1. Thriving in the Digital Age with Business Agility
- Thrive in the Digital Age
- Describe SAFe as an Operating System for Business Agility
- Explain the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility
2. Becoming a Lean-Agile Leader
- Embrace the Lean Agile Mindset
- Apply Lean and Agile at scale with the SAFe Principles:
- Take an Economic View
- Apply Systems Thinking
- Assume Variability, Preserve Options
- Build Incrementally with Fast, Integrated Learning Cycles
- Base Milestones on Objective Evaluation of Working Systems
- Visualise and Limit WIP, Reduce Batch Sizes and Manage Queue Lengths
- Apply Cadence & Synchronise with Cross-Domain Planning
- Unlock the Intrinsic Motivation of Knowledge Workers
- Decentralise Decision-Making
- Organise Around Value
3. Establishing Team and Technical Agility
- Form Cross-Functional Agile Teams
- Build Quality In
- Organise Agile Release Trains (ARTs) around the Flow of Value
4. Building Solutions with Agile Product Delivery
- Apply Customer Centricity with Design Thinking
- Prioritise the Program Backlog
- Participate in PI Planning
- Develop on Cadence & Release on Demand
- Build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps
5. Exploring Lean Portfolio Management
- Define the SAFe Portfolio
- Connect the Portfolio to the Enterprise Strategy
- Maintain the Portfolio Vision
- Establish Portfolio Flow
- Fund Value Streams
6. Leading the Change
- Leading by Example
- Lead the Change
7. Becoming a Certified SAFe Agilist
- Resources & Techniques
- SAFe Agilist Action Plan