Leading SAFe®

For leaders of a Lean-Agile change initiative to develop a Lean-Agile Mindset and apply the principles and practices of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to support Agile Teams, programs, and Program Portfolio Management. Coordinate and lead a Lean-Agile transformation at enterprise scale.

Take a Leading SAFe course to discover how companies can build business agility, and how to make SAFe work inside your organization. You’ll learn how SAFe helps you improve quality, productivity, employee engagement, and time-to-market. You’ll come away with an understanding of how to align your entire organization around the same clear objectives, and how to improve the flow of value and work from strategy to delivery. You’ll learn what makes companies more customer-centric and how to run key SAFe alignment and planning events, like PI planning.

Leading SAFe® answers the questions:

  • What is SAFe?

  • What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?

  • How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?

Attendees learn:

  • How to realize the benefits of SAFe, including:

    • Boosting productivity.

    • Improving product quality.

    • Decreasing time to market.

    • Increasing employee engagement.

  • How to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value.

  • How to align massive organizations around clear, common objectives.

  • How to participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Planning.

  • How to adopt a customer-centric mindset.

What’s included:

  • Course materials

  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms

  • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace

  • One-year membership to SAFe® Studio with first class attendance

  • SAFe Agilist certification exam

Certification Exam Details:

Duration: 90 minutes

Number of questions: 45

Passing score: 35/45 (77%)

Competency level: Foundational; Competent, some knowledge or experience; can perform tasks with assistance

Question format: Multiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)

Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, timed

Access: Community Platform upon completion of the course

Cost: First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake or attempt past the 30-day window is $50