Take your leadership skills to the next level. Learn how to facilitate success for Agile teams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and the organization.

Who Will Benefit?

Intended for people who have tactical skills coaching Agile teams in delivering business value, attendees typically include:

• 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 are responsible for Agile execution and coaching teams, including teams of teams
• Agile coaches
• Agile Program Managers
• Prospective Release Train Engineers

Topics Covered

• Exploring the Scrum Master role in the SAFe enterprise
• Applying SAFe Principles: A Scrum Master’s perspective
• Exploring Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Facilitating program execution
• Improving flow with Kanban and XP
• Building high-performing teams
• Improving program performance with Inspect and Adapt

Prerequisites

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, having one or more of the following certifications is highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification exam:

• SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) certification
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification

What You’ll Learn

To perform the role of a SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master, attendees should be able to:

• Apply SAFe principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a multi-team environment
• Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale
• Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture
• Learn to apply Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimize flow and improve 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

What You Get

Class registration includes:

• Digital workbook
• Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master (ASM) exam
• One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
• Certification of completion

Attendees must attend all days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.

Annual Renewal

Certifications expire one year from the date of certification is earned.

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

• Attendees may be eligible to apply for 15 PDUs toward continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications
• Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliance

About TecVeris

Since 2011, TecVeris has enabled organizations–from maturing startups about to go public to Fortune 500 companies–dramatically increase project and product development performance.

About the Trainer

Dawn Stowers is an experienced Agile transformation coach, trainer and problem solver who works across all levels of the organization. Her broad and deep knowledge of Lean Agile values and principles —combined with practical knowledge of how they connect to people, technology, business, and customers—allows her to help teams and organizations adopt agile practices to create a value-driven, continuous improvement culture.