SAFe® Agile Software Engineering Certification (ASE)
In the SAFe® Agile Software Engineering Training, you will learn the basic principles and methods of today's agile software engineering discipline. You will know how the continuous flow of value creation and integrated quality assurance is ensured through modern practices such as Extreme Programming ( XP ) and Behavior and Test-Driven Development ( BDD and TDD ).
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Description
In the SAFe® Agile Software Engineering Training, you will learn the basic principles and methods of today's agile software engineering discipline. You will know how the continuous flow of value creation and integrated quality assurance is ensured through modern practices such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Behavior and Test-Driven Development (BDD and TDD).
What You Will Learn
This syllabus covers the learning objectives set by scaled Agile INC, the certifying organization, to be covered in a SAFe® training course. This includes the latest version of SAFe® 5.1. and this syllabus consists of nine following parts.
Part 1: Introduction to the ASE
Part 2: Stitching together practices and principles with built-in quality
Part 3: Testing
Part 4: Discover the story details
Part 5: Create an understanding with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
Part 6: Communication with the models
Part 7: Building system with code and with design quality
Part 8: Execution with quality
Part 9: The course review
Certification & Exam
After completing the training, you prepare for the SAFe® Agile Software Engineer Certification, ASE, from Scaled Agile. According to the current exam study guide, the assessment is web-based via the learning plan after course completion. The exam is structured in a multiple-choice format, contains 20 questions, lasts 45 minutes, and is considered passed at 90%. For ASE, retakes are possible as often as needed without a retake fee. Upon passing, you receive the SAFe® Agile Software Engineer Certification, a digital badge, and access to the related learning resources. Details can change, so check the official information from Scaled Agile.
What You Will Achieve
By the end of the ASE training, participants will:
Understand what agile software engineering means in the context of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) basic principles, practices, and how software engineering fits into a larger value-stream.
Learn how to build a technical infrastructure that supports continuous delivery and ensures quality through practices like test-first, automated testing, and built-in quality.
Be able to analyse and specify user stories with quality in mind: define details, handle non-functional requirements, use behavior-driven development (BDD) or test-driven development (TDD) to align code and tests with requirements.
Be able to model and communicate designs properly (e.g. with agile modeling, design patterns, proper code structure), to support clarity and maintainability in teams.
Know how to collaborate with architecture and DevOps roles, understand how a developer’s work fits into wider enterprise architecture and continuous delivery pipelines.
Be prepared to contribute to value flow in a SAFe organisation, deliver working, high-quality software predictably and reliably while maintaining agility and alignment with overall system quality goals.
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It is a SAFe certification that focuses on technical agility and “built-in quality.” It teaches modern engineering practices like XP, BDD, and TDD, and how they support continuous flow in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
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