SAFe Trainings in Detail: Which Course is Right for You?

To help you find the right SAFe training for your requirements, we have explained all SAFe courses in detail here. What questions are covered, what content is clarified, who is the course aimed at and what is all included in the price?

Leading SAFe® (SA)


New to the Scaled Agile Framework®? Leading SAFe® offers you an introduction to the foundations of SAFe, and provides the principles and practices to drive your Lean-Agile transformation with confidence. The course also offers the guidance and tools you need to lead effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • Leading SAFe® answers the questions:
    • What is SAFe?
    • What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
    • How does an organization get started Scaled Agile Framework®?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Basic
    •  Ideal introductory course to the SAFe® Framework
    • For people generally interested in SAFe®, "practitioners", managers 
    • Basic knowledge of agile working methods or agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) is advantageous – practical experience is of course helpful
  • Attendees learn:
    • How to realize the benefits of SAFe, including:  

              ◦ Boosting productivity

              ◦  Improving product quality

              ◦  Decreasing time to market

              ◦  Increasing employee engagement 

    • How to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value
    • How to align massive organizations around clear, common objectives
    • How to participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Plannings
    • How to adopt a customer-centric mindset
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe® Agilist

SAFe® for Teams (SP)


What does it mean to be part of an Agile team on an Agile Release Train (ART) that delivers value to customers? SAFe® for Teams covers the tactical skills to be a high-performing member of an ART. The course also gives you the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. Get the most out of your learning experience by taking it in context with your team and other teams on your ART.

  • SAFe® for Teams answers the questions:
    • How does an Agile team function inside of an ART?
    • How do we as an Agile team plan and execute iterations and the PI?
    • How do we work with other teams on the ART to effectively deliver value?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Basic
    • Ideal introductory course to the SAFe® Framework
    • For people generally interested in SAFe®, "practitioners", managers 
    • Basic knowledge of agile working methods or agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) is advantageous – practical experience is of course helpful
  • Attendees learn:
    • Your role on the team and your team’s role on the ART
    • How to apply SAFe principles to scale Lean-Agile delivery
    • How to plan and execute iterations and PIs
    • How to continuously improve the ART
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe® 5 Practitioner
SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM)


Are you curious about how to coach Agile teams to deliver maximum business value at scale? The

SAFe® Scrum Master course covers the tactical skills to be an effective Scrum Master in a SAFe organization. And gives you the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe® Scrum Master answers the questions:
    • How do Scrum Masters facilitate planning and execution of work during a PI?
    • How do you coach and lead Agile teams inside a SAFe enterprise?
    • How do you become a servant leader to build a high-performing team?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Basic
    • Ideal introductory course to the SAFe® Framework
    • For people generally interested in SAFe®, "practitioners", managers 
    • Basic knowledge of agile working methods or agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) is advantageous – practical experience is of course helpful
  • Attendees learn:
    • How to facilitate Scrum events
    • How to support PI execution
    • How to coach teams to constantly improve
    • How to implement DevOps for continuous flow and deli
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe Scrum Master


SAFe® DevOps (SDP)


Delivering valuable solutions, faster, doesn’t involve just engineers developing software. It involves introducing a shared DevOps mindset among all the people who define, build, test, deploy, and release software-driven products.

The SAFe® DevOps course helps people in technical, non-technical, and leadership roles optimize their development value stream from end to end. Take this course with the rest of your cross-functional team to map your current value stream from concept to cash. Design a Continuous Delivery Pipeline that’s relevant to your business. And get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe® DevOps answers the questions:
    • What is DevOps and how does it enable strategic business objectives?
    • What are the mindset, culture, and technical practices to successfully define, build, test, deploy, and release?
    • How do I use value stream mapping to measure flow and spot bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Basic/Advanced
    • For people in technical and non-technical areas as well as in management positions
  • Attendees learn:
    • How to incorporate continuous testing and continuous security into the delivery pipeline
    • How to integrate continuous exploration, integration, and deployment, and release value to end users on demand
    • How to design and implement an actionable DevOps transformation plan tailored to your organization
    • How to evaluate and improve your current state using tools like the DevOps Health Radar and Transformation Canvas
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe DevOps

SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)


What skills do you need to deliver value in a Lean enterprise? The SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) course covers the tactical responsibilities of these roles in the Agile Release Train. The course also gives you the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager answers the questions:
    • How do POs and PMs plan and execute work during a PI?
    • How do you integrate a customer-centric mindset to deliver products customers want?
    • How do you connect SAFe Lean-Agile principles and values to the PO/PM roles?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Basic
    • Ideal introductory course on the practical implementation of this role in the SAFe® Framework
    • For people generally interested in SAFe®, "practitioners", managers 
    • Basic knowledge of agile working methods or agile frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) is advantageous – practical experience is of course helpful


  • Attendees learn:
    • How to perform the role of a PO and a PM on a daily basis
    • How to put the customer at the center of your design, build, and test process
    • How to prepare for and lead PI Planning
    • How to decompose Epics to Features and Features to Stories
    • How to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager 

SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)


Aligning strategy with execution is critical to any organization’s success and a key aspect of SAFe®. With a Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) approach, you can collaborate across silos, empower teams, and organize around value to adapt to what customers want, faster.

