Implementing SAFe - SAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC)

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Type: Certification
Level: Advanced

SAFe® 5 Program Consultant

A Certified SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC) is a SAFe implementation professional responsible for training leaders, change agents, consultants, and team members to drive a Lean-Agile transformation at enterprise scale. Key areas of competency include designing a SAFe implementation, launching and facilitating an Agile Release Train (ART), and extending the Lean-Agile portfolio by launching additional ARTs.

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 four-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 two days of the course—Leading SAFe®—will provide you with the basis to teach SAFe to leaders. The final two days 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), you 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

What Attendees Get

Class registration includes:

  • Attendee workbook

  • Preparation and eligibility to take the relevent SAFe® SPC exam

  • One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform

  • Course certificate of completion

Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to be eligible 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

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

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?

  • 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

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® 5 Program Consultant certification exam and practice as a SAFe® 5 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

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

  • You may be eligible to apply for 16 PDUs toward your continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications

  • You may be eligible to apply for SEUs under Category C, toward earning or renewing your CSP through the Scrum Alliance

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