFe® training.
For online training, it is required to be computer literate and meet technical requirements: https://valkir.pl/en/online-training/.
Price includes:
- Preparation and training performed by an expert, SAFe® accredited trainer, Agile and Lean experienced consultant.
- Effective training in a small group - on average 6-12 people.
- SAFe® accredited training materials, participant manual and exercises requisites or access to the electronic platform (exercise environment).
- Voucher for the SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) exam and a certificate of training completion, issued by Valkir Academy (in Polish or English).
- International SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) certificate, annual membership as SAFe® Practice Consultant - in the case of a positive exam result.
- Annual membership on the SAFe® Studio platform.
- 30 Personal Development Units (PDUs) for members of the PMI PMP or SEU points in category C, in order to acquire or renew the Scrum Alliance CSP certificate.
- Lunch and catering (drinks and snacks). Not applicable to online training.
- Trainer’s travel and expenses (T&E). Not applicable to online training.
Certification:
Participation in the training prepares you for the SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC). Each trainee will receive a voucher valid for 30 days for a single approach to pass the SPC level certification exam. The exam (in English) takes place online on the Scaled Agile Inc. website. Certificate is valid for one year from its obtaining, after which time it requires self-renewal.
Available dates:
| Date | Location | Price per person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To be agreed | To be agreed | 2200 EUR | Request quote |
Expert performing the training:
Training description:
What is the Implementing SAFe® training?
Implementing SAFe® is an accredited training from Scaled Agile Inc. designed for those responsible for introducing SAFe in organizations. Experts who have successfully taken the exam after this training become so-called SAFe® Program Consultants (SPCs). These are exceptional change agents who, using their extensive experience and SAFe® learning materials, set up structures, educate and initiate processes to enable agile value delivery at scale.
Participants in the training gain the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully introduce and scale agile practices across the organization. The training includes a discussion of the key elements of SAFe, practical exercises and case studies to help you understand how to drive Lean-Agile transformation, launch Agile Release Trains (ARTs), cultivate a DevOps culture, build Continuous Delivery Pipeline processes and manage Lean Portfolios.
This four-day training course covers the scope of the Leading SAFe® training on Day 1-2, and then on Day 3-4 provides a rich compendium of proven patterns. This allows you to practice the actionable methods for successful introduction of the Lean-Agile approach in large enterprises.
Who’s behind this?
Dean Leffingwell as the creator and main methodologist known for the bestselling “Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises” and Drew Jemilo as co-creator, main contributor, consultant and instructor, are at the forefront of the SAFe® concept. The whole concept is based on the experience of co-creators and other contributors starting from 2011, when the first version of this concept was developed.
Over 200 Scaled Agile Partners around the world (along with independent trainers) provide training, consulting and support complex organizations in long-term digital transformations.
Training agenda:
- Foundations of SAFe and the Lean-Agile Mindset
- SAFe as a system to support business agility.
- Building awareness through the SAFe principles, core values, and the Lean-Agile Mindset.
- Levels of SAFe introduction depending on the size of the organization.
- Introduction to Value Stream Mapping and systems thinking.
- Establishing Teams and Building solutions with Agile Product Delivery
- Creating cross-functional Agile teams and organizing Agile Release Trains around the value stream flow.
- SAFe events and accountabilities of roles at the team and ARTs level.
- Compelling product vision, customer-centric approach.
- DevOps approach and continuous improvement.
- WSJF prioritization, ART level backlog prioritization.
- PI planning - the most important event in SAFe.
- Lean Portfolio Management and Leading change
- Defining the SAFe portfolio and linking it to the organization's strategy.
- Establishing and ensuring transparency of Lean Budgets and Guardrails.
- The role of leaders in transforming the organization.
- Key characteristics of Lean-Agile leaders.
- Measuring progress toward business agility.
- Designing the Introduction and Reaching the SAFe Tipping Point
- Establishing a compelling vision for change - patterns and best practices.
- Your role in building a powerful coalition of change agents.
- A workshop on identifying value streams and forming ARTs structures.
- Practical tips for initiating the phases of the SAFe introduction plan.
- Launching and Coaching the effectiveness of the Agile Release Train
- Sequence of activities prior to ARTs launch.
- Providing knowledge to teams and stakeholders for a successful launch.
- Formal launch and start of event cadence.
- Mentoring and coaching for the entire ART during value delivery.
- Continuous improvement of ART performance through Inspect and Adapt mechanisms.
- Enhancing the Portfolio and Accelerating to Business Agility
- Launching more ARTs within the value streams.
- Coordination within Enterprise Solution Delivery and Lean governance.
- Effectiveness of LPM as well as Agile Portfolio Operations.
- Measuring, supporting and enhancing the delivery of business agility.
- Building a culture of continuous improvement - best practices.
- Training summary
How our training look like?
Training goals:
What are the challenges we address?- How can I effectively introduce SAFe® in a complex organization?
- How can I organize Agile teams around value streams?
- How can I launch and support Agile Release Trains (ART)?
- How can I implement Lean Portfolio Management in an organization?
- How can I carry out Lean-Agile transformations on a large scale?
- How can I build continuous deployment processes and a DevOps culture?
- How can I integrate portfolio, program and project management?
- How can I explain what Solution Train is?
- How can I lead a group of change agents within SAFe®?
What benefits do you get?
Training enables participants to better understand their organization, the challenges it faces, and to effectively steer its growth. It contains theoretical knowledge and practical methods taken from systems theory, complexity theory, value streams, combination of a project, process and product approach, change management and many other topics.
As a result of this training, participants from different areas of the organization will:
- know and understand aspects needed to effectively stimulate organization growth,
- acquire skills necessary to apply mentioned methods in practice,
- understand how and why new methods can positively affect their work.
