Leading SAFe: Everything you need to know

We asked Gladwell Academy trainer Renate Cremer to describe what the course has to offer prospective participants. “This two-day course is meant to give you a starting point to design the SAFe implementation; it addresses the Big Picture of the SAFe framework and triggers to make efficiency adjustments or change implementation.”

“Students begin by learning about the potential for growth and adaptation that SAFe can bring to an organization. From there we move into what management at all levels looks like in SAFe, and the different leadership styles and their function under SAFe. We look at how teams are set up and organized including the mindset of a SAFe team, and the reorganization of separate teams into a ‘team of teams.’ The course caps off with students learning the practical needs of setting up the SAFe framework including setting up value streams, product vision, practical matters around PI Planning and the SAFe approach to enterprise IT architecture.”

“This program offers a great first step into SAFe, but more importantly it can help you carve out your own role in a changing organization. More importantly, it can show you how you can influence your organization during the transition for both your own benefit, and the organization’s. It gives you the power to make real changes you wouldn’t in a traditional working environment.”

“This course also is structured using the same SAFe framework. You’ll have first-hand experience of how a team-of-teams is structured, and we’ll use the same tools and techniques for team management for the course which you will be learning to use yourself.”

To accurately communicate the value of this course Gladwell Academy reached out to a former student to offer their insights on the course.

“I found that this course offered a great overview of SAFe before diving in deeper. After I finished the training I went right into studying for the Leading SAFe certification, but even before that I started to talk with my colleagues about our transformation. It had taken a lot of learning and training to get there, but I began to get involved in how my organization was changing. While my role in the organization wasn’t directly involved, I found that having this background in SAFe helped me understand and work within the organization during and after the transition.”

“I’d describe myself as a true believer in SAFe, it’s changing both our way of working and our behavior for the better. “