Implementing SAFe®

Become the person who coaches a SAFe transformation and teaches others — AI amplifies the work, a person makes the call.

SAFe® Practice Consultant 4 days Live online
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SAFe Practice Consultant

The training

Implementing SAFe is the SAFe Practice Consultant certification. You learn to implement the Framework, teach it, and use role-specific AI to read flow, see strategic patterns, and sustain change. The certification gives you the authority to teach SAFe courses.

Level: advanced. Scaled Agile recommends SAFe for Teams and Leading SAFe first. The exam is 120 minutes, 83% to pass. At AgileLAB the class is four days, live online. Attendance opens the exam; it does not replace passing.

Licensed by Scaled Agile, Inc. After the class: access to the SPC exam, a digital badge, and SAFe Studio, including SAFe CoPilot.

Who it is for

  • Agile coaches who want to certify others
  • Project managers who lead transformation roadmaps
  • Product managers working on value streams and strategy
  • Release Train Engineers coordinating several value streams

On this course you

  • coach and teach a SAFe implementation
  • read flow and strategic patterns with AI
  • identify value streams and launch ARTs
  • support leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in the new way of working
  • check AI output against Lean-Agile principles

What you get

SAFe® Practice Consultant exam

120 minutes, 83% to pass. Practice test with feedback. Attendance does not guarantee a pass. The certification allows you to teach SAFe courses.

Digital badge and SAFe Studio

A shareable badge, SAFe CoPilot, PI Planning toolkits, and assessments.

Facilitation tools

Facilitation tools and PDF files with the results of the exercises.

Post-pack

An email with extra materials and a reading list for self-study.

30 hours of training

Four days live online, with breaks. We fix the theory in groups of 4–6.

Program

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01

Adapting and thriving with SAFe

The foundations of business agility, and how SAFe practices carry a sustainable Lean-Agile transformation.

  • Hold steady when the environment keeps breaking plans
  • Build a Lean-Agile organization
02

Mindset, values, and principles

A shared language: mindset, SAFe values, and the principles agility rests on.

  • Lean-Agile mindset and SAFe Core Values
  • Lean-Agile principles in SAFe
  • How AI strengthens agility
03

Team and Technical Agility

Teams, a train around the flow of value, and quality built into the work.

  • Cross-functional Agile teams
  • Organize around the flow of value with an Agile Release Train
  • Built-In Quality
  • Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps
04

Product development flow

The customer at the center, backlog priorities, and a shared planning rhythm.

  • Customer centricity and Design Thinking
  • ART backlog priorities
  • Take part in PI Planning
  • Execute the PI
05

Lean Portfolio Management

How the portfolio connects to strategy, and how epics carry the vision into the flow of work.

  • What a SAFe portfolio is
  • Connect the portfolio to enterprise strategy
  • Portfolio Vision
  • Epics that turn the vision into work
  • Portfolio flow
  • AI tools for LPM
06

Leading the change

How a consultant sets the example and carries the organization through the change.

  • Lead by example
  • Lead the change
  • How AI strengthens leaders
07

Reaching the SAFe tipping point

A vision for the change, and a coalition that holds it.

  • Establish the vision for change
  • Build a guiding coalition
08

Designing the implementation

Value streams, trains, and the implementation plan.

  • Identify value streams and ARTs
  • Create the implementation plan
09

Launching an ART

Preparation, training the teams, and the first PI Planning, including a distributed one.

  • Prepare for an ART launch
  • Train the teams and launch the train
  • Facilitate distributed PI Planning
10

Coaching ART execution

Inspect and Adapt and the problem-solving workshop as the rhythm of improvement.

  • Run an Inspect and Adapt event
  • Run a problem-solving workshop
11

Large solutions

How several trains integrate and deliver a large solution.

  • Larger solution integration and delivery
  • Launch additional ARTs and value streams
  • Operate a Solution Train
  • Integrate and deliver large solutions
12

Strengthening the portfolio

Portfolio operations, portfolio results, and strategy agility.

  • Support portfolio operations
  • Measure portfolio performance
  • Unlock strategy agility
13

Accelerating business agility

How growth is measured, flow speeds up, and SAFe is fitted to the context.

  • Measure and Grow
  • Accelerating flow
  • Customizing SAFe
14

AI in the SPC role

Prompts and SAFe CoPilot for coaching material, the backlog, and communication. A person stays in the decision.

  • Prompting for the SPC role: coaching material, facilitator guides, transformation artifacts
  • SAFe CoPilot and recommendations on the value stream
  • Prompts for portfolio transparency, the backlog, and communication on the ART
  • Check AI output against Lean-Agile principles: a person stays in the decision