Melvyn Bulkes

SAFe® Scrum Master

2 Days Instructor-led Online Class

Language Available: English
Trainer Trainee Ratio: 1:25 (MAX.)

Applying the Scrum Master Role within a SAFe Enterprise.

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.

After taking the course, you’ll know how to:

  • Empower and lead an Agile team
  • Facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives
  • Help teams plan and complete their work
  • You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, which are crucial for key SAFe team roles. These skills will enable you to develop high-performing, engaged, and continuously improving teams in your own organization

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:

  • 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

SAFe® SCRUM MASTER ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS:

  • What is SAFe?
  • What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
  • How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

  • 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
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Certification Details

We are accredited to Scaled Agile (SAFe®), one of the global accreditation body for Scaled Agile Certifications.

SSM (6.0) - SAFe® Scrum Master

 

Requirements

  • Review and acceptance of the Candidate Agreement are required to start the exam
  • Exam functionality instructions are provided following the Candidate Agreement

Exam Format

  • Questions are structured in a multiple-choice, single-select format
  • Exams are timed, and the timer is displayed once questions are presented
  • Exams will be submitted when the timer ends, regardless of the number of questions answered
  • Scores are calculated by the number of correctly answered questions
  • Unanswered questions will be marked as incorrect
  • The “Submit” button ends the exam, and a score will be calculated

Practice Test Format

  • The format reflects the same number of questions, level of difficulty, timebox, and domain areas as the exam
  • Unlimited attempts
  • Passing the practice test does not guarantee passing the exam and is provided as a preparation resource

Details are subject to change at any time

Duration

90 minutes

Number of Questions

45

Passing Score

73%

Delivery

Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance

Access

Learning Plan (after course completion)

Cost

First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion

Retake Fee

$50; $250 for SPC

Retake Policy

First retake - May be taken immediately after the first failed attempt. 

Second retake - May be taken 10 days after the first retake.

Third retake - May be taken 30 days after the second retake. 

All subsequent retakes require a 30-day wait.

Introducing Scrum in SAFe® (22-28%)

  • Basic Agile development concepts
  • Basic Scrum concepts
  • Agile Teams in a SAFe Enterprise
  • High-performing team characteristics
  • Team events overview
  • DevOps and Release on Demand

Defining the Scrum Master / Team Coach role (26-30%)

  • Scrum Master / Team Coach characteristics
  • Scrum Master / Team Coach responsibilities
  • Agile team coaching

Supporting Team Events (17-21%)

  • Iteration planning
  • Team sync
  • Backlog refinement
  • Iteration review
  • Iteration retrospective

Supporting ART Events (25-29%)

  • PI Planning
  • IP Iteration
  • Inspect and Adapt event
How Can I Report my PDU’s on the PMI website?

You can report and claim your PDUs on the PMI website directly by following the workflow below:

  • Log into your PMI account
  • Follow this link to the ‘Report PDUs’ page: https://ccrs.pmi.org/claim/index
  • NOTE: In order to claim PDUs you must have a certification with PMI.
  • Under ‘PDU Claim Code’ click “I have a claim code”
  • Type in the relevant claim code from the below table.

Legend:

Course TakenCertification Awarded
Implementing SAFeSAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
Leading SAFeSAFe Agilist (SA)
SAFe for TeamsSAFe Practitioner (SP)
SAFe Product Owner / Product ManagerSAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
SAFe Release Train EngineerRelease Train Engineer (RTE)
Agile Product ManagementSAFe Agile Product Manager (APM)
SAFe Scrum MasterSAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
SAFe Advanced Scrum MasterSAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Lean Portfolio ManagementSAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)
SAFe DevOpsSAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
SAFe for ArchitectsSAFe Architect (ARCH)
Agile Software EngineeringSAFe Agile Software Engineer (ASE)
SAFe for GovernmentSAFe Government Practitioner (SGP)

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