Advanced SAFe Practice Consultant (ASPC)

As an ex­pe­ri­en­ced ex­pert in the Sca­led Agi­le Frame­work (SAFe®), you sup­port or­ga­niza­ti­ons in suc­cessful­ly es­tab­li­shing agi­le ways of working and con­ti­nuous­ly op­ti­mi­zing them. The Ad­van­ced SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (ASPC) cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on path deepens your know­ledge as a SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (SPC) and pro­vi­des you with new prac­ti­ces, me­thods, and stra­te­gies to ap­p­ly SAFe even more effectively.

Du­ring this in­te­gra­ted lear­ning path, you will ac­qui­re in-depth ex­per­ti­se in agi­le trans­for­ma­ti­on stra­tegy, Lean Port­fo­lio Ma­nage­ment, lea­der­ship en­ga­ge­ment, and con­ti­nuous im­pro­ve­ment. With the Ad­van­ced SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (ASPC) cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, you will be­long to the eli­te of SAFe ex­perts and be well-equip­ped to dri­ve sus­tainable agi­le transformations.

The Ad­van­ced SAFe® Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (ASPC) is an ad­di­tio­nal qua­li­fi­ca­ti­on by Sca­led Agi­le Inc., spe­ci­fi­cal­ly de­si­gned for al­re­a­dy cer­ti­fied SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tants (SPCs). This ad­van­ced trai­ning al­lows you to deepen your know­ledge and ele­va­te your SAFe im­ple­men­ta­ti­on ex­per­ti­se to the next level.

Price and registration

The cour­se fee is CHF 2,795 (ex­clu­ding VAT). Ad­di­tio­nal­ly, ear­ly bird re­gis­tra­ti­ons re­cei­ve a 5% dis­count. You can re­gis­ter by sel­ec­ting the de­si­red cour­se date. The cour­se link or re­gis­tra­ti­on but­ton will then di­rect you to the re­gis­tra­ti­on page.

ASPC registration

The­re are curr­ent­ly no Ad­van­ced SAFe® Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (ASPC) planned.

ASPC in-house training

If you are in­te­res­ted in in-house trai­ning, plea­se cont­act us at academy@flowsphere.ch. We will make you an of­fer immediately!

ASPC Learning goals

This cour­se en­ables you to prac­ti­cal­ly ap­p­ly the con­tent of the fol­lo­wing mo­du­les and stra­te­gi­cal­ly im­ple­ment them wi­thin your or­ga­niza­ti­on. Af­ter com­ple­ting the cour­se, you should be able to:

Developing a Transformation Strategy

  • Un­der­stand the ele­ments of a suc­cessful trans­for­ma­ti­on strategy
  • De­ve­lop me­a­sura­ble trans­for­ma­ti­on ob­jec­ti­ves to dri­ve busi­ness outcomes
  • Draft a trans­for­ma­ti­on back­log and road­map to achie­ve trans­for­ma­ti­on objectives
  • Prac­ti­ce com­mu­ni­ca­ting the stra­tegy to your or­ga­niza­ti­on in lan­guage meaningful to the business

Excelling with Lean Portfolio Management

  • Compa­re and con­trast com­mon port­fo­lio configurations
  • Ana­ly­ze, im­pro­ve, and crea­te stra­te­gic themes
  • Ana­ly­ze and com­ple­te an epic hy­po­the­sis statement
  • Prac­ti­ce ap­p­ly­ing the­se con­cepts in a scenario
  • Iden­ti­fy ac­tions to take in your own organization

Engaging Leaders

  • Eva­lua­te the im­pact of or­ga­niza­tio­nal cul­tu­re on SAFe implementations
  • As­sess be­ha­vi­ors that build trust and in­fluence with leaders
  • Iden­ti­fy prac­ti­cal tech­ni­ques for buil­ding em­pa­thy and un­der­stan­ding with lea­ders and key stakeholders
  • Prac­ti­ce emo­tio­nal com­pe­tence and em­pa­thy when par­ti­ci­pa­ting in dif­fi­cult conversations

