Leading SAFe®: Course Contents

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:
  1. Take an Economic View
  2. Apply Systems Thinking
  3. Assume Variability, Preserve Options
  4. Build Incrementally with Fast, Integrated Learning Cycles
  5. Base Milestones on Objective Evaluation of Working Systems
  6. Visualise and Limit WIP, Reduce Batch Sizes and Manage Queue Lengths
  7. Apply Cadence & Synchronise with Cross-Domain Planning
  8. Unlock the Intrinsic Motivation of Knowledge Workers
  9. Decentralise Decision-Making
  10. 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