SAFe 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

Description

This two-day course prepares existing Scrum Masters to take a leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a SAFe® implementation and become SAFe® SASM Certified. The course covers facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of 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.

Objectives:

• 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

Audience:

The following individuals will benefit from this course:

• 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
• Anyone looking to become SAFe® SASM certified