SAFe® 4.0 Advanced Scrum Master Course with SASM Certification

SAFe® 4.0 Advanced Scrum Master Course with SASM Certification

This two-day course prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a SAFe® implementation. The course covers facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of the program execution and relentless improvement. It enhances the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices; the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value; and supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders in the larger program and enterprise contexts. The course offers actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise. Attending the class prepares you to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM).

Instructors:

• Christopher Ruch, Agile Practice Director at Summa
• Phil Van Sickle, Senior Agile Coach, SAFe®  Program Consultant at Summa

Audience

• Existing Scrum Masters
• Team leaders, project managers, and others who have assumed the role of an Agile team facilitator in a SAFe® or enterprise Agile context
• Engineering and development managers who will be responsible for Agile execution and for coaching teams and teams of teams
• Agile coaches
• Agile program managers and prospective Release Train Engineers

Learning Objectives

After this course, you should be able to

• Apply SAFe® principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in the multi-team environment
• Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at the team and program levels
• Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture
• Apply Kanban and flow to optimize the team’s work
• Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
• Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycles

Topics Covered

• SAFe® framework, values, and Lean-Agile principles
• Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Program increment planning, execution, and Inspect and Adapt workshops
• Quality engineering, Agile architecture, and DevOps practices
• Kanban for facilitating team and program flow of work
• Building high-performing teams
• Interaction with the system team, deployment, UX, architects, product owners, product management, and business owners
• Learning and Communities of Practice