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SAFe® consists of different roles at 4 levels of the organization. The responsibilities of the Scaled Agile (SAFe®) roles are as follows.

Team Level:

The roles at this level synchronize and coordinate with the team level events. This helps Agile teams develop and deliver a value in the context of the Agile Release Train (ART). The team level roles include-

• Agile Team- A cross-functional team which includes Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Dev Team.
• Development Team- A cross-functional team which includes testers, developers, and other specialists, delivers a vertical slice of functionality.
• Product Owner- Responsible for prioritizing the blog and defining user stories.
• Scrum Master- An Agile Team coach and servant leader who helps the team to facilitate team events, removes impediments and fosters an environment for high-performing teams.

Program Level:

The roles at the Program level keep the team aligned to a project goal and support the ARTs with the necessary governance. The roles include-

• System Engineer- An individual that applies system thinking in the project
• Product Management- They are responsible for the program backlog and work with the customers and product owners to understand the requirements.
• Release Train Engineer- A chief Scrum Master and a servant leader who facilitates optimizing the flow of value using different mechanisms.
• Business Owner- A small group of stakeholders who have the technical responsibility for ROI.

Large Solution Level:

The roles at the Large solution level coordinate multiple supplier and ARTs and provide the required governance. The roles include-

• Customer- The buyer of every solution.
• Solution Architect/Engineering- A small team or an individual that defines a common architectural and technical vision for the solution under development.
• Solution Management- Work with customers in order to understand their needs.
• Solution Train Engineer- A coach and servant leader who guides and facilitates the suppliers and ARTs.
• Supplier- An internal or external organization that builds and delivers the components, services, or subsystems.

Portfolio Level:

The roles at the Portfolio level coordinate at the multiple stream level and provide the highest level of governance and accountability.

• Lean-Portfolio Management- Represents the individuals with the highest level of decision making and financial accountability.
• Epic Owners- Coordinate portfolio epics via the portfolio Kanban systems
• Enterprise Architect- Optimizes portfolio outcomes by providing the strategic technical direction.

Other supporting Roles:

• System team- Helps in creating and using the Agile development environment.
• Lean User Experience (Lean UX)- A process, culture, and mindset that embraces Lean-Agile methods.
• Lean-Agile Leaders- Responsible for the successful adoption of SAFe®.

Scaled Agile is the certifying body for the Scaled Agile Framework or SAFe. It is a professional certification program that assesses the knowledge, skills, and mindset of professionals. Here are the various SAFe Certifications available from Scaled Agile:

• Certified SAFe Agilist
• These are SAFe enterprise leadership professionals who are a part of the Lean-Agile transformation. Prerequisites for this certification are:
• • Experience in Scrum
  • At least 5 years of experience in software development, testing, product or project management, and business analysis
  • Should have attended the Leading SAFe course
• Certified SAFe Practice Consultant
• These professionals are SAFe change agents leading all organizational levels through the Lean-Agile transformation by coaching, training, mentoring, and facilitation. The certification has the following requirements:
• • Should possess facilitation, time and classroom management skills
  • Sufficient Agile experience to be able to teach it to beginners
  • Technical skills to work with the workflows and processes
  • Should have attended the Implementing SAFe course
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
  
• This SAFe professional works with development organizations and customers to identify and prioritize requirements. The prerequisites for this certification program are:
• • Experience in Agile and Lean
  • Should have attended the SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager course
• Certified SAFe Scrum Master
• These are SAFe Scrum Master Professionals who integrate the Scrum practices into an organization. Here are the requirements for this certification program:
• • Hands-on, real-world experience working in an Agile-Lean environment
  • Should have attended the SAFe Scrum Master course
• Certified SAFe Agile Product Manager

This certification combines the values and principles of Lean-Agile with design thinking for creating viable, sustainable, feasible, and desirable solutions and products. For this certification, you must have the following prerequisites:

• Familiarity with the principles and practices of Agile
• Completed at least one SAFe course
• Background in solution or product management
• Experience being a business owner, product marketer, product manager, or product owner

• Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager

These professionals understand how to establish a strategy and investment fund, apply Lean governance and Agile portfolio operation, and build a plan for the implementation of Lean Portfolio Management. Here are the prerequisites for this certification:

• An understanding of SAFe, strategy and funding models
• Knowledge of value stream organization
• Should have attended the Lean Portfolio Management course
• Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer
  
• These are coaching professionals and program servant leaders who drive end-to-end delivery of value in a value stream or a single program of a Lean-Agile enterprise. Prerequisites for this program are as follows:
• • Skills for cross-team communication
  • Working knowledge of team dynamics
  • Knows how to use SAFe principles in action and can coach
  • Launch or participate in at least one Program Increment (PI) or ART
  • Minimum 3 months of hands-on, real-world experience as an RTE
  • Attend the SAFe Release Train Engineer Course
• • Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
• These professionals are Scrum Masters who are responsible for improving the results of the team by facilitating relentless improvement and cross-team interactions. Here are the prerequisites for this certification program:
• • Hands-on experience in a Lean-Agile environment
  • Should have attended the SAFe Advanced Scrum Master course
• Certified SAFe Architect

These professionals are a change agent and an effective leader who delivers the Agile Architecture for enabling the creation of business value. The prerequisites for this program are:

• Knowledge of the application of Lean-Agile principles
• Should have attended the SAFe for Architects course
• Certified SAFe Agile Software Engineer

These professionals are responsible for applying test-first principles so that they can create alignment between requirements and test, communicate with Agile modelling, apply Lean-Agile principles, build applications with design and code quality, etc. You must satisfy the following requirements for this program:

• Understand the SAFe framework
• Have a background in development, engineering, quality assurance or managing development.
• Should have attended the SAFe 6.0 Agile Software Engineering course
• Certified SAFe Government Practitioner

This program is for the SAFe change agent who uses the principles and practices of SAFe to execute and release value through Agile Release Trainings (ARTs) while leading a Lean-Agile transformation. The prerequisites for this certification are:

• Foundational understanding of SAFe principles, House of Lean, and Agile Manifesto.
• Understanding of the lifecycle of government technology programs.
• Should have attended the SAFe Government course.
• Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner

This is a SAFe professional who improves the flow of value throughout the Continuous Delivery Pipeline - from idea to the operational solution. Here are the prerequisites for this certification program:

• Experience working in operations or development environment
• Should have attended the SAFe 6.0 DevOps Practitioner course

• Certified SAFe Practitioner

They are SAFe team members responsible to use Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Kanban in a SAFe environment. Here are the prerequisites:

• Familiarity with Scrum, XP, Kanban, concepts, and principles of Agile
• Working knowledge of hardware and software development process
• Should have attended the SAFe for Teams course

Certified SAFe professionals are recognized globally for their knowledge of SAFe. Digital badges. Through these digital badges, they can share their online verifiable certifications online on digital signatures, social media sites, and email signatures. The badges include metadata describing the qualifications of a Certified SAFe professional.

Scaled Agile is partnered with Acclaim for providing digital versions of SAFe certifications. Once the individual has earned their SAFe certification and set their Community Platform privacy reference for sharing their data with Acclaim, they will receive an email from Acclaim to claim their digital badge. All you have to do for activating the digital badge is click the link present in the email, make an account on the Acclaim, claim the badge, and share it through email or social media.