The Lean Portfolio Management course helps executives, project management officers (PMOs) and other key stakeholders plan dynamically and be flexible enough to adjust initiatives and budgets as the market changes. The course also provides the guidance and tools attendees need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe® Portfolio Management answers the questions:
    • How do I connect strategy to execution?
    • How do I manage flow and solve perpetual overload?
    • How can I fund and govern dynamically?
    • How does Lean Portfolio Management fit into SAFe?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Advanced
    • For top managers, budget decision-makers and portfolio and programme managers with several ARTs in the company
  • Attendees learn:
    • How to connect the portfolio to the enterprise.
    • How to maintain portfolio vision and roadmap.
    • How to establish Lean budgets and guardrails.
    • How to create portfolio flow
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: Lean Portfolio Manager
    • Access to the optional workshop „Getting Started with LPM“

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)


As a practicing scrum master in a SAFe® organization, you’ve got the tactical skills to coach Agile teams in delivering business value. Build on that strong foundation in the
SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course and discover how to facilitate success for Agile teams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and the organization. And get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master answers the questions:
    • What’s the next step in my learning as a SAFe Scrum Master?
    • How can I improve my coaching and facilitation skills to support my team?
    • What are common anti-patterns to avoid when encouraging relentless improvement at scale?

  • Level, target group(s), requirements:
    • Level: Advanced
    • For SAFe® Scrum Master who have been accompanying their agile teams for some time now
  • Attendees learn:
    • How to apply SAFe principles to facilitate, enable, and coach in a multi-team environment
    • How to adopt scalable engineering practices, Kanban, DevOps, and Agile architecture to optimize flow
    • How to advance your facilitation skills for ART and team event planning, execution, and delivering end-to-end value
    • How to build communities of practice to support high-performing teams and ART efficiency
    • How to lead distributed teams effectively in remote environments
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

Agile Product Manager SAFe® (APM)


In SAFe®, product managers play a key role in the trio of leaders that includes architects and the Release Train Engineer. All of these people work together to lead the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in continuously delivering value.

In the Agile Product Management course, you’ll explore how to use design thinking to put your customers at the center and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. You’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.

  • Agile Product Manager answers the questions:
    • How can I use design thinking to achieve customer centricity?
    • How do I prepare a product strategy, vision, and roadmap for my ART?
    • What are the right mindsets, skills, and tools to create successful products?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:

    Level: Advanced

  • Attendees learn:
    • How to create innovation in the value stream
    • How to use design thinking to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable products
    • How to use product strategy to set clarity and direction for the ART
    • How to develop and evolve short-term roadmaps that result in long-term value
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: SAFe® Agile Product Manager

SAFe® for Architects (ARCH)


In SAFe®, architects play a key role in the trio of leaders that includes product managers and the Release Train Engineer. It’s these people who work together to execute programs and guide Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to enable continuous value flow.



In the SAFe® for Architects course, you’ll get the context you need to align architecture with business value. You’ll understand how system, solution, and enterprise architects collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. And you’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

  • SAFe for Architects answers the questions:
    • How do I plan for and execute a program increment (PI)?
    • How do I plan the architectural runway to consistently deliver business value?
    • How do I create clarity and visibility into the architectural vision for an ART?
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:

    Level: Advanced

  • Attendees learn:
    • How to develop and communicate the architectural vision
    • How to develop solution vision, intent, and roadmaps
    • How to prepare and deliver software effectively and continuously
    • How to lead and coach architects and team members during PI Planning and execution
  • What's included:
    • Course materials
    • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
    • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
    • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
    • Certification exam: : SAFe® Architect

Agile HR Explorer (AHRE)


This one-day introductory course is designed for HR professionals and leaders in a Lean-Agile environment to gain a high-level understanding of Agile methodology and its influence on Human Resources. In Agile HR Explorer, learners will explore the new world of work and learn why Agile is instrumental in creating more stable, responsive, and successful organizations.


The course was created by one of the leading thought leaders in the world of Agile HR, Just Leading Solutions (JLS)©.

  • Agile HR Explorer answers the questions:
    • How can I identify the changing nature of work and its impact on HR? 
    • What is the world of Agile, and how do I apply agile values and principles? 
    • What is the difference between Agile4HR and HR4Agile? 
    • What are the key Agile HR themes and their relevance to HR Practices? 
  • Level, target group(s), requirements:

    Level: Advanced

  • Attendees learn:
    • New World of Work – explore the latest revolution of work and its disruptive impact on organizations and HR 
    • Agile Foundations – covers the history of Agile, its values, principles and underlying concepts 
    • Intro to Agile HR – explains the meaning of Agile HR, and Agile4HR vs. HR4Agile 
    • Mini Case Studies – practical stories to help learners apply the newly gained knowledge 
    • Practices and Themes – guidance for applying agile values and principles to different HR practices 
  • What's includ:
    • Course workbook 
    • Option to pursue certification from Just Learning Solutions: Certified Agile HR Explorer (AHRE) – certificate and digital badge from Just Leading Solutions
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