What is a SAFe Course and How Can it Benefit my Career?

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Originally Posted On: What is a SAFe Course and How Can it Benefit my Career? – Advised Skills

If you’re looking to build your portfolio and develop your career, investing in a SAFe course is perfect. Read more about these courses and their benefits.

It’s often said that learning is the key to personal and professional growth. And for lean-agile professionals, there’s no truer saying.

Roles that need agile development skills are set to increase by over 7% in the next 10 years. And with the average agile project manager earning an incredible $103,000, there’s never been a better time to invest in yourself!

In this post, we’re going to explain what scaled agile courses are, how they can benefit your career and how to choose a reputable provider. Grab your notepad, your next promotion depends on this!

SAFe is the worlds leading framework for scaling agile ways of working across enterprise organizations. Favored by the Fortune 500 and the world’s leading businesses, SAFe practices speed up project delivery time, boost productivity and improve the quality of your work.

During a certified SAFe course, you’ll learn how to leverage the scaled agile framework to install lean-agile practices across your business. You’ll cover:

• Lean systems management
• Agile development
• Product development flows
• DevOps best practices

And much more! All in two intensive days.

The scaled agile framework is the most common technique for scaling lean agile methodologies. By investing in a SAFe course, you’re paving the way to become a leader in agile transformation, which will benefit your organization and your career! Check out the main benefits of taking an accredited SAFe course:

SAFe courses are global so they’ll hold value wherever you are in the world. And as a certified agile practitioner, you’ll be in high demand. If you’ve always dreamed of working abroad or moving to a new industry you’ll be able to take the plunge, knowing you have the credentials, skill, and knowledge needed to succeed!

It’s easy to adopt agile methodologies in a small organization. But at an enterprise level, it’s far more challenging.

SAFe training gives you the skills you need to scale agile ways of working across large organizations and many workflows. Improve your time to market, produce high-quality work and motivate your team like never before.

The skills you gain on a SAFe training course will empower you to align multiple teams, achieve synergy with different departments, and above all, deliver exceptional value to customers.

Lots of organizations attempt to use agile methodologies. But many lack the experience to do so effectively.

An individual team or department might be able to incorporate the techniques with relative ease. But when you bring business units together, obstacles and poor techniques can halt your agile progress.

SAFe training gives you the tools to tool a uniform approach to agile across your entire business. You’ll feel confident planning, executing, and delivering workshops for multiple business units. Clashing practices will cease to be an issue as you guide your colleagues to adopt a consistent approach that enhances your workflows.

Adopting an agile approach will force you to create new roles and change existing ones. If you’re unsure of what roles you need or how to change them, you’ll find it harder to progress.

SAFe courses include training to help you manage organizational change. Team members will need training in agile ways of working, starting at the program and portfolio level. This will ensure a smooth transition to an agile mindset without your colleagues worrying about the future of their role.

As agile ways of working become increasingly popular, more and more job seekers are able to say they have lean agile experience. For employers, it’s difficult to gauge an individual’s experience level. Unless your resume stands out from the crowd.

A SAFe certification differentiates you from other job seekers and validates your knowledge in agile methods. If other candidates have experience working in an agile environment, you’ll be the one with the skills to lead organizational transformation and maintain best practices businesswide. And this will be reflected in your salary.

Certified SAFe professionals receive around 25% more than those who do not hold a SAFe agile qualification. And with the US Fortune 100 using SAFe, the demand for your skills is growing day by day.

Employers are looking for candidates who can prove their agile experience. SAFe certification is without a doubt, the best way to do so.

Besides the hike in your salary, SAFe training promises long-term career progression.

All SAFe attendees receive membership to the SAFe community platform. This provides resources to keep your knowledge up to date and networking opportunities, to help you secure your ideal role. You can even take role-specific courses, like SAFe for architects or SAFe for government practitioners to tailor your skillset to a specific position.

Choosing an accredited SAFe provider is essential. It guarantees that teaching is of the highest standard, covers the correct course material in its entirety, and is firmly rooted in the Scaled Agile Framework, which is the fundamental basis of the entire course.

Advised skills are a specialist lean-agile transformation, implementation, and program management consultancy. With a team of highly experienced trainers and consultants leading our SAFe courses, Advised Skills will help you embark on your individual scaled agile journey or conduct bespoke in-house training for your entire team. With live and online courses available, there’s an option for everyone.

Mastering scaled agile principles will provide your organization with the agility needed to respond to changing customer demands and new technologies.

By taking a SAFe course, you’ll be leading the scrum, tackling these challenges head-on. Your reward? A well-paid, energizing career that’s set to be high in demand for years to come.

For more information about the Scaled Agile Certification and how it could benefit your career, get in touch with our team.