Last year, Agile.Live co-founder Sergei Prokhorenko was the first to receive certification. He has conducted the Leading SAFe and SAFe for Teams certification training series.

The Scaled Agile Framework is an integrated set of proven principles, practices, and competencies from Lean, Agile, and DevOps approaches to achieve business agility in large organizations.

SPC 5 certificate holders are eligible to deliver Scaled Agile Framework certification training, have the competencies and experience to implement SAFe 5.0 tools across all levels of an organization, and have exclusive access to Scaled Agile Inc.’s community of consultants and partners.

According to 15th Annual Report on digital.ai , Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) continues to grow in popularity when choosing a framework (software platform) to scale Agile development.

Its market share is 37%, exceeding alternative approaches significantly. SAFe Program Consultant is the required certification for the organizational coach role in implementing SAFe, which implies SAFe adoption experience, a 4-day mandatory training on SAFe implementation, and passing the framework knowledge test.

Last year, Sergei Prokhorenko certified as a SAFe 5 Program Consultant (SPC 5) and conducted several Leading SAFe and SAFe for Teams certification trainings for teams from Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam.