Mastering SAFe: Leading Agile Transformations at Scale
You’re not behind because you’re not trying hard enough. You’re behind because the rules have changed-and no one gave you the playbook. Agile at scale isn’t about scrum teams or daily standups anymore. It’s about aligning portfolios, synchronising trains, and getting executives to finally fund your transformation-without burning out your people or derailing delivery. Right now, you might be stuck in pilot purgatory. Your teams are doing ceremonies, but outcomes are inconsistent. Leadership wants results, not retrospectives. And worse, you’re expected to deliver enterprise-wide agility without a proven framework, clear roadmap, or executive mandate. Mastering SAFe: Leading Agile Transformations at Scale is the missing blueprint. This is how you move from fragmented pilots to funded, board-backed, enterprise-grade agility-in 30 days or less. You’ll walk away with a transformation roadmap ready for C-suite approval, stakeholder alignment models, and a certified credentials-backed strategy that gets results. One transformation lead at a Fortune 500 financial services firm used this course to design and present her SAFe rollout plan. Within six weeks, she secured $2.3M in funding and executive sponsorship-after 18 months of stalled efforts. If you’re ready to move from facilitator to leader, from reactive to strategic, from stuck to scale-ready-here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced. On-Demand. Zero Time Conflicts.
This course is 100% self-paced, with immediate online access upon enrollment. No fixed start dates, no scheduled cohorts, no weekly assignments. You progress at your own speed, on your own time, from any device. Learners typically complete the program in 4 to 6 weeks with just 3 to 5 hours per week. But you can go faster-some have applied the framework and delivered stakeholder-ready proposals in under 10 days. Lifetime Access. Zero Extra Cost. Always Updated.
You receive lifetime access to all materials. As SAFe evolves and enterprise practices advance, you receive every update automatically-no additional fees, no re-enrollment required. This is a permanent asset in your professional toolkit. Mobile-Friendly. Available Globally. 24/7 Access.
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You are not alone. This course includes direct instructor support via a dedicated help channel. Have a question about PI Planning, LACE formation, or how to tailor Essential SAFe for your regulatory environment? You’ll receive timely, practical responses from certified SAFe program consultants with real-world implementation experience. Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing, you’ll earn a globally recognised Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-a trusted name in enterprise certification and professional development since 2007. This credential is verifiable, shareable, and valued by hiring managers across industries. Straightforward Pricing. No Hidden Fees.
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This course works even if you’ve never led a SAFe rollout before. It works even if your organisation resists change. It works even if you’re not in IT. Whether you’re a Release Train Engineer, Portfolio Manager, Agile Coach, or CTO, the frameworks are role-adaptable, industry-neutral, and designed for real-world complexity. One engineering director in healthcare used this course to transition a legacy compliance team to Agile at scale-without disrupting audit cycles. A product VP at a telecom scaled PI Planning across 14 cross-functional ARTs using the exact templates from Module 5. We reverse the risk. You invest with confidence. And you gain skills that compound for years.
Module 1: Foundations of SAFe and Agile at Scale - The evolution of Agile: from team to enterprise
- Why Scrum and Kanban alone fail at scale
- Understanding the cost of misalignment in large organisations
- What SAFe solves that other frameworks don’t
- Core competencies of the Lean Enterprise
- The SAFe House of Lean: Vision, Flow, people, and continuous improvement
- Lean-Agile mindset: principles over practices
- Seven core competencies of successful transformations
- Defining business agility and how to measure it
- Common failure patterns in Agile at scale and how to avoid them
- Differentiating Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio, and Full SAFe
- When to scale-and when not to
- Assessing organisational readiness for SAFe
- Identifying key transformation constraints and enablers
- Creating urgency without fear: the case for change
- Stakeholder mapping: who has power, who has influence
- Building the initial transformation hypothesis
Module 2: Establishing the Foundation and Leadership Alignment - Forming the Lean Agile Centre of Excellence (LACE)
- Defining LACE mission, scope, and accountability
- Securing executive sponsorship: the 3-step engagement model
- Drafting the Lean-Agile transformation charter
- Developing the transformation vision statement
- Aligning transformation goals with business strategy
