SAFe for Government: Roles and Responsibilities

Bridge the gap between bureaucracy and agility.

Agile work in government can be quite challenging due to long-standing bureaucratic processes and outdated labor categories that hinder the flexibility required to manage Agile acquisitions. Our latest micro-credential course aims to bridge the gap between traditional staff competencies and the new Agile roles that are needed to manage large complex systems at scale.


SAFe for Government: Roles and Responsibilities empowers you to navigate and overcome bureaucratic challenges, fostering the agility needed to manage large-scale, complex systems. By learning from industry experts and engaging in real-world problem-solving, you will gain the confidence and skills to lead and innovate in your government role.

What will I learn?

  • Summarize the most important agile roles and practice key agile activities through the lens of government work
  • Identify mitigation strategies to the most common SAFe adoption and transformation challenges
  • Become a lean-agile leader in a government context

What is a SAFe Micro-credential course?

A new training product from Scaled Agile meticulously designed to bridge the gap between theory & practice, providing actionable insights in a blended learning experience that combines a self-paced eLearning with a half-day, expert-facilitated session focusing on real-world simulations, not slides.

What should I expect before, during, and after my course?

Before
Complete 1 hour e-learning
Prior to attending your facilitated session, we highly recommend completing the associated e-learning in SAFe Studio. This e-learning provides the perfect preparation for your facilitated session.

During
Engage in 4-hour facilitated session
During your live session, a facilitator will help guide you and your classmates through a variety of activities and workshops designed to not only provide knowledge, but provide practical applications of what you learn.

After
Immediately apply your knowledge
Upon completing your e-learning and facilitated session, you will be instantly ready to apply your knowledge in your unique setting.

What is the course curriculum?

“>Self-paced, on-demand eLearning (1 hour)
The eLearning module provides a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of key agile roles including Business Owner, Product Owner (PO), Scrum Master/Team Coach (SM/TC), Product Manager, Release Train Engineer (RTE), System Architect, and SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), as well as the concept of Customers and end users in a government context. Several lessons and four self-reflection activities provide the perfect preparation for your facilitated session.

Activity 1 – Key Agile Roles in Government (~55 minutes)
To fully understand agile roles in government, you need to start with the SAFe concept of Flow. This activity reviews the eight properties of flow-based systems before discussing the activities, decisions, and other aspects of several agile roles and responsibilities.

Activity 2 – Activities of Agile Roles in Government (~45 minutes)
PI Planning is an integral event within SAFe. Our second activity provides hands-on experience assigning PI cycle activities to the appropriate role, teaching participants to identify shared activities and dependencies between roles and activities, including how to incorporate additional government requirements into the cycle.

Activity 3 – Government Scenario (~27 minutes)
Executive orders are commonplace in a government context — and often disrupt planned work. This activity reviews the options for addressing an executive order that disrupts planned work by teaching participants to identify who is involved in replanning work and developing and communicating a strategy when plans need to change.

Activity 4 – Anti-patterns & The Changing Role of Government Leadership (~65 minutes)
With more than a decade of agile transformations, we understand the typical challenges that can impede an agile acquisition. This discussion based activity helps agilists operating in a government context prevent or mitigate common challenges that run counter to Lead-Agile practices.

Achieving Responsible AI

Maximize innovation, minimize risk with Responsible AI

Achieving Responsible AI is a SAFe Micro-credential course designed to equip Agile professionals with the skills to implement Responsible AI in their organizations. This course is a blended learning experience that combines a one-hour self-paced eLearning module with a half-day facilitated session focused on practical applications and real-world scenarios. Participants will learn to identify key stakeholders, evaluate RAI policies, draft Epic hypothesis statements, and create actionable plans for continuous improvement in Responsible AI practices.


Achieving Responsible AI will make you stand out as a leader in implementing responsible AI by providing hands-on experience and practical skills that ensure your AI projects are transparent, accountable, and aligned with human values.

Through immersive learning and practical activities, you’ll develop the capability to ensure your AI systems are fair, transparent, and accountable.

