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SAFe® 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (Remote)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This two-day course prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) implementation.

The course covers the facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of program execution and relentless improvement. It enhances the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices, the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value, and supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders in the larger program and enterprise contexts.

The course also offers actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise.

Duration:

4 half-days

Level:

Intermediate

Venue:

Remote

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TOPICS COVERED

Exploring the Scrum Master role in the SAFe enterprise
Applying SAFe Principles: A Scrum Master’s perspective
Exploring Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
Facilitating program execution
Improving flow with Kanban and XP
Building high-performing teams
Improving program performance with Inspect and Adapt

LEARNING GOALS

To perform the role of a SAFe®
Advanced Scrum Master attendees
should be able to:
Apply SAFe principles to facilitation,
enablement, and coaching in a multiteam
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 eXtreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimise
Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycle

WHAT ATTENDEES GET

Attendee workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of
completion

(Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to be eligible for the exam.)

PREREQUISITES

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, one or more of the following prerequisites is highly recommended:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
SAFe® 5.0 Scrum Master (SSM)

For more information contact learning@gravityworks.co.za

SAFe® 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (Remote)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This two-day course prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) implementation.

The course also offers actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise.

Duration:

4 half-days

Level:

Intermediate

Venue:

Remote

I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THIS COURSE IN-HOUSE

TOPICS COVERED

Exploring the Scrum Master role in the SAFe enterprise
Applying SAFe Principles: A Scrum Master’s perspective
Exploring Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
Facilitating program execution
Improving flow with Kanban and XP
Building high-performing teams
Improving program performance with Inspect and Adapt

LEARNING GOALS

To perform the role of a SAFe®
Advanced Scrum Master attendees
should be able to:
Apply SAFe principles to facilitation,
enablement, and coaching in a multiteam
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 eXtreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimise
Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycle

WHAT ATTENDEES GET

Attendee workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of
completion

(Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to be eligible for the exam.)

PREREQUISITES

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, one or more of the following prerequisites is highly recommended:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
SAFe® 5.0 Scrum Master (SSM)

For more information contact learning@gravityworks.co.za

SAFe® 5.0 for Teams – Establishing Team Agility for Agile Release Trains (Remote)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Build the skills needed to become a high-performing team member of an Agile Release Train (ART)—and learn how to collaborate eﬀectively with other teams—by becoming a SAFe® 5 Practitioner.

During this two-day course (presented remotely over four half-days), gain an in-depth understanding of the ART, how it delivers value, and what you can do to effectively perform your role using Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Learn how to write stories and break down features, plan and execute Iterations, and plan Program Increments.

Finally, learn about the continuous delivery pipeline and DevOps culture, how to eﬀectively integrate with other teams in the program, and what it takes to continuously improve the train.

Duration:

4 half-days

Level:

Intermediate

Venue:

Remote

I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THIS COURSE IN-HOUSE

TOPICS COVERED

Introducing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Building an Agile Team
Planning the Iteration
Executing the Iteration
Executing the Program Increment

LEARNING GOALS

To perform the role of a SAFe® Practitioner, attendees should be able to:
Apply SAFe to scale Lean and Agile development in their enterprise
Know their team and its role on the Agile Release Train
Know all other teams on the train, their roles, and the dependencies between the teams
Plan iterations
Execute iterations and demonstrate the value
Plan Program Increments
Integrate and work with other teams on the train

WHAT ATTENDEES GET

Attendee workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Practitioner exam
One year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of completion

(Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to be eligible for the exam.)

PREREQUISITES

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended:

Familiarity with Agile concepts and principles.
Awareness of Kanban, Scrum and XP
Working knowledge of software and hardware development processes

For more information contact learning@gravityworks.co.za

SAFe® 5.0 Scrum Master – Applying the Scrum Master role with a SAFe® Enterprise (Remote)

COURSE OVERVIEW

In this two-day course (presented remotely over 4 half-days), attendees gain an understanding of the role of a Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. Unlike traditional Scrum Master training that focuses on the fundamentals of team-level Scrum, the SAFe Scrum Master course explores the role of the Scrum Master in the context of the entire enterprise.

The attendees are also prepared to successfully plan and execute the Program Increment (PI), the primary enabler of alignment throughout all levels of a SAFe organisation. This includes learning the key components of Agile at scale development, how Scrum is facilitated throughout the enterprise, and how to execute Iteration Planning.

Attendees discover how to build high performing Agile teams by becoming a servant leader and coach, and how to coach those teams to deliver the maximum business value at scale. SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) certification signifies that people are prepared to perform the role of Scrum Master in a SAFe environment, increasing their value to teams and organisations that are implementing SAFe.