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SAFe® Advanced Scrum MasterAdvancing Scrum Master servant leadership with SAFe

V4.5.0SAFe® Course Attending this course gives learners access to the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master exam and related preparation materials.

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To perform the role of a SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, you should be able to:4Apply SAFe principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a

multi-team environment

4Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at the Team and Program Levels

4Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns

4Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile Architecture

4Apply Kanban and flow to optimize team’s work

4Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value

4Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycles

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Agenda

1. Exploring the Scrum Master Role in the SAFe Enterprise

2. Applying SAFe Principles: A Scrum Master’s Perspective

3. Exploring Agile and Scrum Anti-Patterns

4. Facilitating Program Execution

5. Improving Flow with Kanban and XP

6. Building High-Performing Teams

7. Improving Program Performance with Inspect and Adapt

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Logistics

4Pairing Method

4Class times

4Breaks

4Lunch

4Restrooms

4Other

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Exercise: We declare!

4Create four groups using the compass directions: North, South, East, or West

4Each member introduces themselves and their roles to the group

4Write a declaration with your group for what you will learn on that topic by the end of the class, and have fun!

- NORTH: Write a declaration about Development Teams

- SOUTH: Write a declaration about Scrum Masters

- EAST: Write a declaration about the Scrum Process

- WEST: Write a declaration about PI Planning

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Lesson 1Exploring the Scrum Master Role in the SAFe Enterprise

1. Exploring the Scrum Master Role in the SAFe Enterprise

2. Applying SAFe Principles: A Scrum Master’s Perspective

3. Exploring Agile and Scrum Anti-Patterns

4. Facilitating Program Execution

5. Improving Flow with Kanban and XP

6. Building High-Performing Teams

7. Improving Program Performance with Inspect and Adapt

SAFe® Course Attending this course gives learners access to the SAFe®

Advanced Scrum Master exam and related preparation materials.

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Learning objectives

1.1 Explore Scrum Master challenges in the Enterprise

1.2 Know the purpose and basic constructs of SAFe

1.3 Establish Scrum Master connections in the Framework

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1.1 Explore Scrum Master challenges in the Enterprise

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Characteristics of an effective Agile Team

4Able to reliably deliver

4Its members are not afraid to challenge each other’s ideas for the ultimate win

4Makes process visible to themselves and to their stakeholders

4Collaborates to achieve Iteration goals and PI Objectives

4Produces consistent, high-quality increments of value

4Sustains a predictable pace of development

4Able to pivot when necessary

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Modern Enterprises introduce a bigger challenge…

The team in the Enterprise is affected by other teams, stakeholders, and processes that fall outside of their control.

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Teams must improve relentlessly

Apart from the impediments to developing and delivering value, Agile Teams in the Enterprise may encounter significant roadblocks to growth.

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Exercise: Challenges that require facilitation

4Brainstorm team challenges that require facilitation and originate from:- Within the team - Outside the team

4What prevents your team from growing, improving, learning, and becoming a stronger team?

4Write those challenges on sticky notes, and save them until later in the class (we will address them as part of Inspect and Adapt)

4Be ready to sharePREPARE

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1.2 Know the purpose and basic constructs of SAFe

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The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

Synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large numbers of teams.

1. Built-In Quality

2. Program execution

3. Alignment

4. Transparency

Core Values

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Essential SAFe provides the basis for success

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Nothing beats an Agile Team

4Empowered, self-organizing, self-managing, cross-functional team

4Delivers valuable, tested, working system every two weeks

4Uses a team framework which combines the best of Scrum project management, XP-inspired technical practices, and Kanban for flow

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Except a team of Agile Teams

4Self-organizing, self-managing, team of Agile Teams

4Delivers working, tested full-system increments every two weeks

4Operates with Vision, architecture, and UX guidance

4Common iteration lengths and estimating

4Face-to-face planning for collaboration, alignment, and adaptation

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Portfolio SAFe aligns strategy and execution

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Large Solution SAFe coordinates ARTs with a Solution Train

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Some enterprises require Full SAFe

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1.3 Establish Scrum Master connections in the Framework

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Exercise: Do you connect?

4Using the Big Picture, draw connections from the Scrum Master to other Framework elements, based on:- Communication- Collaboration- Problem-solving- Inputs/outputs - Other ideas you have

4Be ready to present and discuss those connections as a group PREPARE

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4Explored the Scrum Master role in the Enterprise

4Learned the basic constructs of SAFe

4Explored the connection of the Scrum Master role to other constructs in the Framework

Suggested Scaled Agile Framework reading:• “Scrum Master” article

Lesson summary

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In this lesson, you: