AI-EMPOWERED SAFe®
Advanced SPC
Become a SAFe ASPC
Elevate your expertise with the Advanced SPC certification, designed for experienced practitioners ready to drive sustainable organizational transformation. Move beyond theory to solve complex implementation challenges and master the art of executive engagement.
Gain exclusive access to best practices for customizing SAFe to your unique organizational context. This certification empowers you to lead high-level change, unlock portfolio flow, teach select SAFe advanced courses and position yourself among the world’s top Lean-Agile experts.
Expert level
Experienced SPC with an active certification
Exam
60 minutes, 30 questions
Passing score
75% to pass
Certification
Certification upon passing exam
The value of your SAFe ASPC Certification
Earning a SAFe certification is a strategic investment in your professional future, signaling a mastery of Agile principles that is recognized globally. Beyond a simple credential, it represents a long-term achievement that validates your ability to support enterprise-scale transformations and execute complex solutions. By holding this certification, you demonstrate job-ready expertise and a commitment to continuous growth, unlocking advanced career paths and high-impact opportunities within the Agile landscape.
Benefits of earning your SAFe Advanced SPC Certification
Achieving your certification unlocks exclusive access to additional resources to deepen your understanding of the ASPC role, including insights into daily responsibilities and practices.
Career development & community
Access to the SAFe community forums for career advancement, learning and mentorship opportunities, job boards, and more.
Invitations to role-based networking circles.
Exclusive webinars on emerging professional development and SAFe topics tailored to your role.
Continuous learning
Full access to the SAFe Framework articles
SAFe Skills Library for professional development in agile practices
Certification upgrade learning series
Continued learning through SAFe experts and partners.
SAFe resources
Value stream mapping and other selected workshops.
On-demand access to all recorded keynotes, breakout sessions, and other content from SAFe Summits.
SAFe assessments to measure and improve business agility and other core competencies.
Studio toolkits & applications
Access to SAFe CoPilot AI assistant.
Role-specific training videos and content
Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
Who is this certification for?
The AI-Empowered Advanced SPC certification is designed for experienced, active SAFe Practice Consultants seeking to deepen their strategic impact. You will master executive communication, navigate the AI landscape, and customize SAFe practices to solve real-world implementation hurdles while leading and sustaining long-term organizational transformation.
Experienced SPCs
Take your skills to the next level by mastering executive engagement and gaining exclusive rights to teach advanced SAFe courses to your organization.
Lean-Agile Leaders
Refine your transformation strategy and gain hands-on experience in unlocking portfolio flow to drive maximum value across the enterprise.
Agile Coaches
Enhance your coaching toolkit with advanced facilitation techniques to better support senior leadership and complex ARTs.
Transformation Leads
Lead large-scale change initiatives with confidence, utilizing advanced strategy and AI tools to ensure sustainable business agility and measurable performance gains.
Why choose SAFe?
#1 Framework for scaling Agile
Trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide and recognized as the most considered and adopted framework globally, SAFe is the proven standard for business agility. It provides a configurable bridge to a new way of working, allowing you to scale effectively regardless of your organization’s size, industry, or complexity. Choose the framework that delivers demonstrated results.
Access a global standard
Join over 2 million trained professionals in the world’s largest agile community. SAFe training moves beyond theory with role-based simulations and a comprehensive library of collaboration templates used by top enterprises. You won’t just learn a methodology; you will master the specific tools and practices that define modern business agility.
Learn from proven consultants
SAFe training is exclusively delivered by certified SAFe Advanced SPCs and SPCTs–change agents who have demonstrated real-world expertise in scaling agile. ASPCs provide deep practical insights into how the Framework succeeds in complex environments, ensuring your learning is directly applicable to your career.
Stand out in the market
In a competitive job market, SAFe certification validates your expertise in the world’s leading Framework for business agility. Earning your certification proves your value to employers, enhances your professional credibility, and opens doors to new career opportunities and higher earning potential.
What you will learn: strategic transformation leadership
The AI-Empowered Advanced SPC course provides the advanced competencies required to lead large-scale transformations. You will learn to speak the language of leadership, integrate AI into your consulting practice, and customize the Framework for maximum business impact.
Speak the language of leadership
Refine your engagement approach with leadership and clearly articulate business value through structured simulations and peer-to-peer feedback.
Unlock Portfolio Flow
Excel in Lean Portfolio Management practices by using expert guidance to remove bottlenecks and synchronize value streams across the organization.
Customize SAFe to your context
Apply advanced guidance to tailor the SAFe framework to your organization’s unique challenges, ensuring the implementation remains relevant and sustainable.
Navigate the AI landscape
Gain best practices for utilizing AI within your role and throughout the organization to accelerate delivery and enhance decision-making.
Languages available
*All listed languages are available for this course.
However, the AI-Empowered SAFe update is currently available in select languages only.
Leverage AI to Drive Transformation
Harness AI fundamentals and specialized prompting techniques to generate high-value, role-specific templates and proven prompts tailored to the unique demands of an Advanced SPC.
Utilize the SAFe CoPilot AI assistant to quickly reference Framework guidance and support your ability to provide proven solutions to common implementation challenges.
Use AI tools for high-impact work including executive reporting, value stream mapping, and transformation roadmapping.
Evaluate and refine AI-generated insights to ensure quality and strategic alignment when advising senior leaders on complex organizational shifts.
Watch the Beyond the SPC video to learn more about the course
Certification Process Includes
Perpetual access to the course workbook and Studio™ for additional preparation
An unlimited practice test with question-level feedback and coaching report that acts as a simulation and study tool
Customer support team for service requests
A timed, multiple-choice exam with a coaching report
Certified Professionals Earn
Industry-leading AI-Empowered SAFe certification, renewed yearly
Digital badge with social media share capability to grow your network
PMI PDUs, Scrum CEUs
Exam guidelines
Domain
Topics
Understanding the ASPC Role (10-20%)
- Describe the role of an ASPC
- Designing a balanced set of metrics
- Know the critical success factors to determine which metrics to apply
Becoming Al-Native (10-20%)
- Understand how Al is transforming ways of working
- Know the Al-native success factors
- Develop basic proficiency about Al
Educating and Supporting Leadership (10-20%)
- Evaluate the impact of organizational culture on SAFe transformations
- Understand the physiology of emotional competence
- Practice building rapport and influence with key leaders and stakeholders
Leading and Navigating Transformation (10-20%)
- Understand the elements of a successful transformation strategy
- Recognize business and transformation objectives
- Draft a backlog and roadmap to achieve transformation objectives
- Communicate in language meaningful to the business
Accelerating Flow at the Portfolio Level (10-20%)
- Know the common portfolio structures
- Understand the inputs to strategic themes
- Make the case for Lean Startup
Contextualizing SAFe to Your Context (10-20%)
- Understand the reasons to customize and the aspects of SAFe that are customizable
- Practice using guardrails to customize SAFe
- Apply the step-by-step process to customize SAFe
- Explore the fundamentals of prioritizing, communicating, and implementing customizations
Resources for Future Advanced SPC’s
Stay up to date with SAFe developments and opportunities, or dive deeper into the process of earning your Advanced SPC certification.
Business Agility Podcast
Tune into the Business Agility Podcast for real stories and lessons from SAFe leaders, trainers, and change agents. Each episode offers grounded insights on applying SAFe in the real world, including what works, what doesn’t, and what’s evolving.
What Is a SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT)?
If you have deep SAFe knowledge, are a lifelong learner, are SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)-certified, and excel in training and coaching, I invite you to consider becoming a SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT).
Scaled Agile Blog
Stay current with updates, insights, and guidance straight from the creators of SAFe. The Framework Blog covers the latest changes, best practices, and thought leadership to help you apply SAFe more effectively at every level of your organization.