Training Services
We deliver the Scaled Agile training in virtual or on-premise settings. Have a look at our SAFe training catalog — individuals can sign up for scheduled courses with a credit card, or send us a note to discuss group training for your company.
In the beginning, everyone involved in the effort should at least start with the basics: understanding the fundamentals of agility, such as time-boxing and backlogs (instead of massive gantt charts), and speaking the same language (e.g., “agile release train”).
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A broad overview of SAFe at all levels, covering strategy/portfolio, large solutions (multiple agile trains), and team iterations (2 days).
Depending on the context of the transformation, different folks will need specialized training to help them deliver on their role expectations. For example, someone operating in a “scrum master” role will need to understand more specifics about what “servant leadership” means, and how to facilitate a cross-functional agile team. Technical folks operating in a system architecture role will need to understand how they can add value (“laying the architectural runway”), helping the teams deliver on solutions without flooding folks with “too much detail”. Folks looking to optimize the portfolio will ask “are we budgeting for the right things?” and “are we applying just enough governance?”, and yes — there is a specialized training just for them.
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For architects at all levels (enterprise, solution, system) designing solutions and/or enterprise portfolio mgmt (all domains — business/IT) (3 days).
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Lean Portfolio Management concepts in SAFe®, such as Strategy and Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations and Lean Governance (2 or 3 days).
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Product Owner / Product Manager course has a focus on “voice of the customer” within in agility program, working with the team to determine ‘what’ to build, and ‘when’ to build it (2 days)
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Instill a ‘shared DevOps mindset’ among all persons needed to define, build, test, deploy, and release software-driven systems—not just the engineers operating a CI/CD pipeline (2 days).
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The “team level” training needed to deliver value 2-week iterations (e.g., typical Scrum/XP practices), but in context of scaling an Agile Release Train of up to 125 people (2 days).
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Specialized team leadership training to help teams become productive in 2-week increments, with additional emphasis on alignment at the program level by coordinating with other scrum masters, architects, and “Release Train Engineer” (RTE) (2 days).