Attendees will learn:

  • Explore and evaluate examples of RAI policies for potential application within your organization.
  • Develop a concise elevator pitch to advocate for RAI initiatives.
  • Create an action plan for continuous learning and sharing of best practices in RAI.

Course Curriculum:

  • Self-paced, on-demand eLearning (1 hour) introducing the topic of Responsible AI.
  • Activity 1 – Identifying Stakeholders (~30 minutes)
  • Activity 2 – Evaluating RAI Policies (~25 minutes)
  • Activity 3 – Communicating the Need for RAI (~30 minutes)
  • Activity 4 – Writing an RAI Epic Hypothesis Statement (~35 minutes)

SAFe® Connect Turkey

SAFe® Connect Turkey

Join us at this event designed to equip you with the tools to transform your business with SAFe®.

When:

June 6,  2024, 1 PM – 6 PM GMT + 3

Where:

Barbaros, MEXT Teknoloji Merkezi

Sarkaç Sk. Kat:-2, 34746

Ataşehir/İstanbul, Turkey

Who:

Business Owner

Event Overview

Connect with a global network of technology and agility experts, share insights with peers, hear inspiring customer success stories, and gain insights. This immersive experience will be packed with networking and content focused on expanding your knowledge about the Scaled Agile Framework®, and which benefits it can bring for you to exceed in the Turkish market.

Speakers

Andrew Sales

Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc

SAFe Leadership Forum

SAFe® Leadership Forum

Join this one-day conference targeted at all levels of leaders in organizations practicing SAFe or considering it.

When:

September 19, 2024, 8:30 am – September 19, 2024, 7:00 pm EET

Where:

Gleisarena, Zollstrasse 17, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Who:

Business Owner, CEO, CIO, Enterprise Architect

Event Overview

This event is a great opportunity to bring together and improve the community of organizations using SAFe.

Questions? Contact us here.

Speakers

Inbar Oren

Chief Product Officer, SAFe Fellow and Methodologist at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Agile HR Explorer (third-party course)

A profound shift is happening in the way enterprises approach people management. Human Resource departments are realizing that traditional HR practices don’t support Agile teams and the needs of today’s rapidly changing business environments. To bridge this gap, Agile HR Explorer provides learners with the guidance needed to align HR practices with the SAFe transformation and their Agile teams.

This one-day introductory course is designed for HR professionals and leaders in a Lean-Agile environment to gain a high‐level understanding of Agile methodology and its influence on Human Resources. In Agile HR Explorer, learners will explore the new world of work and learn why Agile is instrumental in creating more stable, responsive, and successful organizations.

The course was created by one of the leading thought leaders in the world of Agile HR, Just Leading Solutions (JLS)©.

Attendees learn:

  • New World of Work – explore the latest revolution of work and its disruptive impact on organizations and HR. 
  • Agile Foundationscovers the history of Agile, its values, principles and underlying concepts
  • Intro to Agile HR – explains the meaning of Agile HR, and Agile4HR vs. HR4Agile
  • Mini Case Studies – practical stories to help learners apply the newly gained knowledge
  • Practices and Themes – guidance for applying agile values and principles to different HR practices

Agile HR Explorer answers the questions:

  • How can I identify the changing nature of work and its impact on HR?
  • What is the world of Agile and how do I apply agile values and principles?
  • What is the difference between Agile4HR and HR4Agile?
  • What are the key Agile HR themes and their relevance to HR Practices?

Languages available:

English

What’s included:

  • Course workbook 
  • Option to pursue certification from Just Learning Solutions

Accolades:

Certified Agile HR Explorer (AHRE) – certificate and digital badge from Just Leading Solutions

What people say about Agile HR Explorer

“I was blown away by how interactive a virtual course could be. JLS has put together an online experience that is unlike any other I’ve ever seen. Fabiola is so knowledgeable and passionate on the topic of Agile HR. This was the most informative online course I’ve ever taken.”