SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM)
Official SAFe® 6.0 course with SAFe® 6 Scrum Master (SSM) certification. Delivered by Estratecno, Scaled Agile GOLD Transformation Partner, Inc.
Introduction
The SAFe® Scrum Master course equips attendees to coach Agile teams to deliver business value at scale. The course teaches you the tactical skills needed to be an effective Scrum Master in a SAFe organization. It also gives you the guidance and tools necessary for working in remote environments with distributed teams.
If you want to become a certified scrum master with the skills to help leading companies succeed with Agile and scrum, the SAFe® Scrum Master course is for you. Learn how scrum masters empower and lead Agile teams. Understand how to facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives. And discover how to help teams plan and complete their work using SAFe Scrum and SAFe Kanban. You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, so you can help develop high-performing, engaged, continuously improving teams in your own organization.
Includes the certification exam for the SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) certification
Intended for people new to the role of Scrum Master, or people wanting to better understand the role and how it fits in a SAFe enterprise, attendees typically include:
- Those who are already Scrum Masters or will become one
- Team Leads
- Release Train Engineers
- How to facilitate Scrum events
- How to support PI execution
- How to coach teams to improve constantly
- How to implement DevOps for continuous flow and delivery
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
- Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
- One-year membership to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
- Team Event Facilitator Guides
- Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
- Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
- Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
- SAFe Scrum Master certification exam
- Live virtual classroom.
- Expert trainers and facilitators in online training.
- Breakout rooms for teamwork.
- Virtual Campus with LMS (Learning Management System) platform for the study material, tests, forums, and complementary materials.
- Collaborative tools for exercises, practices and simulations. Each of them is carefully selected and adapted to the course using:
- Miro
- SAFe Collaborate
- Easyretro
- Trello…
The infrastructure and software are provided by Estratecno. Having a stable and high-speed internet connection and a computer with a microphone and a camera is enough. During the course, you will practice and learn to optimize work in distributed environments.
Lesson 1: Introducing Scrum in SAFe
- Basic Agile development concepts
- Scrum basics
- The Agile Team in a SAFe Enterprise
Lesson 2: Characterizing the Role of the Scrum Master
- Responsibilities of the Scrum Master
- Characteristics of an effective Scrum Master
- High-performing teams
- Team events
- Coach the Agile Team using powerful questions
- Collaborate with other teams
- Resolve team conflicts
Lesson 3: Experiencing PI Planning
- PI Planning basics
- Draft PI plans
- Final plans and business value
- Final plan review and PI Objectives
- Facilitating PI Planning
Lesson 4: Facilitating Iteration Execution
- Plan the Iteration
- Track the Iteration progress
- Refine the backlog
- Facilitate the Iteration Review
- Facilitate relentless improvement
- Support DevOps and Release on Demand
Lesson 5: Finishing the PI
- Coach the IP Iteration
- Prepare the team for the Inspect & Adapt event
Lesson 6: Practicing SAFe
All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) certification exam:
- Familiarity with Agile concepts and principles
- Awareness of Scrum, Kanban, and eXtreme Programming (XP)
- Working knowledge of software and hardware development processes
- Format: web based, timed exam. Questions are structured in a multiple-choice, single-select format
- Access: Through the SAFe Community Platform after the attendee has completed the Leading SAFe® course
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Number of questions: 45
- Passing score: 73% pass rate
- Language: Englis, Spanish
- Second attempt cost: 50 USD
