Course Overview
Empower your Business Owners to drive successful outcomes, align priorities, and unleash the full potential of your SAFe implementation.
The SAFe® Business Owner Micro-credential is a one-day course that teaches executives and decision-makers the essentials of guiding and maintaining a successful SAFe® transformation. This targeted training focuses on the most important responsibilities of the Business Owner, building confidence, alignment, and practical knowledge without requiring prework or annual renewal.
Through immersive facilitated sessions, participants will explore the sources of conflict, learn strategies for managing conflict resolution, and practice tools and techniques to enhance collaboration within their organizations.
Who should attend
- Executives, directors, and senior leaders guiding SAFe® transformations
- Current and aspiring Business Owners at any level of the organization
- Leaders responsible for strategy, funding, and organizational alignment
Course Objectives
- Supercharge Delivery: A fully engaged Business Owner brings clarity of vision, faster decision-making, and unwavering strategic alignment to each Agile Release Train.
- Boost ROI: Understand how to focus on the highest-value work, apply lean portfolio principles, and reduce costly rework.
- Enhance Collaboration: Learn how to align teams, stakeholders, and portfolios around concrete, shared objectives.
- Sustain Momentum: Develop an environment where relentless improvement and innovative thinking become part of your organization’s DNA.
Course Content
- Business Owner Responsibility Wheel – Gain a practical framework for the five key responsibility areas—engaging with Lean Portfolio Management, aligning priorities and PI planning, realizing business outcomes, sponsoring relentless improvement, and leading by example.
- Focused, One-Day Format – Maximize impact and minimize disruption to executives’ schedules.
- Action-Oriented Learning – Walk away with a clear plan to tackle real challenges and foster deeper alignment across the enterprise.
- Micro-credential Badge – Demonstrate your competence as a SAFe® Business Owner without requiring an annual renewal.