Implementing SAFe® with SPC Certification, London Nov 2019

Delivered by Leading Subject-Matter Experts on SAFe®

Our SPC courses are delivered by two of the industries leading subject-matter experts on the Scaled Agile Framework®. IJI consultants have extensive SAFe experience training and implementing SAFe at organizations with teams ranging from 50 to 3000. Certify as a SAFe Program Consultant and become the Lean-Agile Change Agent that leads the SAFe transformation in the enterprise.

Training info

Course overview

Implementing a Lean-Agile SAFe transformation in the enterprise | With SAFe® Program Consultant Certification

This four-day course will prepare you to lead an enterprise Agile transformation by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). You will learn how to effectively apply the principles and practices of SAFe, including training with SAFe courseware, and coaching teams, launching Agile Release Trains, and building and managing an Agile portfolio. The first two days of the course— Leading SAFe—will provide you with the basis to teach SAFe to others, and if certified you’ll be eligible to teach the Leading SAFe course. The next two days focus exclusively on implementing SAFe.

Certification is optional to attendees. Those who achieve SPC certification are authorized to license SAFe training materials.

Learning Objectives

After this course, you should be able to:

Lead an enterprise Lean-Agile transformation
Implement the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Implement and manage a Lean-Agile portfolio
Align the organization to a common language and way of working
Perform value stream analysis and identify value streams
Launch and support Agile Release Trains and coordinate value streams
Build and execute the implementation rollout strategy
Configure the Framework for a specific enterprise context
Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe and act as a SAFe Agilist (SA) certifying agent (SPCs only)
Train teams in SAFe for Teams (S4T) and act as a SAFe Practitioner (SP) certifying agent (SPCs only)

Itinerary

Training itinerary

The goal of this course is to prepare internal change agents and external consultants to:

Lead an enterprise agile transformation
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

The first section of this class is an intensive version of Leading SAFe. The goal is to prepare certified SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs) to teach the course and act as a certifying agent for SAFe Agilists (SAs). You will also gain the knowledge necessary to lead an enterprise agile transformation by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework and its underlying principles of lean thinking and product development flow. You will leave with an understanding of how the principles and practices of the framework support Agile Teams, Agile Programs, Agile Program Portfolio Management and Agile Architecture.

In the second section, you will gain the knowledge needed to identify, plan, and implement SAFe programs with Agile Release Trains. Further, you’ll have the briefings, artifacts and templates you need to identify the value streams, prepare the organization, launch agile programs, plan and execute the major events, and implement effective processes and measures for continuous program improvement.

Agenda Day 1

Introductions
Lean Thinking
Scaling Agile
Agile Release Train

Day 2

Agile Release Train (Cont)
Portfolio
Scaling Leadership

Day 3

Organising around Value
Launching release Trains
Keeping the Trains on the Tracks

Day 4

Q and A
Exam Orientation
Advanced Topics / Open Space

Other course info

Audience

The course is intended for those who will be materially and directly involved in a SAFe adoption. This includes enterprise leaders, practitioners, change agents, and consultants responsible for implementing Agile programs and portfolios as part of an enterprise Lean-Agile change initiative.

Attendees typically include:

Professional Services Consultants
Business and Technology Executives and Leaders, Managers, Directors
Portfolio Managers and Fiduciaries, Project/Program Management Office (PMO) personnel
Development, QA and IT management
Program and Project Managers
Product and Product Line Managers
Process Leads and Lifecycle Governance Personnel
Enterprise, System and Solution Architects
Internal Change Agents, Lean-Agile Center for Excellence, Agile Working Group

What you receive

The class registration includes:

Attendee workbooks
Eligibility to take the SPC4 exam
One-year membership to Scaled Agile (upon certification)
Class attendance certificate upon request

Pre-requisites

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 SPC4 certification exam and operate in the field as a SAFe Program Consultant:

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

Exam details

The student must complete the online exam after the completion of the course. The exam is not administered during the four days of training.

PDU credits

Attendees may be eligible to apply for 30 PDUs toward continuing education requirements with the ProjectManagement Institute (PMI) for PMP or PMI-ACP certifications
Attendees may be eligible to apply SEUs under category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliance

Customer reviews

Brian and Ian are easily the best course instructors I have come across and back their knowledge with real examples of going into businesses which other companies don’t have as they have just been instructors their whole careers.”

In short, it was outstanding. For context, I’m not really that into courses; generally I find them slow and badly facilitated and contrary to my natural learning style. However in this case, I have been very impressed. Much of the material I was already familiar with, but Brian and Ian were so engaging and so knowledgeable that I found the entire 4 day event to be very worthwhile.”

In short, very nice experience with good instructors providing a lot of real life examples, and addressing all questions from the participants in a very professional manner.”