Course
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Leading SAFe 6.0 (SA)
Course facts
- Understanding how to keep a company competitive in the digital age by making not only IT but the entire organization agile
- Leading change as a leader and promoting a culture of learning and innovation
- Synchronizing corporate goals (strategy) with execution through lean portfolio management
- Building agile teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs) around value streams
- Obtaining a roadmap to successfully start or accelerate a SAFe transformation
1 Thriving in the Digital Age
Why business agility is essential for survival.
- Excursus: The influence of AI on business models and competitive advantages.
2 Becoming a Lean-Agile Leader
Mindset, core values, and principles of SAFe.
3 Team & Technical Agility
How agile teams deliver high quality.
4 Agile Product Delivery
Building customer-focused Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and continuous delivery.
5 Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
Strategy, investment financing, and agile portfolio operations.
6 Leading the Change
Steps for successful SAFe implementation.
7 Exam Preparation
Tips for your SAFe Agilist (SA) certification.
The course covers the official SAFe® curriculum.
We believe it is important that you can apply what you have learned immediately.
- Theory & practice: The training consists of a combination of compact theoretical input and interactive exercises that ensure the transfer of knowledge into your everyday working life.
- AI integration: We use AI as a targeted method. We discuss how managers can use AI strategically to improve data-driven decisions in portfolio management.
- Tools: In our online and hybrid training courses, we work with Miro or Conceptboard as our central collaboration tool to ensure seamless cooperation.
- Learning success: Short recaps and regular learning objective checks reinforce the material immediately.
- Exam preparation: To ensure you are confident going into the certification, we go through the logic of the exam questions together.
This course is the standard for managers and change agents:
- CEOs, executives, and VPs: You want to understand how agility works at the enterprise level and how you can sponsor the transformation.
- Division managers and department heads: You need to know how your leadership role changes in an agile context and how you can remove obstacles for your teams.
- Program & project managers: You are transitioning to strategic roles (e.g., release train engineer or solution train engineer).
- Enterprise architects: You want to optimize the connection between technical architecture and business strategy.
- Change agents & agile coaches: You are driving agile transformation and need in-depth background knowledge of the framework.
There are no formal prerequisites for this training.
For those wishing to take the SAFe® Agilist (SA) certification exam, we recommend more than 5 years of experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product and/or project management and Scrum.
After participating in the training, you will receive access to the SAFe® Agilist (SA) exam.
The login is valid for 30 days. Upon passing the exam, the participant will receive the «Certified SAFe® Agilist» certification from the Scaled Agile Academy.
Exam format: Single / multiple choice, web-based, no aids, questions: 45, pass rate: 80%, duration: 90 minutes.
The exam is held in English.
Experience has shown that seven to ten hours of independent study are required to successfully pass the exam. Our trainers will prepare you optimally for the course and will also be on hand to answer your questions afterwards.
This training is conducted in German and English by our training partner AgileMinds; in French by Ahead Technology.