Leading SAFe
- Applying a Lean-Agile mindset with SAFe
Available as in-house training
Date and location of the in-house training to be agreed
Price: 690 EUR + VAT / person
Duration and language:
Onsite training - 16h - 2 days each 8 hours (including breaks).
Online training - 16h - 4 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:
- C-level leadership members,
- project managers, department managers and directors,
- program and portfolio managers, PMO and Process Owners,
- QA and infrastructure management specialists,
- system and solutions architects,
- specialists, members of operational and development teams,
- novice Scrum Masters and Product Owners who want to learn 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.
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 Agilist® exam and a certificate of training completion, issued by Valkir Academy (in Polish or English).
- International SAFe Agilist® (SA) certificate, annual membership as SAFe Agilist® - in the case of a positive exam result.
- Annual membership on the SAFe® Studio platform.
- 15 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 Agilist® (SA) exam. Each trainee will receive a voucher valid for 30 days for a single approach to pass the SAFe Agilist® SA (SA) certification exam. The exam (in English) takes place online on the Scaled Agile Inc. website. SAFe Agilist® 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 | 690 EUR | Request quote |
Expert performing the training:
Training description:
What is the Leading SAFe® training?
Leading SAFe® is an accredited training from Scaled Agile Inc. dedicated to managers and leaders of organizations facing the challenge of scaling the development of products and services using Agile and Lean methods in a complex environment. If your organization has a complex structure with numerous processes and combines project-based, process-based and product- based approaches, it is definitely worth exploring the entire toolkit behind SAFe®.
Participants, by discussing the components of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) in the latest version, as well as through case studies and workshop exercises, will learn the principles, how to prepare PI Planning (Planning Interval Planning), organize work around Value Streams, as well as they learn the success criteria and the classic dead ends in the digital transformation of the organization.
The SAFe® framework by combining the Agile and Lean mindset with the Lean Enterprise and DevOps concept allows organizations to transform a functional silo into Agile teams, manage the portfolio and program in an adaptive way, implement the concept of Continuous Delivery and thus shape the DevOps culture.
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:
- Developing agility in the digital age
- SAFe as a system to support business agility.
- Why do some agile transformations fail?
- Dual system of functioning of the organization according to SAFe.
- Levels of SAFe introduction depending on the size of the organization.
- Building an agile foundation based on mindset, values and principles
- SAFe core values including the Lean-Agile Mindset approach.
- Building awareness through SAFe principals.
- Introduction to Value Stream Mapping and systems thinking.
- Highlighting the benefits of reducing “batch sizes.”
- Building teams and enhancing technical skills
- Creating cross-functional Agile teams.
- Accountabilities of SAFe roles at the team level and ARTs.
- Description of events in SAFe.
- Organizing Agile Release Trains around value stream flows.
- Embedded quality control in SAFe.
- Developing solutions through agile delivery
- Where is the customer? Customer-centric approach.
- Backlog prioritization for multiple teams (ART level).
- Building a clear and compelling product vision.
- WSJF prioritization.
- PI planning - the most important event in SAFe.
- Delivering work in agreed cycles.
- Building a DevOps approach and awareness of continuous learning.
- Lean Portfolio Management
- Defining the SAFe portfolio.
- Linking the portfolio to the organization's strategy.
- Establishing Lean Budgets and Guardrails.
- Ensuring transparency of artifacts and tools in SAFe.
- Leading change
- Real leaders who drive change.
- Exploring leadership skills.
- The key to leading successful change.
- Measuring progress toward business agility.
- Training summary
How our training look like?
Training goals:
What are the challenges we address?- How can I explain to others what exactly is, what is not, how SAFe® apply to Agile and Lean?
- How can I use SAFe® roles, principles and practices to scale agility in an organization?
- How can I organize work without changing the physical structures in the organization?
- How can I manage the program and the portfolio of a complex organization in an agile way?
- How can I improve my skills in leading a large transformation of an organization?
- How can I design efficient streams of continuous business value delivery?
- How can I shape evolutionally the DevOps culture in an organization?
- How can I introduce agility in an organization that combines a project and product approach?
- How can I ensure transparency and an alignment of large scale initiatives?
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.
