Course Content
01Module 1: SAFe®, Agile Teams, and ARTs
Establish Lean-Agile foundations and how cross-functional teams coordinate on an ART.
- Lean-Agile mindset
- Agile teams
- ART roles
- Scrum
- Kanban
- AI basics
02Module 2: Customers, product direction, and backlogs
Connect customer needs, product vision, roadmaps, features, and stories to the team's backlog.
- Customer centricity
- Vision
- Roadmaps
- Features
- Stories
- Acceptance criteria
03Module 3: Plan the PI
Estimate capacity, plan iterations, identify dependencies and risks, and create Team PI Objectives.
- Capacity
- Estimation
- Team breakouts
- Dependencies
- Risks
- PI Objectives
04Module 4: Execute iterations
Plan, synchronize, refine, review, and adapt the team's work using visual flow and frequent feedback.
- Iteration planning
- Team sync
- Backlog refinement
- Iteration review
- Retrospective
- Flow
05Module 5: Build in quality and contribute to the CDP
Apply built-in quality practices while integrating work through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
- Definition of Done
- Test automation
- Pairing and review
- Continuous integration
- DevOps
- Responsible AI
06Module 6: Demonstrate and coordinate across the ART
Use ART Sync, system demos, and objective evidence to expose progress and adapt together.
- ART Sync
- System demo
- Integration
- Feedback
- Progress visibility
07Module 7: Inspect, adapt, and grow
Measure outcomes, solve problems, and convert learning into the next improvement cycle.
- Inspect and Adapt
- Root-cause analysis
- Flow metrics
- Improvement backlog
- Measure and grow