- Creating the initial roadmap: time horizons and milestones
- Establishing governance and decision-making forums
- Defining success metrics and KPIs for agility
- Designing the transformation communication plan
- Change resistance: identifying root causes and responses
- Role of HR and Talent in supporting transformation
- Legal, compliance, and regulatory considerations in SAFe
- Culture assessment: identifying alignment opportunities
- Conducting a Lean-Agile benchmark audit
- Using the SAFe Implementation Roadmap as a guide
- Phase 0: Reaching the Tipping Point-making it irreversible
Module 3: Launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs) - What is an Agile Release Train and why it matters
- Identifying value streams and ART boundaries
- Mapping operational and development value streams
- Choosing the right ART size: 50 to 125 people
- Designing cross-functional, long-lived teams
- Defining ART missions and objectives
- Selecting the first ART to launch
- Preparing for ART Launch: the 4-step process
- Building the ART backlog: events, enablers, features
- Defining Program Increments (PIs) and cadence
- Selecting PI durations: 8 to 12 weeks
- Calculating velocity and load at ART level
- Defining PI Objectives: business and technical alignment
- Creating the initial ART visualisation map
- Role clarity: Product Manager, RTE, System Architect
- Establishing the ART operating model
- Setting up infrastructure for continuous integration
- Securing budget and resource commitments
- Communicating launch plans to all stakeholders
- Running the ART Health Check baseline assessment
Module 4: Leading PI Planning Events That Deliver - The anatomy of a successful PI Planning event
- Pre-PI Planning: preparation checklist
- Determining event logistics: in-person, hybrid, virtual
- Defining the PI Planning agenda and timeboxes
- Leadership's role on Day 1 and Day 2
- Setting the context: business vision and architecture
- Team breakout mechanics: commitment-based planning
- Developing draft objectives and dependency mapping
- Managing cross-team dependencies with the ROAM board
- Problem-solving breaks and escalation paths
- Management Review and Problem-Solving
- Drafting final PI Objectives
- Gaining confidence votes from every team
- Addressing risks and mitigation plans
- Publishing the final plan and backlog
- Aligning enabler and feature priorities
- Measuring PI Planning success: attendance, engagement, alignment
- Post-PI Planning follow-up actions
- Avoiding common PI Planning pitfalls
- Scaling PI Planning across multiple ARTs
Module 5: Empowering Teams and Driving Execution - Designing high-performing Agile teams
- Team topologies: product, platform, enabling, and compound
- Defining team missions and accountability
- Establishing team operating agreements
- Backlog refinement at team level
- Story writing, estimation, and acceptance criteria
- Team metrics: velocity, predictability, quality
- Definition of Done for teams and ARTs
- Continuous integration and DevOps integration
- Test automation strategy at scale
- Team health checks and improvement cycles
- Role of Scrum Masters in sustaining agility
- Product Owner responsibilities at scale
- Feature and dependency management
- Managing in-progress work and WIP limits
- Synchronisation across teams in the ART
- Daily ART syncs and Scrum of Scrums
- Resolving cross-team blockers
- Team capacity planning and leave management
- Psychological safety and team dynamics
Module 6: Managing Program and Solution Delivery - Role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Daily facilitation and impediment removal
- Running the Scrum of Scrums effectively
- Managing ART-level metrics and dashboards
- Tracking PI progress with燃尽 charts
- Mid-PI check-ins and adaptation sessions
- Managing feature and capability flow
- System Demos: structure and stakeholder engagement
- Preparing for the Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Measuring value delivery with Flow Metrics
- Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams for visibility
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving flow
- Managing technical debt at program level
- System architect role in solution integrity
- Designing solution train governance
- Managing non-functional requirements
- Handling emergent work during a PI
- Prioritising work using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
- Adaptation planning and replanning events
- Closing the PI: celebration and learning
Module 7: Leading Continuous Learning and Improvement - Running the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop
- Preparation: metrics, system demo, PI review
- Guiding problem-solving workshops
- Using root cause analysis techniques (5 Whys, fishbone)
- Creating actionable improvement backlog items
- Prioritising improvements using WSJF
- Assigning ownership and tracking completion
- Linking improvements to new PI Objectives
- Building a culture of continuous learning
- Quarterly business reviews with ARTs
- Feedback loops: team, program, portfolio
- Building improvement into the cadence
- Measuring Agile maturity over time
- Using the ART Health Check regularly
- Sustaining momentum beyond the initial launch
- Scaling improvement across multiple ARTs
- Recognising and rewarding improvement efforts
- Leadership’s role in reinforcing improvement
Module 8: Scaling to Portfolio and Enterprise Level - Introducing Portfolio SAFe: strategy and investment funding
- Defining Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing the Portfolio Backlog
- Epics: definition, types, and management
- Epic hypothesis statements and Lean business cases
- Portfolio Kanban: stages and workflows
- Gating epics: review, analysis, implementation, completion
- Enabling Portfolio flow with WIP limits
- Aligning strategy to execution with Strategic Themes
- Value Stream Budgeting: funding models
- Participatory budgeting with executives
- Managing portfolio metrics and reporting
- Role of Enterprise Architects in SAFe
- Managing Solution Trains for large systems
- Integrating governance and compliance
- Managing risk at the portfolio level
- Board-level reporting for agility
- Linking transformation progress to business outcomes
- Scaling Agile across geographies and cultures
- Managing enterprise-wide transformation complexity
Module 9: Change Management and Organisational Enablement - Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- The evolution of Agile: from team to enterprise
- Why Scrum and Kanban alone fail at scale
- Understanding the cost of misalignment in large organisations
- What SAFe solves that other frameworks don’t
- Core competencies of the Lean Enterprise
- The SAFe House of Lean: Vision, Flow, people, and continuous improvement
- Lean-Agile mindset: principles over practices
- Seven core competencies of successful transformations
- Defining business agility and how to measure it
- Common failure patterns in Agile at scale and how to avoid them
- Differentiating Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio, and Full SAFe
- When to scale-and when not to
- Assessing organisational readiness for SAFe
- Identifying key transformation constraints and enablers
- Creating urgency without fear: the case for change
- Stakeholder mapping: who has power, who has influence
- Building the initial transformation hypothesis
Module 2: Establishing the Foundation and Leadership Alignment - Forming the Lean Agile Centre of Excellence (LACE)
- Defining LACE mission, scope, and accountability
- Securing executive sponsorship: the 3-step engagement model
- Drafting the Lean-Agile transformation charter
- Developing the transformation vision statement
- Aligning transformation goals with business strategy
- Creating the initial roadmap: time horizons and milestones
- Establishing governance and decision-making forums
- Defining success metrics and KPIs for agility
- Designing the transformation communication plan
- Change resistance: identifying root causes and responses
- Role of HR and Talent in supporting transformation
- Legal, compliance, and regulatory considerations in SAFe
- Culture assessment: identifying alignment opportunities
- Conducting a Lean-Agile benchmark audit
- Using the SAFe Implementation Roadmap as a guide
- Phase 0: Reaching the Tipping Point-making it irreversible
Module 3: Launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs) - What is an Agile Release Train and why it matters
- Identifying value streams and ART boundaries
- Mapping operational and development value streams
- Choosing the right ART size: 50 to 125 people
- Designing cross-functional, long-lived teams
- Defining ART missions and objectives
- Selecting the first ART to launch
- Preparing for ART Launch: the 4-step process
- Building the ART backlog: events, enablers, features
- Defining Program Increments (PIs) and cadence
- Selecting PI durations: 8 to 12 weeks
- Calculating velocity and load at ART level
- Defining PI Objectives: business and technical alignment
- Creating the initial ART visualisation map
- Role clarity: Product Manager, RTE, System Architect
- Establishing the ART operating model
- Setting up infrastructure for continuous integration
- Securing budget and resource commitments
- Communicating launch plans to all stakeholders
- Running the ART Health Check baseline assessment
Module 4: Leading PI Planning Events That Deliver - The anatomy of a successful PI Planning event
- Pre-PI Planning: preparation checklist
- Determining event logistics: in-person, hybrid, virtual
- Defining the PI Planning agenda and timeboxes
- Leadership's role on Day 1 and Day 2
- Setting the context: business vision and architecture
- Team breakout mechanics: commitment-based planning
- Developing draft objectives and dependency mapping
- Managing cross-team dependencies with the ROAM board
- Problem-solving breaks and escalation paths
- Management Review and Problem-Solving
- Drafting final PI Objectives
- Gaining confidence votes from every team
- Addressing risks and mitigation plans
- Publishing the final plan and backlog
- Aligning enabler and feature priorities
- Measuring PI Planning success: attendance, engagement, alignment
