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Implementing SAFe (with Certified SAFe® 5 SAFe Program Consultant - SPC)


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SAFe 5 SPC

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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

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Robin Yeman
Robin Yeman

Robin Yeman brings over 25 years of experience and proven ability to identify and evaluate market needs, build opportunities, and provide solutions leveraging best practices from Lean, Agile, and DevSecOps. Before joining Project & Team, Yeman spent almost three decades at Lockheed Martin advising entire product lifecycles and driving multi-billion dollar revenues by focusing on speed and agility.

Robin is a SAFe Fellow & SPCT with extensive experience in the continuous delivery of large cyber-physical systems. From submarines to space and biometrics to robotics, Yeman has supported most government agencies, including the intelligence community, federal space, Department of Defense, both domestic and international.

Robin is a Project & Team’s Strategic Advisory Board Member and is the Director of Cyber-Physical Advisory Practice.

Earlier Event: May 17
Implementing SAFe (with Certified SAFe® 5 SAFe Program Consultant - SPC) - Virtual
Later Event: August 30
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