Instructor: Rob Hill

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

Training Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • Theory & First Principles
  • The Scrum Framework
  • Product Delivery with Scrum
  • People & Teams
  • The Scrum Master
  • Closing

SAFe® AI-Empowered Scrum Master (SAFe SSM)

  • Lesson 1: Introducing Scrum in SAFe
    • Basic Agile development concepts
    • Scrum basics
    • The Agile Team in SAFe
  • Lesson 2: Characterizing the Role of the Scrum Master
    • Defining the role of the Scrum Master
    • Coaching execution with effective events
    • Cultivating high-performing teams
  • Lesson 3: Experiencing PI Planning
    • Preparing for PI Planning
    • PI Planning – Day One
    • PI Planning – Day Two
    • Final plan review and PI objectives
  • 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: AI for Scrum Masters
    • AI foundations and prompting
    • Responsible AI
    • Building an AI-augmented Scrum Master workflow

Leading SAFe® with Certified SAFe® Agilist (SA)

Digital Age & Business Agility

  • Thriving in the digital age
  • SAFe© as an Operating System for Business Agility
  • Core competencies of Business Agility

Lean-Agile Leaders

  • Lean-Agile Mindset
  • SAFe Core Values
  • SAFe Lean-Agile Principles

Team and Technical Agility

  • Cross-functional Agile Teams
  • Built-in Quality
  • Organizing around value with ARTs

Agile Product Delivery

  • Customer-centric culture
  • Design Thinking
  • ART Backlog and WSJF
  • PI Planning
  • Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand
  • Continuous Delivery Pipelines with DevOps

Lean Portfolio Management

  • SAFe Portfolio
  • Strategic Themes
  • Portfolio canvas
  • Epic hypothesis statements
  • Traditional and Lean budgeting approaches
  • Portfolio Kanban

Leading the Change 

  • Lead by example
  • Lead the change
  • SAFe Implementation Roadmap 

SAFe® AI-Empowered Product Owner/Product Manager (SAFe POPM)

  • Lesson 1: Exploring Product Roles and Responsibilities
    • Introducing SAFe for product roles
    • The Lean-Agile mindset
    • Value streams
    • Responsibilities of product roles
  • Lesson 2: Preparing for PI Planning
    • PI Planning
    • The solution vision
    • Solution and PI roadmaps
    • Customer-centric features
    • ART backlog and Kanban
  • Lesson 3: Leading PI Planning
    • Communicate the vision
    • Establish PI objectives
    • Manage dependencies
    • Manage risks
  • Lesson 4: Executing Iterations
    • Stories and story maps
    • Iteration planning
    • The team Kanban and team sync
    • Backlog refinement
    • Iteration review and iteration retrospective
    • Continuous delivery pipeline
  • Lesson 5: Executing the PI
    • Aligning delivery with sync events
    • The system demo
    • The innovation and planning iteration
    • Inspect and adapt
  • Lesson 6: AI for Product Roles
    • An overview of AI
    • Responsible AI
    • Building an AI-augmented workforce