A tailored course, built for your situation
Advanced SAFe Delivery Leadership: Scaling Agility with Confidence
Master enterprise agility as an Agile Delivery Lead driving predictability, throughput, and release excellence across value streams
$199 one-time
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30-day money-back guarantee
Hand-built implementation playbook
12 modules. 12 chapters per module. 144 chapters total.
12 modules, each with 12 chapters (144 chapters total), text-based, plus downloadable templates and a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
You're delivering results in a SAFe environment, but the pressure to scale faster, release more predictably, and align ever-more teams is intensifying.
The situation this course is for
Agile Delivery Leads like you are expected to orchestrate complex value streams with limited leverage. You’re bridging engineering, product, and leadership, but without formalized practices for scaling beyond team-level agility. The chaos of PI planning, inconsistent team health, and release bottlenecks erode confidence just when stakeholders need it most.
Who this is for
Agile Delivery Lead or SAFe SSM/SA driving multi-team agility in regulated or enterprise environments
Who this is not for
Individual contributors without cross-team delivery responsibility, Scrum Masters focused on single teams, or professionals outside SAFe or scaled agile frameworks
What you walk away with
- Lead PI Planning with precision and stakeholder alignment
- Diagnose and resolve ART-level flow blockages
- Build high-trust, high-output Agile Release Trains
- Implement metrics that drive continuous delivery confidence
- Drive SAFe compliance without sacrificing team autonomy
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
Module 1. Strategic Role of the Agile Delivery Lead
Define the leadership mindset and strategic scope of the Agile Delivery Lead within SAFe. Understand how to align team outcomes with enterprise objectives, balance autonomy with governance, and position yourself as a force multiplier across ARTs.
12 chapters in this module
- Defining the Agile Delivery Lead role
- SAFe SSM vs SA responsibilities
- Strategic influence without authority
- Mapping value streams to teams
- Aligning with RTE and PMO
- Setting delivery expectations
- Measuring leadership impact
- Managing stakeholder tension
- Leading through influence
- Scaling beyond single ART
- Balancing governance and agility
- Creating delivery rhythm
Module 2. Mastery of PI Planning Execution
Go beyond attendance to active orchestration of PI Planning. Learn how to prepare teams, facilitate decision-making, resolve scope conflicts, and ensure outcomes translate into execution across all teams.
12 chapters in this module
- Pre-PI planning checklist
- Stakeholder alignment tactics
- Capacity vs commitment balance
- Managing dependencies early
- Facilitating team breakout success
- Negotiating PI objectives
- Risk identification framework
- Conflict resolution in planning
- Securing leadership buy-in
- Tracking draft plan readiness
- Final plan review rhythm
- Post-PI follow-up protocol
Module 3. Cross-Team Synchronization Patterns
Diagnose and resolve synchronization debt across agile teams. Apply proven patterns for dependency management, integration points, and alignment rituals that keep multiple teams moving forward together.
12 chapters in this module
- Mapping team dependencies
- Integration point design
- Dependency tracking systems
- Sync rhythm cadence design
- Managing shared backlogs
- Resolving blocking issues
- Callendar-based sync triggers
- Team-of-teams leadership
- Escalation path design
- Visualizing flow across teams
- Reducing handoff latency
- Enforcing cross-team SLAs
Module 4. Flow Engineering for Predictable Delivery
Engineer smooth flow across the ART by identifying bottlenecks, optimizing WIP, and tuning delivery pipelines. Turn unpredictable output into consistent, reliable delivery.
12 chapters in this module
- Measuring flow efficiency
- Identifying system constraints
- Applying Little’s Law
- WIP limit strategies
- Cycle time reduction tactics
- Flow efficiency dashboard
- Managing queue depth
- Prioritization at scale
- Backlog refinement at ART level
- Reducing rework loops
- Optimizing integration frequency
- Sustaining flow velocity
Module 5. Release Confidence and Quality Governance
Build stakeholder trust through transparent quality practices. Implement automated gates, definition-of-done enforcement, and confidence metrics that make releases predictable and low-risk.
12 chapters in this module
- Defining release readiness
- Automated quality gates setup
- DoD compliance tracking
- Testing strategy alignment
- CI/CD pipeline standards
- Escrow build management
- Audit readiness preparation
- Stakeholder confidence reports
- Rollback preparedness
- QA integration into flow
- Metrics that matter for release
- Building release predictability
Module 6. Advanced Metrics for Agile Leadership
Move beyond vanity metrics. Implement outcome-focused KPIs that reflect team health, delivery predictability, and business impact, aligned to executive expectations.
12 chapters in this module
- Choosing meaningful metrics
- Team health assessment design
- Velocity trend analysis
- Predictability scoring model
- Escalation trigger thresholds
- Burn-up vs burn-down use cases
- Forecasting accuracy tuning
- ART-level dashboard design
- Reporting to executives
- Benchmarking across ARTs
- Feedback loop integration
- Metrics evolution over time
Module 7. Coaching Multi-Team Agility
Develop a coaching mindset to elevate team performance across the ART. Learn how to identify improvement opportunities, facilitate retrospectives at scale, and embed continuous learning.
12 chapters in this module
- Assessing team maturity
- Scaling retrospective formats
- Identifying improvement themes
- Facilitating ART retrospectives
- Coaching Scrum Masters
- Driving action accountability
- Improvement backlog management
- Measuring coaching impact
- Developing team leaders
- Creating feedback culture
- Overcoming resistance
- Sustaining improvement velocity
Module 8. Stakeholder Alignment and Communication
Master communication across levels, from engineering teams to C-suite. Build trust through transparency, tailored updates, and proactive issue management.
12 chapters in this module
- Stakeholder mapping exercise
- Communication rhythm design
- Tailoring message by audience
- Managing executive expectations
- Translating tech to business
- Escalation communication protocol
- Building trust through transparency
- Crisis communication planning
- Status reporting best practices
- Managing scope change requests
- Negotiating timeline adjustments
- Maintaining stakeholder confidence
Module 9. Risk and Compliance at Scale
Integrate governance seamlessly into agile delivery. Ensure compliance without slowing down, using lightweight controls, audit trails, and risk-aware planning.
12 chapters in this module
- Compliance in agile environments
- Lightweight control design
- Audit trail maintenance
- Regulatory alignment strategy
- Risk-based prioritization
- Security integration points
- Documentation without waste
- Change approval workflows
- Policy adherence tracking
- Legal and regulatory sync
- Risk register management
- Balancing speed and compliance
Module 10. Leading Change Across the ART
Drive organizational change through influence, data, and coalition-building. Learn how to overcome inertia, align diverse stakeholders, and sustain momentum.
12 chapters in this module
- Change impact assessment
- Building change coalitions
- Overcoming resistance patterns
- Creating urgency without crisis
- Leveraging early wins
- Sustaining change momentum
- Measuring change adoption
- Reinforcing new behaviors
- Managing cultural friction
- Scaling change practices
- Adapting to feedback
- Leading transformation remotely
Module 11. Strategic Backlog and Portfolio Alignment
Ensure the ART delivers maximum business value by aligning team backlogs with portfolio strategy. Master prioritization frameworks and value forecasting.
12 chapters in this module
- Portfolio-to-team translation
- Value forecasting methods
- WSJF application at scale
- Epic decomposition strategy
- Backlog refinement facilitation
- Capacity allocation modeling
- Managing technical debt
- Balancing feature and ops work
- Innovation time allocation
- Roadmap alignment techniques
- Dependency-driven prioritization
- Backlog health monitoring
Module 12. Sustaining Leadership Excellence
Turn short-term wins into lasting leadership impact. Develop personal resilience, delegate effectively, and build systems that outlive individual effort.
12 chapters in this module
- Preventing leadership burnout
- Delegation frameworks
- Building successor capacity
- Time investment optimization
- Energy management strategy
- Feedback collection system
- Personal improvement cycle
- Documenting leadership patterns
- Creating self-sustaining teams
- Scaling your influence
- Maintaining agility at pace
- Leading beyond the ART
How this maps to your situation
- You’re leading multiple agile teams but lack formal frameworks to scale coordination
- PI Planning feels chaotic and outcomes are inconsistent
- Stakeholders question release predictability despite team velocity
- You’re expected to deliver enterprise outcomes but operate with team-level tools
Before vs. after
Before
Juggling multiple teams, inconsistent planning, and stakeholder skepticism about delivery timelines.
After
Orchestrating predictable, high-throughput delivery across ARTs with confidence and strategic clarity.
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: Approximately 3-4 hours per week over 12 weeks to complete all modules and apply key practices.
If nothing changes
Without structured practices for scaling agility, even strong team performance can collapse under coordination debt, leading to missed commitments, eroded trust, and stagnation in leadership impact.
How this compares to the alternatives
Unlike generic SAFe training, this course is tailored to Agile Delivery Leads with real-world experience. It skips basics and dives into advanced orchestration, flow engineering, and leadership influence, skills not covered in certification programs.
Frequently asked
Who is this course designed for?
Agile Delivery Leads, SAFe SSMs, or SAs with hands-on experience leading multiple agile teams in enterprise environments.
How is the course structured?
12 modules, each containing 12 chapters (144 chapters total).
Does this course include video content?
No, the course is text-based with downloadable templates and a hand-built implementation playbook to ensure focused, actionable learning.
$199 one-time. Approximately 3-4 hours per week over 12 weeks to complete all modules and apply key practices..
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.
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144 chapters·
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