SAFe for Architects

Summary

Attendees can improve collaboration and alignment in a SAFe® Lean-Agile enterprise when they become a SAFe 4 Architect. The SAFe® for Architects course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. During this three-day course, attendees will explore the roles, responsibilities, and mindset of Agile Architects, and appreciate how to align architecture with business value and drive continuous flow to large systems-of-systems while supporting SAFe program execution.
This course is for senior technical contributors who need to understand the role of System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects in Lean-Agile enterprises. The course is also appropriate for individuals desiring a deeper view into how architecture enables continuous value flow and how architects engage in, and contribute to, a Lean-Agile enterprise.

Learning Goals

To perform the role of a SAFe®Architect attendees should be able to:

• Architect using SAFe principles

• Align architecture with business value

• Develop and communicate architecture vision and intent

• Plan architectural runway to enable delivery success

• Architect for continuous delivery and Release on Demand

• Lead and coach architects and team members during Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution

• Provide leadership during a Lean-Agile transformation

Topics Covered

• Exemplifying Lean-Agile architecture

• Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand

• Aligning architecture with business value

• Developing Solution Vision, Solution Intent, and Roadmaps

• Preparing architecture for Program Increment (PI) Planning

• Coordinating architecture throughout PI Planning

• Supporting Continuous Delivery during PI execution

• Supporting new Strategic Themes and Value Streams

• Leading as an architect during a Lean-Agile transformation

What you get

• Attendee workbooks

• Eligibility to take the SAFe® 4 Architect (ARCH) exam

• One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform

• Course certificate of completion

Prerequisites for SAFe for Architects Training

Those who attend this course should be familiar with Agile principles and practices and must have attended at least one SAFe course prior to attending this one.

Dan Gibson

Dan has been working in scaled agile environments since 2008 and joined one of the UK's first SAFe rollouts in 2013. He is an SPC and actively involved with SAFe transformations in the UK. Dan is passionate about Enterprise Agility and can bring a wealth of industry experience, spanning 25 years, to a wide range of problems.

Phil Cutcliffe

As a trainer Phil has 15 years training and mentoring experience, and has delivered over 100 agile training sessions throughout the UK, US, Europe and South East Asia.
In addition to his training Phil remains a practicing Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer and brings the reality of real world scenarios into his coaching and training.

Get In Touch

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0800 368 8781