SAFe for Hardware
SAFe for Hardware is a two-day, instructor-led course on applying SAFe and Lean-Agile practices to hardware development. Available as remote or in-person training, it covers designing for change, smaller batches, faster feedback loops, Agile planning, continuous integration, compliance, risk management, safety issue detection, and supplier alignment.
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Description
SAFe for Hardware is a two-day, instructor-led course on applying SAFe and Lean-Agile practices to hardware development. Available as remote or in-person training, it covers designing for change, smaller batches, faster feedback loops, Agile planning, continuous integration, compliance, risk management, safety issue detection, and supplier alignment.
Participants work through practical activities and examples for cross-functional engineering, product, quality, and Agile Release Train (ART) teams. After completion, learners are prepared to pursue the SAFe Hardware Agilist (SHWA) certification and apply SAFe practices to hardware planning, delivery, and measurement.
What You Will Learn
Course Content
SAFe for Hardware covers the current SAFe 6 approach for applying Lean-Agile practices to hardware and hardware-reliant systems. The course is delivered as a 2-day, instructor-led program, available remotely or in person, and supports preparation for the SAFe Hardware Agilist, SHWA certification and digital badge.
Core Topics
Lean-Agile and SAFe foundations: SAFe principles, Lean thinking, smaller batch sizes, and faster feedback loops for physical product development.
Designing for change: methods for adapting hardware designs as technical, market, and user feedback emerges during development.
Incremental solution development: approaches for specifying hardware solutions in steps, coordinating hardware and software work, and reducing late rework.
Cross-functional collaboration: practices for connecting systems engineers, hardware engineers, product managers, quality teams, compliance teams, and suppliers.
Risk, safety, and compliance: early detection of technical and safety risks, compliance built into development work, and methods for managing change without delaying delivery.
Planning and delivery: Agile planning techniques for hardware teams, including forecasting, supplier alignment, continuous integration concepts, and measurement of delivery progress.
Learning Approach
The course combines instructor-led teaching with practical exercises, hardware-specific examples, and discussion of real delivery challenges. Participants apply SAFe practices to planning, feedback, integration, risk management, and supplier coordination.
After Completion
Participants can use SAFe practices to support hardware development teams, improve planning across functions, align suppliers with Agile workflows, and prepare for the SHWA certification assessment.
Certification & Exam
After completing the SAFe for Hardware course, participants receive access to the SHWA certification assessment through their Scaled Agile Learning Plan.
The exam is web-based, timed, closed-book, and completed without outside assistance. It contains 20 multiple-choice, single-select questions, with 45 minutes allowed and a 75% passing score.
Unanswered questions are marked incorrect, and the exam submits automatically when time expires. The first two attempts are included in the course registration fee when taken within 60 days of course completion.
What You Will Achieve
Apply SAFe principles and Lean-Agile practices to hardware development, including planning, integration, feedback, and delivery.
Design hardware development approaches that support change through smaller batches, faster feedback loops, and iterative refinement.
Analyze technical, market, and user feedback to adjust hardware products, processes, and delivery plans during development.
Implement risk management practices that identify safety issues earlier and include compliance activities in development workflows.
Align suppliers, engineers, product managers, quality teams, and other stakeholders around Agile workflows and delivery expectations.
Use SAFe planning, forecasting, delivery, and measurement practices to support cross-functional hardware teams.
Prepare for the SAFe Hardware Agilist certification by applying course concepts to hardware-focused Agile scenarios.
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