- Post-PI Planning follow-up actions
- Avoiding common PI Planning pitfalls
- Scaling PI Planning across multiple ARTs
Module 5: Empowering Teams and Driving Execution - Designing high-performing Agile teams
- Team topologies: product, platform, enabling, and compound
- Defining team missions and accountability
- Establishing team operating agreements
- Backlog refinement at team level
- Story writing, estimation, and acceptance criteria
- Team metrics: velocity, predictability, quality
- Definition of Done for teams and ARTs
- Continuous integration and DevOps integration
- Test automation strategy at scale
- Team health checks and improvement cycles
- Role of Scrum Masters in sustaining agility
- Product Owner responsibilities at scale
- Feature and dependency management
- Managing in-progress work and WIP limits
- Synchronisation across teams in the ART
- Daily ART syncs and Scrum of Scrums
- Resolving cross-team blockers
- Team capacity planning and leave management
- Psychological safety and team dynamics
Module 6: Managing Program and Solution Delivery - Role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Daily facilitation and impediment removal
- Running the Scrum of Scrums effectively
- Managing ART-level metrics and dashboards
- Tracking PI progress with燃尽 charts
- Mid-PI check-ins and adaptation sessions
- Managing feature and capability flow
- System Demos: structure and stakeholder engagement
- Preparing for the Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Measuring value delivery with Flow Metrics
- Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams for visibility
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving flow
- Managing technical debt at program level
- System architect role in solution integrity
- Designing solution train governance
- Managing non-functional requirements
- Handling emergent work during a PI
- Prioritising work using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
- Adaptation planning and replanning events
- Closing the PI: celebration and learning
Module 7: Leading Continuous Learning and Improvement - Running the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop
- Preparation: metrics, system demo, PI review
- Guiding problem-solving workshops
- Using root cause analysis techniques (5 Whys, fishbone)
- Creating actionable improvement backlog items
- Prioritising improvements using WSJF
- Assigning ownership and tracking completion
- Linking improvements to new PI Objectives
- Building a culture of continuous learning
- Quarterly business reviews with ARTs
- Feedback loops: team, program, portfolio
- Building improvement into the cadence
- Measuring Agile maturity over time
- Using the ART Health Check regularly
- Sustaining momentum beyond the initial launch
- Scaling improvement across multiple ARTs
- Recognising and rewarding improvement efforts
- Leadership’s role in reinforcing improvement
Module 8: Scaling to Portfolio and Enterprise Level - Introducing Portfolio SAFe: strategy and investment funding
- Defining Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing the Portfolio Backlog
- Epics: definition, types, and management
- Epic hypothesis statements and Lean business cases
- Portfolio Kanban: stages and workflows
- Gating epics: review, analysis, implementation, completion
- Enabling Portfolio flow with WIP limits
- Aligning strategy to execution with Strategic Themes
- Value Stream Budgeting: funding models
- Participatory budgeting with executives
- Managing portfolio metrics and reporting
- Role of Enterprise Architects in SAFe
- Managing Solution Trains for large systems
- Integrating governance and compliance
- Managing risk at the portfolio level
- Board-level reporting for agility
- Linking transformation progress to business outcomes
- Scaling Agile across geographies and cultures
- Managing enterprise-wide transformation complexity
Module 9: Change Management and Organisational Enablement - Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- What is an Agile Release Train and why it matters
- Identifying value streams and ART boundaries
- Mapping operational and development value streams
- Choosing the right ART size: 50 to 125 people
- Designing cross-functional, long-lived teams
- Defining ART missions and objectives
- Selecting the first ART to launch
- Preparing for ART Launch: the 4-step process
- Building the ART backlog: events, enablers, features
- Defining Program Increments (PIs) and cadence
- Selecting PI durations: 8 to 12 weeks
- Calculating velocity and load at ART level
- Defining PI Objectives: business and technical alignment
- Creating the initial ART visualisation map
- Role clarity: Product Manager, RTE, System Architect
- Establishing the ART operating model
- Setting up infrastructure for continuous integration
- Securing budget and resource commitments
- Communicating launch plans to all stakeholders
- Running the ART Health Check baseline assessment
Module 4: Leading PI Planning Events That Deliver - The anatomy of a successful PI Planning event
- Pre-PI Planning: preparation checklist
- Determining event logistics: in-person, hybrid, virtual
