SAFe Advanced Scrum Master With SASM Certification

A Scrum Master who is effective at the team level often finds their instincts need recalibrating when the scope expands to the ART. That recalibration is faster when the people teaching it have guided that transition inside real enterprise ARTs.

• Delivered by SAFe Fellows who are also SPCTs and Certified AI-Native Trainers.
• Australia's most experienced Scaled Agile Partner.
• Trained 14,000+ people in SAFe since 2014.
• 95%+ public course run rate.
• 100% Australian owned and operated.
• Scaled Agile Platinum SPCT Partner and AI-Native Charter Partner for Australia and New Zealand.

This course is for Scrum Masters operating in a SAFe environment who want to deepen their capability at ART scale. It also suits team leads, Agile coaches, and SAFe professionals preparing for the Release Train Engineer role.

After the course, you'll be able to:

• Select and apply the right team method — Scrum, Kanban, or a combination — to improve flow.
• Use SAFe flow metrics and the eight flow accelerators to identify and address flow problems at team level.
• Build the conditions for psychological safety and high-performing teams using powerful questions and coaching techniques.
• Facilitate conflict resolution by identifying sources of conflict and applying interest-based problem-solving.
• Prepare for and facilitate the Inspect and Adapt problem-solving workshop, including root-cause analysis.
• Coach teams to use AI tools effectively using the GRTCD prompting framework.

Participants who attend both days are eligible to sit the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification exam.

Introducing the Advanced Scrum Master Explores how the Scrum Master role evolves beyond team-level responsibilities to encompass flow improvement, high-performing team development, and ART performance support.

Empowering Teams with AI Introduces practical AI prompting techniques — including the GRTCD framework and retrieval-augmented generation — and the Advanced Scrum Master's role in coaching teams to work effectively with AI tools.

Improving Flow Covers Scrum and Kanban method selection, Kanban board design, the six SAFe flow metrics, and the eight flow accelerators for improving team-level value delivery.

Building High-Performing Teams Develops coaching and facilitation skills for promoting psychological safety, using powerful questions, scaling collaboration across the ART, and assessing team performance.

Addressing Conflict Examines sources of conflict, constructive versus defensive team behaviours, and interest-based problem-solving strategies for resolving conflict at the source.

Improving ART Performance Covers outcome-based event facilitation, coaching the IP Iteration, and preparing for and facilitating the Inspect and Adapt problem-solving workshop including root-cause analysis techniques.