Scaling Lean and Agile Expertise
SAFe Practitioners play a crucial role in scaling Lean and Agile development within their enterprises. They learn to navigate the Agile Release Train, understand their team’s role, and establish connections with other teams, recognizing the dependencies between them.
Building Agile Competence
This course is for team members who want to apply Lean and Agile practices at scale, and those preparing for the launch of an Agile Release Train. It welcomes individuals from all experience levels, provided they have a basic grasp of Agile concepts, Scrum, Kanban, XP, and knowledge of software and hardware development processes.
In a fast-paced corporate world, becoming a SAFe Practitioner is not just a certification; it’s a gateway to greater career opportunities. It equips you with the skills to drive value, plan iterations, and execute program increments efficiently. So, embark on this journey with Info Trek, and empower yourself to thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of Lean and Agile development.
Course Details
Course Code: SASM; Duration: 2 Days; Instructor-led
To perform the role of a SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master, you should be able to:
- Apply SAFe® principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a multi-team environment
- Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale
- Address Agile and Scrum antipatterns
- Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture
- Learn to apply Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimize flow and improve the team’s work
- Facilitate ART planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
- Support learning through participation in communities of practice and innovation cycle
EXAM
- Duration: 120 minutes
- Number of Questions: 60 Passing Score: 44/60 (73%)
- Competency level: Advanced; Expert, fully competent; can perform tasks with little assistance Question format: Multiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)
- Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance
- Access: Community Platform upon completion of the course Languages Offered: English
- Cost: First attempt is included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days, of course completion
Audience
- Existing Scrum Masters
- Team leaders, project managers, and others who have assumed the role of an Agile Team facilitator in a SAFe® or enterprise Agile context
- Engineering and development managers who are responsible for
- Agile execution and coaching teams, including teams of teams
- Agile coaches
- Agile Program Managers
- Prospective Release Train Engineers.
Prerequisites
All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, having one or more of the following certifications is highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe®Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) 6.0 certification exam:
- SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) 6.0 certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification
Methodology
This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, discussions and practical exercises
Course Objectives
no course objectives
Outlines
- Explore Scrum Master challenges in the Enterprise
- Explain the purpose and basic constructs of SAFe®
- Establish Scrum Master connections in SAFe®
- #1 – Take an economic view
- #2 – Apply systems thinking
- #3 – Assume variability; preserve
- options
- #4 – Build incrementally with fast,
- integrated learning cycles
- #5 – Base milestones on objective
- evaluation of working systems
- #6 – Visualize and limit WIP, reduce
- batch sizes, and manage queue
- lengths
- #7 – Apply cadence, synchronize
- with cross-domain planning
- #8 – Unlock the intrinsic motivation
- of knowledge workers
- #9 – Decentralize decision-making
- Explore the Inspect and Adapt process
- Apply problem-solving workshop
- Explore anti-patterns associated with the Product Owner role
- Explain how Stories and tasks may lead to anti-patterns
- Identify context-specific antipatterns in your environment
- Build your Kanban board
- Measure and optimize flow
- Build quality in
- Foster engineering craftsmanship
- Facilitate collaboration withArchitects, System Team, and Operations
- Foster collaboration on the team
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration
- Build trust with stakeholders
- Develop team skill set
- Create an Improvement Backlog
