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Scrum Master working with an Agile team at a planning board
  1. Learning Paths
  2. Team Roles
  3. Scrum Master

Scrum Master
Role and Learning Path

A role-based progression from team-level SAFe facilitation to advanced flow, coaching, conflict management, and cross-team improvement.

  • 4

    Core Courses

  • 4–8

    Months to Complete

  • Foundational → Advanced

    Difficulty Level

  • 4 Certifications

    Career Advancement

Your journey from learning to leading

This curated path builds your capability step by step, from “establish the scrum master foundation” to “advance team and art facilitation”.

  • 3

    Stages

  • 7

    Days of Guided Training

  • 3–6

    Months of Role Practice

  • 4

    Certifications

  1. 1
    SSM certification badge

    SAFe® SSM

    Stage 1

    Establish the Scrum Master foundation

    Learn the SAFe Scrum Master role, team events, PI Planning participation, impediment removal, and team coaching fundamentals.

    Approximately 2 training days plus exam preparationFoundational

    • Required: SAFe® Scrum Master
    • Optional: Leading SAFe®
    • Optional: AI-Native Foundations
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    Outcome

    • Facilitate productive team events
    • Support a team throughout a Planning Interval
  2. 2

    Role Practice

    Stage 2

    Build practical team-coaching experience

    Apply the role with a real team before advancing into multi-team facilitation and systems-level improvement.

    3–6 months of recommended role practiceIntermediate

    No course required: apply your skills on a real team before moving on.

    Outcome

    • Apply facilitation techniques in recurring team events
    • Identify and escalate systemic impediments
  3. 3
    SASM certification badge

    SAFe® SASM

    Stage 3

    Advance team and ART facilitation

    Develop advanced flow, collaboration, conflict-management, and high-performing-team capabilities.

    2–5 guided training days, depending on electivesAdvanced

    • Required: SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master
    • Recommended: Advanced Facilitator: Conflict and Collaboration
    • Recommended: Advanced Facilitator: Value Stream Mapping
    • Optional: SAFe® DevOps
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    Outcome

    • Improve flow with Kanban, XP, and built-in quality practices
    • Facilitate collaboration across multiple teams

Path Highlights

  • Scrum Master role execution
  • Team and cross-team facilitation
  • Flow improvement
  • Conflict management
  • Lean-Agile coaching
  • Relentless improvement

Certifications Earned

  • SSM certification badge
    SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM)

    Core certification

  • SASM certification badge
    SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

    Core certification

  • ★SAFe®
    SAFe® Advanced Facilitator Micro-credential

    Optional extension

  • ★SAFe®
    SAFe® Advanced Facilitator Micro-credential

    Optional extension

Next Steps

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Who this path is for

  • Current and aspiring Scrum Masters

  • Team coaches and facilitators

  • Project managers moving into Agile delivery

  • Team leaders supporting a SAFe Agile Release Train

Recommended experience

  • No SAFe experience is required to begin
  • Team-level Agile or delivery experience is helpful
  • Practical Scrum Master experience is recommended before the advanced stage

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