Implementing SAFe (with Certified SAFe® 5 SAFe Program Consultant - SPC) - Virtual
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Course Summary
Become a leading agent for change—and enable your enterprise to succeed in a disruptive marketplace—when you certify as a SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC). During this multi-day course, you will learn how to lead a Lean-Agile transformation by leveraging the practices and principles of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), as well as the five core competencies of the Lean Enterprise. You will also gain insights and practice how to coach programs, launch Agile Release Trains, build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps culture, and build a Lean Portfolio. The first half of the course—Leading SAFe®—will provide you with the basis to teach SAFe to leaders. The second half focus exclusively on what it takes to successfully implement SAFe in the enterprise.
What you’ll learn
To perform the role of a SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC), attendees should be able to:
Lead an enterprise Lean-Agile transformation
Implement the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Implement Lean Portfolio Management
Align the organization to a common language and way of working
Perform Value Stream identification
Launch and coach Agile Release Trains
Coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains with a Solution Train
Use the SAFe Seven Core Competencies to build the Lean Enterprise
Configure the Framework for a specific enterprise context
Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe
Continue their learning journey and become enabled to train other SAFe roles in the enterprise
Topics Covered
Leading SAFe® (first half of the course):
Introducing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Becoming a Lean-Agile Leader
Establishing Team and Technical Agility
Experiencing Program Increment (PI) Planning
Releasing on Demand with DevOps
Building Business Solutions and Lean Systems
Implementing Lean Portfolio Management
Becoming a SAFe Agilist
Implementing SAFe® (second half of the course):
Reaching the SAFe Tipping Point
Designing the Implementation
Launching an ART
Coaching ART Execution
Extending to the Portfolio
Sustaining and Improving
Becoming an SPC
Who Will Benefit?
The following individuals will benefit from this course:
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
Eligibility to train others in SAFe
As a SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC), you can continue the learning journey by achieving validation to license and teach SAFe courses. Courses available for
validation are:
Leading SAFe®
SAFe® for Teams
SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager
SAFe® Agile Product Management
SAFe® Lean Portfolio Managment
SAFe® Scrum Master
Advanced SAFe® Scrum Master
SAFe® Release Train Engineer (additional requirements apply)
SAFe® DevOps
SAFe® for Government
SAFe® Agile Software Engineering
What Attendees Get
The class registration includes:
Digital workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® SPC certification exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of completion
Attendees must attend all days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.
SAFe Certification Kit
Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:
SAFe® SPC certification exam certificate
A SAFe® SPC certification digital badge to promote your accomplishment online
A one-year certified membership as a SAFe® SPC, which includes access to the SPC Community of Practice
A SAFe® SPC certification usage guide with ARCH certification marks
Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey
Prerequisites
All stakeholders in a Lean-Agile transformation are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® Program Consultant certification exam and practice as a SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC):
5+ years of experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product, or project management
3+ years of experience in Agile
One or more relevant Agile certifications
Course Instructor
Cindy VanEpps’s first job out of college was crafting Space Shuttle Flight Design Software at Johnson Space Center. Over the subsequent years she has been a software developer, technical lead, development manager, consultant, and solution developer.
She has worked with numerous system engineering companies and with each she has proven success at helping transform traditional waterfall and highly regulated environments to agile and scaled agile practices.
In Cindy’s published thought leadership, teaching and consulting she has proven a wealth of knowledge and creativity but more importantly she brings pragmatism to the application of Agile practices. She “practices what she preaches” on the importance of focus on principles and evolving the specific practices based on both relentless improvement and application of the principles in the way that provides most economic benefit.
As a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) her pragmatic approach and entertaining style make her a fan favorite.
Saahil Panikar is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) with 10+ years of experience in Lean-Agile/SAFe coaching and Scrum Master in the tech industry (large/small business, startups, private and federal), in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Saahil has supported over 120 different Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe teams, 13 concurrently, and the longest for 39 sprints.
Launching over 50 Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and participated in or led 8 SAFe Transformations, Saahil has extensive experience with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.
Key expertise include: Large Solution Trains, Shared Services and Data Management, Business Agility (Lean Portfolio Management), and cross-value steam Enterprise LACEs.
Additional Information
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