Lead Enterprise‑Scale Agility with SAFe® 6

Learning Objectives:

Understand the business context for enterprise agility

Explore digital disruption and competitive pressure

Understand why organizations adopt SAFe

Key Topics:

Impact of digital disruption on organizations and industries

Increasing customer expectations for speed, quality, value and innovation

Business agility as a survival capability for modern enterprises

SAFe as a framework for business agility – evolution and Big Picture overview

Why organizations choose SAFe® 6.0

Learning Objectives:

Understand and apply SAFe Core Values

Apply SAFe Lean‑Agile Principles

Adopt Lean thinking for knowledge work

Key Topics:

SAFe Core Values – Alignment, Built‑in Quality, Transparency, Program Execution

SAFe Lean‑Agile Principles (1–10) including economic view, systems thinking, variability, flow and value organization

The House of Lean – goal of value, pillars and Lean‑Agile leadership foundation

Learning Objectives:

Understand Agile teams in SAFe

Apply Scrum and Kanban at team level

Understand how teams contribute to ARTs

Key Topics:

Agile Teams in SAFe – cross‑functional, dedicated teams with PO, SM and Developers

Scrum in SAFe – iterations, Scrum events, team backlog, PI objectives and IP iteration

Kanban in SAFe – visualizing work, limiting WIP, managing flow

Built‑in quality practices – CI, TDD, BDD, ATDD, pair work, refactoring

Learning Objectives:

Understand ART purpose and structure

Learn ART roles and events

Understand PI Planning and Program Backlog

Key Topics:

Agile Release Train overview – organizing around value and PIs

ART roles – RTE, Product Management, System Architect, Business Owners, POs, SMs

ART events – PI Planning, System Demo, Inspect & Adapt, ART Sync, PO Sync

Program Backlog, Features, Enablers and WSJF prioritization

Learning Objectives:

Apply customer‑centric thinking and Design Thinking

Understand the Continuous Delivery Pipeline

Enable Release on Demand with DevOps CALMR

Key Topics:

Customer centricity, personas and customer journeys

Design Thinking and MVP thinking

Continuous Delivery Pipeline – Continuous Exploration, Integration, Deployment and Release on Demand

DevOps CALMR – Culture, Automation, Lean flow, Measurement, Recovery

Learning Objectives:

Align strategy with execution using Lean Portfolio Management

Apply Lean‑Agile budgeting and portfolio flow

Understand value stream metrics

Key Topics:

Why Lean Portfolio Management – limitations of traditional portfolio management

Three LPM collaborations – Strategy & Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations, Lean Governance

Strategic themes, portfolio vision, participatory budgeting and guardrails

Portfolio Kanban, epics, hypothesis statement and lean business case

Flow metrics for value streams – Flow Velocity, Time, Load, Efficiency

Learning Objectives:

Apply the SAFe Implementation Roadmap

Lead organizational change and address resistance

Build and support a Lean‑Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

Key Topics:

SAFe Implementation Roadmap steps from tipping point to sustain & improve

Kotter’s change principles and Lean‑Agile leadership behaviors

Lean‑Agile Center of Excellence – purpose, responsibilities and structure

Learning Objectives:

Understand SAFe configurations and when to use them

Coordinate multiple ARTs with Solution Trains

Scale agility across the enterprise

Key Topics:

SAFe configurations – Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio, Full SAFe

Coordinating multiple ARTs – Solution Trains, pre‑PI and post‑PI planning, solution demos

Operational and development value streams; organizing around value and Conway’s Law

Learning Objectives:

Understand SAFe metrics at team, program and portfolio levels

Measure outcomes, flow and predictability

Drive continuous improvement using metrics

Key Topics:

Team, ART and Portfolio metrics – velocity, predictability, flow and quality

Measure and Grow – baselines, improvement goals, Inspect & Adapt

Measuring outcomes over outputs – OKRs, business impact and value realization

Learning Objectives:

Understand evolving SAFe and Agile practices

Apply AI‑augmented Agile and remote PI planning patterns

Prepare for future ways of working

Key Topics:

AI‑augmented Agile – AI‑assisted prioritization, analytics and testing

Remote and hybrid PI Planning – virtual collaboration and engagement techniques

SAFe with Design Thinking, Lean Startup, DevOps and ITSM practices

Learning Objectives:

Reinforce key SAFe concepts for the exam

Understand exam knowledge areas and blueprint

Apply test‑taking strategies and practice questions

Key Topics:

Review – Lean‑Agile mindset, SAFe core values, principles, ARTs, PI Planning, WSJF, CDP, DevOps CALMR, LPM, Implementation Roadmap

Sample exam questions and concept clarification

Study tips and exam readiness checklist

Learning Objectives:

Create a personal SAFe action plan

Apply SAFe learning immediately in your organization

Plan next steps in your SAFe journey

Key Topics:

Personal SAFe action plan – key takeaways, application areas, stakeholders

Continuing SAFe journey – role‑based certifications, advanced paths

SAFe community engagement and continuous learning resources