SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master Course with SASM Certification

The next step in the Scrum Master’s learning path

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

This two-day course SAFe Advanced Scrum Master prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a SAFe® implementation. The course covers facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of the program execution and relentless improvement. It enhances the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices; the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value; and supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders in the larger program and enterprise contexts. The course offers actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise.

Attending the class prepares you to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM).

Associated Certification: SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

Audience

The following individuals will benefit from this course:

• Scrum Masters
• team leads
• facilitators
• managers
• agile leaders and coaches
• process champions

Learning Goals

After this course, you should be able to:

• Apply SAFe® principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in the multi-team environment
• Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at the team and program levels
• Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture
• Apply Kanban and flow to optimize the team’s work
• Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
• Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycles

Topics Covered

• SAFe® framework, values, and Lean-Agile principles
• Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
• Program increment planning, execution, and Inspect and Adapt workshops
• Quality engineering, Agile architecture, and DevOps practices
• Kanban for facilitating team and program flow of work
• Building high-performing teams
• Interaction with the system team, deployment, UX, architects, product owners, product management, and business owners
• Learning and Communities of Practice

Course Prerequisites

Attendees of the SAFe® SASM course are strongly suggested to have one of the following certificates: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), and alternatively, SAFe Practitioners (SPs) who have attended the SAFe Scrum Master Orientation

SAFe® Certification

• SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification
• SAFe® Certification Kit

Attendees who pass the exam will receive:

• A SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master certificate
• A one-year certified membership as a SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master
• A SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master branding kit with the SASM certification mark

What You Get

The class registration includes:

• Attendee workbooks
• Online course feedback survey
• Eligibility to take the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master exam with certification exam administration and scoring
• SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) attendance certificate upon request

Annual Renewal

Renewals are yearly from the date of certification:

• Renewal fee: $100
• Renewal requirement: 10 continuing education/outreach hours

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

• Attendees may be eligible to apply for 16 Continuing Education – Strategic PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP and PMI-ACP certifications
• Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliance