SAFe® 6.0 Scrum Master

This course is for those that have an intermediate level of understanding of Agile and will take on the role of Scrum Master / Team Coach for a team. More importantly you will earn about the importance of collaborating with other SMs and the RTE on your ART.

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  • SAFe® 6.0 Scrum Master

    2 days
    This course is for those that have an intermediate level of understanding of Agile and will take on the role of Scrum Master / Team Coach for a team. More importantly you will earn about the importance of collaborating with other SMs and the RTE on your ART.
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Description

The SAFe® Scrum Master course equips attendees to coach Agile teams to deliver business value at scale. The course teaches you the tactical skills needed to be an effective Scrum Master in a SAFe organization. It also gives you the guidance and tools necessary for working in remote environments with distributed teams.

If you want to become a certified scrum master with the skills to help leading companies succeed with Agile and scrum, the SAFe® Scrum Master course is for you. Learn how scrum masters empower and lead Agile teams. Understand how to facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives. And discover how to help teams plan and complete their work using SAFe Scrum and SAFe Kanban. You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, so you can help develop high-performing, engaged, continuously improving teams in your own organisation.

After taking the course, you’ll know how to:

  • Empower and lead an Agile team
  • Facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives
  • Help teams plan and complete their work
  • You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, which are crucial for key SAFe team roles. These skills will enable you to develop high-performing, engaged, and continuously improving teams in your own organisation.
Course Objectives

Attendees Learn:

  • How to incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
  • How to integrate continuous exploration, integration, and deployment, and release value to end users on demand
  • How to design and implement an actionable DevOps transformation plan tailored to your organization
  • How to evaluate and improve your current state using tools like the DevOps Health Radar and Transformation Canvas

 

Course Outline

Introducing Scrum in SAFe

  • Basic Agile development concepts
  • Scrum basics
  • The Agile Team in a SAFe Enterprise

Characterizing the Role of the Scrum Master

  • Responsibilities of the Scrum Master
  • Characteristics of an effective Scrum Master
  • High-performing teams
  • Team events
  • Coach the Agile Team using powerful questions
  • Collaborate with other teams
  • Resolve tea conflicts

Experiencing PI Planning

  • PI Planning basics
  • Draft PI plans
  • Final plans and business value
  • Final plan review and PI Objectives
  • Facilitating PI Planning

Facilitating Iteration Execution

  • Plan the Iteration
  • Track the Iteration progress
  • Refine the backlog
  • Facilitate the Iteration Review
  • Facilitate relentless improvement
  • Support DevOps and Release on Demand

Finishing the PI

  • Coach the IP Iteration
  • Prepare the team for the Inspect & Adapt event
Prerequisites

There is no prerequisite course or certification. However, some Agile training and experience on an Agile Team is recommended. Pre-reading suggestions are issued in a welcoming email to those registered for a course.

Related Certifications

While not a prerequisite, attendees may consider attending the SAFe for Teams course with their teams.

Who should attend?

The course is intended for anyone working in the role of Scrum Master / Team Coach on an Agile team that is part of an Agile Release Train, within a Value Stream.

Your benefits at a glance

What’s included:

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year access to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
    • Team Event Facilitator Guides
    • Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
    • Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Scrum Master certification exam
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