GTR SAFe 5.0 For Government Certification Course

Instructor: Jacob Anderson

More government agencies are adopting Lean-Agile practices to generate better results for stakeholders, including government and military personnel, contractors, and civilians. But how do you overcome legacy governance, contracting, and organizational barriers? How do you adapt private sector success patterns to the government context to deliver value faster?

In the SAFe® for Government course, you’ll learn how to apply Lean-Agile and SAFe practices in a government organization. So you can deliver projects with speed and quality. Improve collaboration with teams and stakeholders, mitigate risk, and make efficient use of taxpayer money.

Learning Goals

• How to apply Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles and practices in traditional government organizations and cultures.
• How to adapt technology strategy, budgeting and forecasting, acquisition, compliance, and governance practices to flow-based practices using emerging government guidelines.
• How to organize government programs into ARTs and execute in program increments (PIs), even in remote environments with distributed teams.
• How to build an action plan to begin or accelerate a SAFe implementation in your program or agency.

Topics Covered

• What are specific leadership behaviors that can drive successful organizational change in government?
• How do I build high-performing, multi-vendor teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs)?
• How do I manage contracts and acquisition/procurement using Agile principles and practices?
• How can I coordinate Agile at scale in a government and multi-vendor environment?

What You Get

The class registration includes:

• Course materials
• Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
• Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
• One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
• Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
• SAFe for Government certification exam

· Attendees must attend both days of the course to be eligible for the exam.

Who Will Benefit

The following individuals will benefit from this course:

· Executives and Leaders, Managers, Directors, CIOs, and VPs

· Development, QA, and Infrastructure Management

· Program and Project Managers

· Product and Product Line Management

· Portfolio Managers, PMO, and Process Leads

· Enterprise, System, and Solution Architects

Exam Details

· Duration: 90 minutes

· Number of questions: 45

· Passing score: 33/45 (73%)

· Competency level: Foundational; Competent, some knowledge or experience; can perform tasks with assistance

· Question format: Multiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)

· Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, timed

· Access: Community Platform upon completion of the course

· Languages offered: English

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

https://scaledagile.com/training/safe-for-government/