Pursuing Relentless Improvement

  • As­sess how well your or­ga­niza­ti­on uses the ele­ments of re­lent­less im­pro­ve­ment and iden­ti­fy one ele­ment to improve
  • Ex­plo­re prac­ti­cal tech­ni­ques for re­lent­less im­pro­ve­ment to ap­p­ly in your own context
  • Re­co­gni­ze the ele­ments of a ba­lan­ced set of me­trics at the port­fo­lio, ART, and team le­vels of SAFe
  • De­fi­ne a ba­lan­ced set of me­trics to im­pro­ve decision-making
  • De­ve­lop a per­so­nal plan of ac­tion to streng­then your sel­ec­ted ele­ment of re­lent­less improvement

ASPC Content

Du­ring the Ad­van­ced SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (ASPC) cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on path, par­ti­ci­pan­ts com­ple­te the fol­lo­wing mo­du­les, in­clu­ding the Lear­ning Lab..

ASPC Certification path

  • A. One self-pa­ced On-Demand-Module
    Wri­ting Ef­fec­ti­ve OKRs as a SAFe Skill e‑learning mo­du­le (1 hour)
  • B. Blen­ded-Lear­ning-Mo­du­les
    Mo­de­ra­ted half-day ses­si­ons (On-De­mand + Trai­ner Ses­si­ons) fo­cu­sing on:
    1. De­ve­lo­ping a Trans­for­ma­ti­on Strategy
    De­ve­lop a sus­tainable trans­for­ma­ti­on stra­tegy (4 hours).
    2. Ex­cel­ling with Lean Port­fo­lio Management
    Ac­ce­le­ra­te va­lue flow wi­thin the or­ga­niza­ti­on using LPM (4 hours).
    3. En­ga­ging Leaders
    En­ga­ge and in­spi­re lea­ders to ad­opt Lean-Agi­le prac­ti­ces (4 hours).
    4. Pur­suing Re­lent­less Improvement
    Build mo­men­tum and in­spi­ra­ti­on for sus­tainable ch­an­ge (4 hours).
  • C. Lear­ning Lab (4 Stun­den)
    By ap­p­ly­ing ad­van­ced SAFe skills to com­plex en­ter­pri­se sce­na­ri­os, you deepen your SPC ex­per­ti­se th­rough sce­na­rio-ba­sed as­sess­ments and be­ne­fit from peer-to-peer lear­ning with ac­tionable feedback.

What else do you get

By par­ti­ci­pa­ting you receive:
  • Elec­tro­nic and, upon re­quest, prin­ted cour­se materials
  • Eli­gi­bi­li­ty to take the cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on exam
  • A cer­ti­fi­ca­te of com­ple­ti­on upon request

Target audience, who will benefit from it?

This cour­se is de­si­gned for the fol­lo­wing professionals:
  • SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tants (SPC 6.0)
  • SPCs with at least one year of experience
  • SAFe con­sul­tants who have led mul­ti­ple ART launches
  • Agi­le coa­ches working in lar­ge enterprises

Prerequisites

To en­roll in the ASPC cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on path, the fol­lo­wing re­qui­re­ments must be met:
  • You are SAFe Prac­ti­ce Con­sul­tant (SPC) 6.0 certified
  • You have an ac­ti­ve mem­ber­ship in SAFe Studio

SAFe® Certification

The cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on exam is of­fe­red by Sca­led Agi­le Inc. and con­duc­ted on­line in Eng­lish. Par­ti­ci­pan­ts who suc­cessful­ly com­ple­te the cour­se and pass the exam will re­cei­ve the ASPC cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on.

  • 4 SAFe Micro-credential
    - De­ve­lo­ping a Trans­for­ma­ti­on Strategy
    - Ex­cel­ling with Lean Port­fo­lio Management
    - En­ga­ging Leaders
    - Pur­suing Re­lent­less Improvement
  • 1 SAFe Skill
    - Wri­ting Ef­fec­ti­ve OKRs
  • One-year mem­ber­ship as an Ad­van­ced SAFe Prac­ti­ce Consultant
  • Ac­cess to a wide ran­ge of lear­ning re­sour­ces to sup­port your jour­ney as a cer­ti­fied SAFe leader