SAFe® Scrum Master Course (SSM Certification)

16 hrs | $895.00

Applying the Scrum Master Role within a SAFe Enterprise

The SAFe® Scrum Master course equips attendees to coach Agile teams to deliver business value at scale. The course teaches you the tactical skills needed to be an effective Scrum Master in a SAFe organization. It also gives you the guidance and tools necessary for working in remote environments with distributed teams.

If you want to become a certified scrum master with the skills to help leading companies succeed with Agile and scrum, the SAFe® Scrum Master course is for you. Learn how scrum masters empower and lead Agile teams. Understand how to facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives. And discover how to help teams plan and complete their work using SAFe Scrum and SAFe Kanban. You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, so you can help develop high-performing, engaged, continuously improving teams in your own organization.

After taking the course, you’ll know how to:

• Empower and lead an Agile team
• Facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives
• Help teams plan and complete their work
• You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, which are crucial for key SAFe team roles. These skills will enable you to develop high-performing, engaged, and continuously improving teams in your own organization.

Attendees learn:

• How to facilitate Scrum events
• How to support PI execution
• How to coach teams to improve constantly
• How to implement DevOps for continuous flow and delivery

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master answers the questions:

• How do Scrum Masters facilitate planning and execution of work during a PI?
• How do you coach and lead Agile teams inside a SAFe enterprise?
• How do you become a servant leader to build a high-performing team?

• 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 Scrum Master certification exam

• New Scrum Masters who need to perform the role
• Existing Scrum Masters who would like to understand their role in the context of a SAFe® enterprise
• Team Leads who want to understand the Scrum Master role
• SAFe® Release Train Engineers who want to coach Scrum Masters on their role

SAFe® Certification Kit

Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:

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

Exam Details

• Exam Name: SAFe® 6 Scrum Master Exam
• Exam Format: Multiple choice, single-select
• Exam Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, 90 minutes
• Exam Access: Learning Plan (after course completion)
• 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 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete the exam
• Number of Questions: 45
• Passing Score: 73%
• Language: English
• 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.

Professional Development Units (PDUs)

Attendees may be eligible to apply for up to 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications.