About the Course
Today's enterprises—public agencies, NGOs, and private corporations—face mounting complexity. Deliverables can cross departments, vendors, and locations. Teams operate in silos. Leadership expects results aligned with strategy. You need more than agile at the micro level: you need coordinated, predictable, portfolio-level delivery.
This course turns SAFe from a framework into your toolkit. You will gain practical, actionable methods to synchronize teams, plan and manage cross-functional delivery, and report value transparently. This course will teach you how to link strategic themes to backlog items, fund value streams, and manage epics without becoming bogged down in bureaucracy. It’s hands-on, scenario-driven, and made for managers and leaders who must guide enterprise-scale agile delivery.
Target Audience
This training is built for professionals who must orchestrate agile delivery at scale:
- Program and portfolio managers navigating agile transformation
- Release Train Engineers or Scrum Masters coordinating multiple teams
- Product Managers or Owners aligning features and roadmaps
- Enterprise or Solution Architects managing cross-team dependencies
- Agile Coaches guiding large-scale rollouts
- Business unit leaders seeking past-the-project speed and alignment
- PMO professionals integrating agile methods with portfolio planning
- Technical leads building Agile pipelines and flow at scale
- Change agents driving organizational culture shifts toward agility
- Anyone responsible for enterprise agile transformation and value delivery
Course Objectives
This course equips you to lead scaled agility, align programs with strategy, and consistently deliver value using the SAFe Framework.
Participants will be able to:
- Grasp the roles, events, and layers of SAFe without jargon
- Connect team-level delivery to program and portfolio priorities
- Plan and execute Program Increments (PIs) with confidence
- Launch and manage Agile Release Trains for coordinated delivery
- Use Lean Portfolio Management to prioritize and fund initiatives
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration and feedback loops
- Drive value delivery through cadence and alignment
- Adapt SAFe practices to your specific organizational context
Local Application and Business Return in Botswana
How participants can apply the training in local operating conditions, and the return their organisation can plan for.
How participants apply this
Expected ROI
Training Methodology
This is a practical, scenario-driven training to make SAFe a functional system for enterprise success:
- PI planning simulations: Run mock sessions to align teams
- Value stream mapping: Visualize dependencies and flow
- ART setup exercises: From launch to governance
- Backlog alignment tools: Templates you can reuse immediately
- Role‑playing: Cross-functional negotiation and coordination
- Case studies: Examples from public sector, NGOs, and tech enterprises
- Retrospectives and inspect‑and‑adapt sessions: Learn while you run
- Self‑assessments and action planning: Identify your scaling gaps
Upcoming Sessions
Next available dates worldwide
Certification
Recognized credentials that advance your career
Participants who complete the Scaling Agile for Program Management (SAFe Framework) Training Program earn a Trainingcred Certificate of Achievement, demonstrating professional competence and alignment with global standards in learning and development.
NITA Accredited
Accredited by the National Industrial Training Authority, ensuring programs meet nationally recognized standards of quality and relevance.
CPD Certified
Recognized by the CPD Certification Service, ensuring every program meets internationally benchmarked standards of professional excellence.
Why this course earns its place on your CV
Accredited training, practitioner trainers, and peers on the same career track — the three things real expertise is built on.
Career Advancement
- Earn a SAFe skills that boosts your resume and market value.
- Open doors to senior management roles with top-tier agile expertise.
- Facilitate quicker promotions with proven program management skills.
Expert Delivery
- Learn from certified SAFe experts with real-world program scaling experience.
- Interactive sessions ensure you apply SAFe concepts effectively in any scenario.
- Gain insights from trainers who have led successful agile transformations.
Practical Application
- Master tools and techniques to scale agile across departments instantly.
- Implement SAFe frameworks immediately, enhancing project deliverables.
- Reduce program failures with hands-on agile scaling strategies.
Tools and platforms relevant to this field
Examples Botswana teams may encounter, and that may be featured in training where they support the confirmed course scope.
These are field-relevant examples, not a promise that every tool will be covered. Exact coverage depends on the confirmed course scope, participant needs, and delivery format.
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Jira Software AtlassianUsed to visualise backlogs, programme dependencies, and iteration progress across multiple teams.
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Confluence AtlassianUsed to document PI objectives, programme decisions, and team-level agreements in one shared workspace.
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Microsoft Teams MicrosoftUsed to support cross-functional planning sessions and remote PI-style coordination meetings.
