Leading SAFe -course

Leading SAFe is the best possible start for the agile journey. You will get a thorough understanding of the background of lean and agile, its principles, and terminology. You will also understand how agile teams work and what lean portfolio management and funding is. 

After the course, you will know how to form agile teams and build cooperation between multiple teams. You will be able to execute joint planning for various teams, leading to faster value delivery. You will also learn to build a lean portfolio so that the chosen strategic products constantly create value for the customer. Moreover, you will understand how agile funding enables agility at the team level in practice. 

Based on the knowledge gained from the course, you will be able to reflect on and get a clear picture of your organization's current state. You will understand the challenges and can sketch the following steps to becoming fully agile. This course gives a comprehensive view of lean and agile. It is optimal to have two to three participants from one organization attend the course simultaneously to make advancing the new mindset easier. Best results are achieved with own Leading SAFe training for your organization.

Contents

The course goes through elements of agility and how to scale agile ways of working in the organization. The course consists of the following modules: 

  • Agility in the digital era

  • Agile leadership and lean-agile mindset and principles in practice

  • Agile cross-functional teams and continuous value delivery

  • Agile R&D and building of customer-centric solutions

  • Lean portfolio management and funding

  • Leading an agile transformation

  • SAFe Agilist (SA) certification test

Target group

The course is beneficial for everyone who wants to gain a good overall understanding of an agile operating model, the Scaled Agile Framework and innovation intelligence. This course enables you to begin your agile transformation more effortlessly, and you can deepen your knowledge with role-based training. Leading SAFe is suitable for anyone regardless of the organizational position. No previous knowledge of agile is required.

Business benefits and outcomes of training

  • Improved time-to-market: Organizations work intelligently and meet customer needs faster by aligning cross-functional teams around value.

  • Enhanced quality: Built-in quality is emphasized, shifting responsibility for quality to everyone involved in the development cycle.

  • Increased productivity: Training empowers high-performing teams to eliminate unnecessary work, identify delays, and continuously improve and work more intelligently.

  • Organizational alignment: Provides a common language and strategy, ensuring everyone is aligned with the business goals.

  • Better response to change: Positions the business to adapt quickly to market and customer needs.

These benefits contribute to achieving significant, measurable business results and overall business agility.

Relevance in mature Nordics markets of training

  • Focus on customer needs: The training emphasizes understanding and meeting customer demands, which is crucial in competitive environments and product intelligence.

  • Organizational alignment and intelligence: It helps ensure that all teams are aligned with the organization's strategic goals, promoting a unified direction.

  • Agility and adaptability: Participants learn to respond quickly to changes in the market, which is essential for staying competitive.

  • Collaboration: The training fosters better communication and teamwork intelligence across different departments, enhancing overall project success.

These factors make Leading SAFe training a valuable investment for organizations in mature Nordic markets.

Certification

The attendees can take an optional SAFe Agilist Exam after the course. The exam takes 90 minutes to complete, and it is held in an online environment. For more information about the certification exam, please visit Scaled Agile websites.

Duration of the course

  • Classroom: 2 days

  • Online: 4 half day modules

We offer Leading SAFe trainings in English, Finnish or Swedish. Materials are always in English.

  • Minimum number of participants: 8

  • Maximum number of participants: 24

Nitor is Scaled Agile Framework SAFe® expert contributor

Learn the SAFe -framework from its contributors! Our coaches have long practical experience in applying the framework to different business contexts. Since its development, many nitoreans have contributed to the SAFe framework evolution since version 0.93, and we have received the rare SAFe Fellow -recognition. By the end of 2024, Nitor has trained over 11 000 private and public participants on scaled agility, with high customer satisfaction reviews. Most of these SAFe training participants made the included but optional online exam and earned globally recognized SAFe badge which they proudly shared in CVs and social media.

Evolution continues. Nitoreans keep the deep expertise so that your organization can benefit from working with SAFe® and us.

Don't miss out! View the public training calendar or ask for a private training session and secure your spot now to make a significant impact in your organization.