SA: Leading SAFe

Module 1: Digitization with Business Agility (SAFe®)

The basic motive for Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) is to align, collaborate, synchronize, and coordinate the release of solutions developed by multiple Agile teams. In simple words, in an Agile development environment, the SAFe® framework will let the team increase or decrease the requirement based on the organization’s need. It helps cross-functional & cross-organizational teams to deliver products on-time with the required scaling support.

Here you will learn to:

• Describe what is necessary to thrive in the digital age
• Recognize SAFe as an operating system for Business Agility
• Summarize the seven core competencies of Business Agility

Module 2: Lean-Agile Leader

Individuals and teams working on Agile projects must have the belief, and the willingness to embrace the Lean-Agile process. Lean thinking and an Agile development mindset are required to be embraced by the team to scale across the whole enterprise. Two primary things that are most important are :

1. Embrace the Lean-Agile Mindset
2. Apply the SAFe Lean-Agile Principles

Module 3: Know the SAFe® Principles

Explore below the nine irreversible and fundamental SAFe® principles:

• Economic approach.
• Relate to System thinking method.
• Presume inconsistency and maintain the choices.
• Build increments quickly and use incorporated learning cycles.
• Evaluate the objective of the working system and mark them as milestones.
• Control backlog size, minimize the batch size and foresee & restrict WIP,
• Coordinate with the cross-domain planning and maintain an appropriate tone
• Release the natural enthusiasm of skilled team members.
• Distribute the decision making and allow every individual to think.

Module 4: Establishing Team and Technical Agility

Cross-Functional Agile teams drive Agility  and are the basis of any Agile framework, the learning objectives for this shall be:

• Prepare to form cross-functional Agile Teams
• Describe built-in quality practices
• Recommend organizing around value with Agile Release Trains (ARTs)

Module 5: Product Delivery with Scrum Framework

Agile Release Train (ART) distributes incremental value in the form of developed and tested software and system in a time-boxed duration and this is known as Program Increment. Each PI uses harmonization to smooth progress in planning, summarize the value for feedback, restrict the work in progress (WIP), and guarantee program level retrospectives with consistency. Get used to the PI planning method as it has better scope in portfolio management and road mapping.

Here you can understand the best ways to apply DevOps for building and maintaining a constant delivery pipeline. This will provide the workflow, activity, and automation required to offer a constant release of value to the customer.

Agile Release Train (ART) distributes incremental value in the form of developed and tested software and system in a time-boxed duration and this is known as Program Increment. Each PI uses harmonization to smooth progress in planning, summarize the value for feedback, restrict the work in progress (WIP),  and guarantee program level retrospectives with consistency. Get used to the PI planning method as it has better scope in portfolio management and road mapping.

Here you can understand the best ways to apply DevOps for building and maintaining a constant delivery pipeline. This will provide the workflow, activity, and automation required to offer a constant release of value to the customer.

Meanwhile, you also gather insights about:

• How to explore customer needs
• Integration
• Deploy with DevOps
• Release on Demand
• Improve results persistently

Module 6: Lean Portfolio Management

You will learn the right way to scale SAFe practices and principles across multiple SAFe portfolios in your enterprise. Detailed teaching will include learning the following from this session.

• Describe the purpose and elements of a SAFe portfolio
• Construct well-written strategic themes
• Employ the portfolio canvas to describe the current and future state
• Create Epic hypothesis statements to inform the Vision
• Distinguish traditional and Lean budgeting approaches
• Construct a Portfolio Kanban

Module 7: Leading the change

An organization’s managers, executives, and other leaders are responsible for the adoption, success, and ongoing improvement of Lean-Agile development and the competencies that lead to Business Agility. Only they have the authority to change and continuously improve the systems that govern how work is performed. You can lead your Lean-Agile enterprise by mastering the following attributes:

• Explain the behaviors necessary to lead by example
• Discuss techniques for leading successful change
• Recognize the steps in the SAFe Implementation Roadmap