SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master Class (SASM Certification)

16 hrs | $995.00

Advancing Scrum Master Servant Leadership with SAFe

As a practicing scrum master in a SAFe organization, you have the tactical skills to coach Agile teams to deliver business value. Build on that solid foundation in the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course and discover how to facilitate success for Agile teams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and the organization. And get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

Take your leadership skills to the next level. The SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course will give you the tools to improve your coaching and facilitation skills, avoid common missteps, and encourage relentless improvement. You’ll learn how to apply Lean, Kanban, DevOps, and SAFe principles to improve team and business outcomes. You’ll up-level your facilitation skills for key Agile and SAFe events, whether they’re in person or across teams and time zones. And you’ll discover how communities of practice can support continuous improvement.

• How to apply SAFe principles to facilitate, enable, and coach in a multi-team environment
• How to adopt scalable engineering practices, Kanban, DevOps, and Agile architecture to optimize flow
• How to advance your facilitation skills for ART and team event planning, execution, and delivering end-to-end value
• How to build communities of practice to support high-performing teams and ART efficiency
• How to lead distributed teams effectively in remote environments

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master answers the questions:

• What’s the next step in my learning as a SAFe Scrum Master?
• How can I improve my coaching and facilitation skills to support my team?
• What are common anti-patterns to avoid when encouraging relentless improvement at scale?

• Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
• Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
• One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
  • Team Event Facilitator Guides
  • Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
  • Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
• Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
• SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification exam

Who will benefit?

• Existing Scrum Masters
• Team leaders, project managers, and others assuming the role of an Agile Team facilitator in a SAFe® or enterprise Agile context
• Engineering and development managers responsible for Agile execution and coaching teams, including teams of teams
• Agile coaches
• Agile Program Managers
• Prospective SAFe® Release Train Engineers

SAFe® Certification Kit

Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:

• SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master certificate
• A SAFe® 6 Advanced Scrum Master digital badge to promote your accomplishment online
• A one-year certified membership as a SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master, which includes access to the SASM Community of Practice
• Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe® journey

Exam Details

• Exam Name: SAFe® 6 Advanced Scrum Master Exam
• Exam Format: Multiple Choice; Multiple Select
• Exam Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, 120 minutes
• Exam Access:  SAFe® Community Platform upon completion of the course
• Exam cost: First exam attempt is included as part of the course registration fee if the exam is taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake attempt costs $50.
• Exam Duration: Once the exam begins candidates have 120 minutes to complete the exam
• Number of Questions: 60
• Passing Score: 44 out of 60 (73%)
• Retake policy: Second attempt on exam (first retake) can be done immediately after first attempt. Third attempt requires a 10-day wait. Fourth attempt requires a 30-day wait. Contact support@scaledagile.com for any retake questions.

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

Attendees may be eligible to apply for up to 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI)