Certified SAFe® Architect (ARCH) Virtual Classroom Live March 24, 2025

Price: $2,400

This course runs for a duration of 3 Days.

The class will run daily from 11 AM CT to 7 PM CT.

Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.

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Description

Team members attending the Certified SAFe® Architect (ARCH) course will be able to significantly improve collaboration and alignment in a SAFe® Lean-Agile enterprise after becoming a SAFe® 6 Architect.

This course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. 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 SAFe 6 Architect training 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. For additional details on who should attend this course, visit the Audience/Prerequisites section below.

Objectives:

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

Professionals who may benefit include:

System, Solution, and Enterprise architects
Architects in supporting technical disciplines
Experienced software developers
Technical managers making architectural decisions
Product leaders collaborating with architects

Course Overview

Part 1: Exemplifying Agile Architecture

Describe Agile architecture
Describe SAFe Architect roles and collaborations
Architect using SAFe principles

Part 2: Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand

Foster a DevOps culture
Describe how value flows through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Architect for and facilitate Continuous Exploration
Architect for Continuous Integration
Architect for Continuous Deployment
Architect for Release on Demand

Part 3: Aligning Architecture with Business Value

Describe how Strategic Themes, Portfolio Canvas, and Portfolio Vision influence architecture
Explain how Value Streams support the business
Explain how Solution Trains and Agile Release Trains deliver value

Part 4: Developing Solution Vision, Solution Intent, and Roadmaps

Align Solution Vision with Strategic Themes and Solution Context
Contribute to Solution Intent
Manage quality with nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) and the Lean quality management system (QMS)
Contribute to Roadmaps

Part 5: Preparing Architecture for PI Planning

Contribute to the Program Backlog
Sequence and prioritize work in the Program Backlog
Contribute to Solution pre-PI Planning

Part 6: Coordinating Architecture throughout PI Planning

Contribute to PI Planning
Contribute to management review and problem-solving
Contribute to Solution post-PI Planning

Part 7: Supporting Continuous Delivery during PI Execution

Guide architecture and Continuous Delivery throughout the PI
Prepare for Iteration Reviews and System and Solution Demos
Relentlessly improve through Inspect and Adapt (I&A)

Part 8: Supporting New Strategic Themes and Value Streams

Align architecture to Enterprise strategy
Evolve the Solution Portfolio
Contribute Enabler Epics to the Portfolio Kanban
Coordinate across Value Streams

Part 9: Leading as an Architect during a Lean-Agile Transformation

Describe how Architects perform as Lean-Agile leaders
Describe how to lead the transition to Agile architecture during a transformation
Develop an action plan to support your organization’s transformation

Part 10: Becoming a Certified SAFe Professional

Becoming a Certified SAFe Professional

Other Available Dates for this Course

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