SSM

SAFe Scrum Master study plan

3 sessions, about 2.2 hours in total. Each one ends at 73% — the mark SAFe SSM actually requires — so you find out you have not understood something while it is still cheap to fix.

  1. The Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train

    What changes about the accountability when the team is part of a train that plans and commits together.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    Serving the Team and the Train · The Release Train Engineer and the Scrum Master · Facilitating Iteration Events at Scale · Flow, WIP and Bottlenecks
    Practise
    10 questions on Agile Release Train, PI Planning, Team Facilitation & Flow
    Move on at
    73%
  2. Coaching, Improvement and Built-In Quality

    Relentless improvement as a cadence rather than an intention, and the quality practices that make flow possible.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    Inspect and Adapt · Built-In Quality · Coaching Relentless Improvement · Facilitating Difficult Conversations
    Practise
    10 questions on Lean-Agile Principles, Iteration Execution, SAFe Implementation Roadmap
    Move on at
    73%
  3. Final Assessment

    Time
    about 90 minutes
    Practise
    45 questions on Lean-Agile Principles, Agile Release Train, PI Planning, Team Facilitation & Flow, Iteration Execution, SAFe Implementation Roadmap
    Move on at
    73%