- Defining the PI Planning agenda and timeboxes
- Leadership's role on Day 1 and Day 2
- Setting the context: business vision and architecture
- Team breakout mechanics: commitment-based planning
- Developing draft objectives and dependency mapping
- Managing cross-team dependencies with the ROAM board
- Problem-solving breaks and escalation paths
- Management Review and Problem-Solving
- Drafting final PI Objectives
- Gaining confidence votes from every team
- Addressing risks and mitigation plans
- Publishing the final plan and backlog
- Aligning enabler and feature priorities
- Measuring PI Planning success: attendance, engagement, alignment
- Post-PI Planning follow-up actions
- Avoiding common PI Planning pitfalls
- Scaling PI Planning across multiple ARTs
Module 5: Empowering Teams and Driving Execution - Designing high-performing Agile teams
- Team topologies: product, platform, enabling, and compound
- Defining team missions and accountability
- Establishing team operating agreements
- Backlog refinement at team level
- Story writing, estimation, and acceptance criteria
- Team metrics: velocity, predictability, quality
- Definition of Done for teams and ARTs
- Continuous integration and DevOps integration
- Test automation strategy at scale
- Team health checks and improvement cycles
- Role of Scrum Masters in sustaining agility
- Product Owner responsibilities at scale
- Feature and dependency management
- Managing in-progress work and WIP limits
- Synchronisation across teams in the ART
- Daily ART syncs and Scrum of Scrums
- Resolving cross-team blockers
- Team capacity planning and leave management
- Psychological safety and team dynamics
Module 6: Managing Program and Solution Delivery - Role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Daily facilitation and impediment removal
- Running the Scrum of Scrums effectively
- Managing ART-level metrics and dashboards
- Tracking PI progress with燃尽 charts
- Mid-PI check-ins and adaptation sessions
- Managing feature and capability flow
- System Demos: structure and stakeholder engagement
- Preparing for the Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Measuring value delivery with Flow Metrics
- Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams for visibility
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving flow
- Managing technical debt at program level
- System architect role in solution integrity
- Designing solution train governance
- Managing non-functional requirements
- Handling emergent work during a PI
- Prioritising work using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
- Adaptation planning and replanning events
- Closing the PI: celebration and learning
Module 7: Leading Continuous Learning and Improvement - Running the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop
- Preparation: metrics, system demo, PI review
- Guiding problem-solving workshops
- Using root cause analysis techniques (5 Whys, fishbone)
- Creating actionable improvement backlog items
- Prioritising improvements using WSJF
- Assigning ownership and tracking completion
- Linking improvements to new PI Objectives
- Building a culture of continuous learning
- Quarterly business reviews with ARTs
- Feedback loops: team, program, portfolio
- Building improvement into the cadence
- Measuring Agile maturity over time
- Using the ART Health Check regularly
- Sustaining momentum beyond the initial launch
- Scaling improvement across multiple ARTs
- Recognising and rewarding improvement efforts
- Leadership’s role in reinforcing improvement
Module 8: Scaling to Portfolio and Enterprise Level - Introducing Portfolio SAFe: strategy and investment funding
- Defining Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing the Portfolio Backlog
- Epics: definition, types, and management
- Epic hypothesis statements and Lean business cases
- Portfolio Kanban: stages and workflows
- Gating epics: review, analysis, implementation, completion
- Enabling Portfolio flow with WIP limits
- Aligning strategy to execution with Strategic Themes
- Value Stream Budgeting: funding models
- Participatory budgeting with executives
- Managing portfolio metrics and reporting
- Role of Enterprise Architects in SAFe
- Managing Solution Trains for large systems
- Integrating governance and compliance
- Managing risk at the portfolio level
- Board-level reporting for agility
- Linking transformation progress to business outcomes
- Scaling Agile across geographies and cultures
- Managing enterprise-wide transformation complexity
Module 9: Change Management and Organisational Enablement - Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- Designing high-performing Agile teams
- Team topologies: product, platform, enabling, and compound
- Defining team missions and accountability
- Establishing team operating agreements
- Backlog refinement at team level
- Story writing, estimation, and acceptance criteria
- Team metrics: velocity, predictability, quality
- Definition of Done for teams and ARTs
- Continuous integration and DevOps integration
- Test automation strategy at scale
