SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master helps drive wider org success and solve team issues.
- Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale
- Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
- Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
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The next step in the Scrum Master’s Learning Path
This two-day SAFe Advanced Scrum Master course prepares you, a current Scrum Master, for your leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) implementation.
The training program covers facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of program execution and relentless improvement. It enhances your knowledge of the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices and the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value. You’ll also learn about supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders in the larger program and enterprise contexts.
The SAFe Advanced Scrum Master training program provides you with the actionable tools you need to build high-performing teams and explores practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise. After taking the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master exam, you’ll certify as a SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM).
Key Features
Learning Goals
During this two-day course you will learn to:
Apply SAFe principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a multi-team environment
Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale
Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture
Apply Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) to optimize flow and improve team outcomes
Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value
Support learning through participation in Communities of Practice and innovation cycles
Program
Two-day training program. Each course day starts at 9:00 and ends at 18:00, and includes a complimentary lunch and an afternoon break.
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
- •Advanced Scrum Master responsibilities in a SAFe® enterprise
- •Facilitating cross-team collaboration and alignment
- •Identifying and resolving team and program anti-patterns
- •Applying Scrum, Kanban & Lean-Agile practices at scale
- •Enabling PI Planning, ART Syncs & Inspect & Adapt
- •Supporting DevOps and Continuous Delivery
- •Strengthening Agile leadership and SAFe® adoption
- •Coaching Scrum Masters and teams in a Lean-Agile enterprise
Prerequisites and Eligibility
Everyone is welcome to attend the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master course, regardless of role or experience.
For those who intend to take the SAFe® 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification exam, having one or more of the following certifications is highly recommended:
- SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) certification;
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification;
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification.
Exam Details
Exam name – SAFe® 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master Exam
Exam format – Multiple choice, Multiple select
Exam delivery – Web-based (single-browser), closed book, no outside assistance, timed.
Exam access – Candidates can access the exam within the SAFe Community Platform upon completion of the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master course.
Exam duration – Once the exam begins candidates have 120 minutes (2 hours) to complete the exam.
Number of questions – 60. Some questions are worth more points than others. For example: A question where you select 3 out of 4 options is worth more points than a true or false question.
Passing score – 42 out of 60 questions (70%)
Language – English
Exam cost – The first attempt is included as part of the course registration fee, if the exam is taken within 30 days of course and completed before midnight on the last day. Each retake attempt comes with a fixed fee.
Retake policy – A second attempt on the exam (first retake) can be done immediately after the first attempt. The third attempt requires a 10-day wait. A fourth attempt requires a 30-day wait. Contact support@scaledagile.com for any questions about the retake policy. For some insight into the exam, check out a couple of sample test questions.
After the exam, your profile will automatically be updated when you’ve passed. The Scaled Agile Academy will inform you of this. You’ll then have access to the private online community and are able to make your profile public within the Scaled Agile community. Until that moment, only you have the privilege to see your certification.
Schedules for SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
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Who This Course Is For
Your company has embraced the benefits of Scrum teams for some time now and has become a SAFe enterprise. With the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master course, practicing Scrum Masters can extend their knowledge of Scrum to include actionable tools for building high-performing teams and practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns
After completing this training program, you’ll be a certified Advanced Scrum Master able to lead your organization to the next level of Scrum.
Course attendees typically include:
- Existing Scrum Masters
- Team leaders, project managers, and others who have assumed the role of an Agile team facilitator in a SAFe® or enterprise Agile context
- Engineering and development managers who will be responsible for Agile execution and for coaching teams and teams of teams
- Agile coaches
- Agile program managers and prospective Release Train Engineers
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This course was very informative, a must for all managers It helped me understand the inner workings of a well managed organization. The course was co...
This course was very informative, a must for all managers It helped me understand the inner workings of a well managed organization. The course was co...
This course was very informative, a must for all managers. It helped me understand the inner workings of a well managed organization. The course was c...
This course was very informative, a must for all managers. It helped me understand the inner workings of a well managed organization. The course was c...
This course was very informative, a must for all managers It helped me understand the inner workings of a well managed organization. The course was co...
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