AI-EMPOWERED SAFe®
Implementing SAFe
Become a SAFe Practice Consultant
Become a leading change agent by gaining the expertise to teach, coach, and guide enterprise-wide transformations. This advanced certification provides the verified skills to implement the SAFe Framework while integrating AI-empowered strategies that amplify your impact and accelerate value delivery across the entire organization.
Future-proof your coaching career by bridging deep transformation knowledge with modern technology. You will gain the authority to certify others and lead successful SAFe adoptions, leveraging role-specific AI techniques to optimize flow, identify strategic insights, and sustain lasting organizational change at scale.
Advanced level
Recommended pre-requisites: SAFe for Teams (SP) and Leading SAFe (SA)
Exam
120 minutes
Passing score
83% to pass
Certification
Accreditation upon passing exam
The value of your SAFe Practice Consultant 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 Practice Consultant Certification
Achieving your certification affords you the exclusive ability to teach SAFe courses to others and unlocks additional resources to deepen your understanding of the SAFe Practice Consultant role.
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?
You can succeed as an SPC if you have a firm understanding of lean-agile principles and bring a professional background with consulting expertise, project management, product leadership, or portfolio management experience. Prior experience in a specific SAFe role like RTE or product manager can also help position you for success as an SPC.
Agile coaches
Elevate your coaching by gaining the authority to certify others and using AI to supplement your facilitation and organizational assessment techniques.
Project managers
Transition to a high-level change agent role, utilizing AI to streamline complex transformation roadmaps while focusing on Lean-Agile delivery.
Product managers
Align product strategy with enterprise execution while leveraging AI to assist in value stream identification and strategic backlog prioritization.
Release Train Engineers
Elevate your facilitation skills to an enterprise level, utilizing AI to enhance ART execution and better coordinate multiple value streams.
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 SPCTs who have demonstrated real-world expertise in scaling agile. Unlike generic trainers, SPCTs 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: enterprise-scale transformation
The Implementing SAFe course focuses on the advanced core skills required to guide an organization through a successful Lean-Agile transition. You will learn to coach teams, launch Agile Release Trains, and apply AI tools to increase your efficiency as an expert change agent.
Guide Lean-Agile transformations
Plan and lead a comprehensive SAFe transformation by applying the implementation roadmap to drive performance, quality, and lasting business agility across the enterprise.
Facilitate training and coaching
Gain the exclusive capability to teach a broad set of SAFe courses and coach individuals. Learn to mentor teams and leaders to build a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.
Optimize organizational flow
Identify value streams and launch Agile Release Trains to ensure work moves efficiently. Apply objectives and key results to strategic themes to align execution with strategy.
Advance product delivery
Practice the principles of Agile product management to build high-quality solutions. Use Lean Portfolio Management techniques to ensure the organization is investing in the right value.
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 amplify change leadership
Harness AI fundamentals and prompting techniques tailored for the SPC role to help generate coaching materials, facilitator guides, and transformation artifacts more efficiently.
Utilize the SAFe CoPilot AI assistant to quickly reference Framework guidance and support your ability to provide data-backed recommendations for value stream optimization.
Apply role-specific AI prompting to improve portfolio transparency, refine backlogs, and facilitate more impactful communication across the Agile Release Train and enterprise.
Evaluate AI-generated strategic insights to ensure alignment with Lean-Agile principles, maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight for ethical and high-quality outcomes.
Watch the Implementing SAFe 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
Adapting and Thriving with SAFe (7-9%)
- Thrive in the age of disruption
- Build a Lean-Agile organization
Building a Foundation with Mindset, Values and Principles (18-21%)
- Understanding the Lean-Agile mindset and SAFe Core Values
- Apply the SAFe Lean-Agile principles
- Empower agility with AI
Establishing Team and Technical Agility (7-9%)
- Describe cross-functional AGile Teams
- Organize around the flow of value with Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
- Built-In Quality practices
- Build and maintain a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps
Product Development Flow (25-28%)
- Apply customer-centricity and Design Thinking
- Prioritize the ART Backlog
- Participate in PI Planning
- Execute the PI
Exploring Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) (25-28%)
- Define a SAFe Portfolio
- Connect the Portfolio to the enterprise strategy
- Maintain the Portfolio Vision
- Realize the Portfolio Vision through Epics
- Establish Portfolio flow
- Apply AI tools to LPM
Leading the Change (7-9%)
- Lead by example
- Lead the change
- Empower leaders with AI
Reaching the SAFe Tipping Point (4-6%)
- Establish the vision for change
- Build a powerful guiding coalition
Designing the Implementation (5-7%)
- Identify value streams and ARTs
- Create the Implementation plan
Launching an ART (7-9%)
- Prepare for an ART Launch
- Training teams and launching the ART
- Facilitating distributed PI Planning
Coaching ART Execution (5-7%)
- Run an Inspect and Adapt event for Continuous Improvement
- Run a Problem Solving Workshop
Large Solution Integration and Delivery (7-9%)
- Understand larger solution integration and delivery
- Launch additional ARTs and Value Streams
- Operate a Solution Train
- Integrate and deliver large solutions
Enhancing the Portfolio (9-11%)
- Support portfolio operations
- Measure Portfolio performance
- Unlock strategy agility
Accelerating Business Agility (12-14%)
- Measure and grow
- Accelerating flow
- Customizing SAFe
Resources for SAFe Practice Consultants
Learn more about the SAFe Practice Consultant role, its impact on a successful SAFe implementation, and the additional opportunities to gain expertise.
Getting Certified with Scaled Agile
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Lean-Agile Leadership
The Lean-Agile Leadership competency describes how leaders drive organizational change and operational excellence by empowering individuals and teams and unlocking intrinsic motivations.
Business Agility Podcast
Get personal, expert perspective on a range of SAFe topics from interviews on the Business Agilist Now podcast. With new episodes releasing every week, it’s the easiest way to learn from other practitioners and professionals on what works in SAFe, and why.