- Team health checks and improvement cycles
- Role of Scrum Masters in sustaining agility
- Product Owner responsibilities at scale
- Feature and dependency management
- Managing in-progress work and WIP limits
- Synchronisation across teams in the ART
- Daily ART syncs and Scrum of Scrums
- Resolving cross-team blockers
- Team capacity planning and leave management
- Psychological safety and team dynamics
Module 6: Managing Program and Solution Delivery - Role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Daily facilitation and impediment removal
- Running the Scrum of Scrums effectively
- Managing ART-level metrics and dashboards
- Tracking PI progress with燃尽 charts
- Mid-PI check-ins and adaptation sessions
- Managing feature and capability flow
- System Demos: structure and stakeholder engagement
- Preparing for the Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Measuring value delivery with Flow Metrics
- Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams for visibility
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving flow
- Managing technical debt at program level
- System architect role in solution integrity
- Designing solution train governance
- Managing non-functional requirements
- Handling emergent work during a PI
- Prioritising work using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
- Adaptation planning and replanning events
- Closing the PI: celebration and learning
Module 7: Leading Continuous Learning and Improvement - Running the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop
- Preparation: metrics, system demo, PI review
- Guiding problem-solving workshops
- Using root cause analysis techniques (5 Whys, fishbone)
- Creating actionable improvement backlog items
- Prioritising improvements using WSJF
- Assigning ownership and tracking completion
- Linking improvements to new PI Objectives
- Building a culture of continuous learning
- Quarterly business reviews with ARTs
- Feedback loops: team, program, portfolio
- Building improvement into the cadence
- Measuring Agile maturity over time
- Using the ART Health Check regularly
- Sustaining momentum beyond the initial launch
- Scaling improvement across multiple ARTs
- Recognising and rewarding improvement efforts
- Leadership’s role in reinforcing improvement
Module 8: Scaling to Portfolio and Enterprise Level - Introducing Portfolio SAFe: strategy and investment funding
- Defining Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing the Portfolio Backlog
- Epics: definition, types, and management
- Epic hypothesis statements and Lean business cases
- Portfolio Kanban: stages and workflows
- Gating epics: review, analysis, implementation, completion
- Enabling Portfolio flow with WIP limits
- Aligning strategy to execution with Strategic Themes
- Value Stream Budgeting: funding models
- Participatory budgeting with executives
- Managing portfolio metrics and reporting
- Role of Enterprise Architects in SAFe
- Managing Solution Trains for large systems
- Integrating governance and compliance
- Managing risk at the portfolio level
- Board-level reporting for agility
- Linking transformation progress to business outcomes
- Scaling Agile across geographies and cultures
- Managing enterprise-wide transformation complexity
Module 9: Change Management and Organisational Enablement - Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- Running the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop
- Preparation: metrics, system demo, PI review
- Guiding problem-solving workshops
- Using root cause analysis techniques (5 Whys, fishbone)
- Creating actionable improvement backlog items
- Prioritising improvements using WSJF
- Assigning ownership and tracking completion
- Linking improvements to new PI Objectives
- Building a culture of continuous learning
- Quarterly business reviews with ARTs
- Feedback loops: team, program, portfolio
- Building improvement into the cadence
- Measuring Agile maturity over time
- Using the ART Health Check regularly
- Sustaining momentum beyond the initial launch
- Scaling improvement across multiple ARTs
- Recognising and rewarding improvement efforts
- Leadership’s role in reinforcing improvement
Module 8: Scaling to Portfolio and Enterprise Level - Introducing Portfolio SAFe: strategy and investment funding
- Defining Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing the Portfolio Backlog
- Epics: definition, types, and management
- Epic hypothesis statements and Lean business cases
- Portfolio Kanban: stages and workflows
- Gating epics: review, analysis, implementation, completion
- Enabling Portfolio flow with WIP limits
- Aligning strategy to execution with Strategic Themes
- Value Stream Budgeting: funding models
- Participatory budgeting with executives
- Managing portfolio metrics and reporting
- Role of Enterprise Architects in SAFe
- Managing Solution Trains for large systems
- Integrating governance and compliance
- Managing risk at the portfolio level
- Board-level reporting for agility
- Linking transformation progress to business outcomes
- Scaling Agile across geographies and cultures
- Managing enterprise-wide transformation complexity
Module 9: Change Management and Organisational Enablement - Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Model to SAFe
- Creating a sense of urgency without panic
- Building a guiding coalition across silos
- Developing a change vision and narrative
- Communicating for buy-in and momentum
- Empowering action through clarity
- Generating short-term wins and showcasing them
- Consolidating gains and producing more change
- Anchoring new approaches in culture
- Role of Agile Coaches in change leadership
- Coaching executives, managers, and teams
- Handling resistance with empathy and data
- Using ADKAR model for individual transition
- Designing learning journeys for different roles
- Onboarding new teams to SAFe
- Creating enablement toolkits and playbooks
- Leveraging communities of practice
- Recognition and reward systems for agility
- Addressing middle management anxiety
- Reinventing performance management for Agile
Module 10: Advanced SAFe Patterns and Customisation - When and how to customise SAFe
- Differentiating core from optional practices
- Tailoring SAFe for regulated industries
- Applying SAFe in Government and Non-Profit sectors
- SAFe for hardware and mixed development environments
- Hybrid models: integrating waterfall and Agile
- Using SAFe with other frameworks (ITIL, DevOps, Design Thinking)
- Remote and distributed ART strategies
- Timezone-aware planning and collaboration
- SAFe in matrix organisations
- Managing shared resources and dependencies
- Handling part-time roles in SAFe
- Supporting gig and contract workers in ARTs
- Scaling Agile in M&A environments
- Franchise and subsidiary adoption models
- Industry-specific examples: healthcare, finance, telecom
- Case study: migration from Waterfall to Full SAFe
- Case study: launching SAFe in a global product company
- Scaling beyond 10 ARTs: the Big Picture
- Enterprise Solution Delivery in complex ecosystems
Module 11: Tools, Templates, and Implementation Accelerators - PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- PI Planning agenda template (fully customisable)
- ART visualisation and dependency mapping worksheet
- PI Objectives template with scoring model
- ROAM board tracker for dependency management
- Lean business case template for epics
- Portfolio Kanban board setup guide
- ART Health Check assessment tool
- Team Kanban and backlog refinement templates
- Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculator
- Stakeholder communication calendar
- Transformation roadmap builder
- Executive presentation deck templates
- Change impact assessment matrix
- Role clarity charts for RTE, PM, SM, PO
- Agile metrics dashboard (Excel and Power BI)
- LACE charter and operating model guide
- Inspect and Adapt workshop facilitation pack
- Epic approval workflow checklist
- Agile glossary and cheat sheets
- Transformation success playbook
Module 12: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Application - Project 1: Design your ART and value stream
- Project 2: Draft a PI Planning agenda for your context
- Project 3: Build a Lean business case for a portfolio epic
- Project 4: Create dependency maps for cross-ART work
- Project 5: Draft PI Objectives for a mock ART
- Project 6: Run a simulated Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Project 7: Develop a change communication plan
- Project 8: Design a LACE operating model
- Project 9: Build a transformation roadmap with milestones
- Project 10: Present your board-ready proposal for funding
- Peer review system for feedback and iteration
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria
- How to tailor projects to your real job
- Using projects as portfolio pieces for promotion
- Linking completed work to career advancement
- Presenting results to current leadership
- Gaining internal buy-in using course deliverables
- Using projects as proof of capability
- Transitioning from learning to leading
- Creating lasting organisational impact
Module 13: Certification, Next Steps, and Career Advancement - Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next
- Preparing for SAFe certification exams (overview)
- Understanding SPC, POPM, RTE, and other roles
- How this course maps to SAFe certification domains
- Study strategies and key concept summaries
- Recommended external exam registration paths
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion
- Adding credentials to LinkedIn and resumes
- Networking with other SAFe practitioners
- Joining SAFe user groups and communities
- Continuing education and advanced learning paths
- Transitioning from individual contributor to leader
- Becoming a certified internal SAFe trainer
- Scaling your influence across the enterprise
- Building a personal brand in Agile transformation
- Using transformation results in performance reviews
- Pursuing Agile leadership roles
- Salary benchmarks for SAFe roles globally
- Mentorship opportunities post-completion
- Alumni resources and further support
- Your future as a transformation leader-what’s next