SAFe Agilist prep
For leaders, managers and change agents who want to prove they can apply Lean-Agile principles, run Agile Release Trains and steer a Lean portfolio, on the exam for the AI-Empowered Leading SAFe course.
The real exam
| Questions | 45, single answer (one best option of four) |
|---|---|
| Time | 90 minutes, about 2 minutes per question |
| Pass mark | 80% (36 of 45) |
| Book | Closed book: no notes, no framework diagrams, no AI tools |
| Interface | Web based, flag for review, move back and forth, auto-submit when time runs out |
| Unanswered | Scored as wrong, so always answer every question |
| Attempts | First two attempts included if taken within 60 days of the course or exam purchase |
| Retakes | $50 each on the course route; exam-only proctored retakes cost more |
| Course | AI-Empowered Leading SAFe (2 days), live since 24 Feb 2026; an exam-only proctored route also exists |
| AI content | AI topics sit inside the mindset and leadership domains, roughly 12 to 14% of the exam |
| Versions | SAFe no longer uses version numbers; study the current AI-Empowered material |
What you get
Mocks follow the real rules: 45 questions in 90 minutes, flag and review.
Syllabus
Thriving in an age of disruption, business agility, the dual operating system and building a Lean-Agile organization (published range 7 to 9%).
The Lean-Agile mindset, the four core values, the ten Lean-Agile principles and empowering agility with AI (published range 21 to 23%).
Cross-functional Agile Teams, organizing around value with ARTs, built-in quality and the continuous delivery pipeline with DevOps (published range 10 to 12%).
Customer centricity and design thinking, prioritizing the ART backlog with WSJF, PI Planning and executing the PI (published range 25 to 28%).
Defining a SAFe portfolio, connecting it to strategy, portfolio vision and flow, Lean budgets and guardrails (published range 21 to 23%).
Leading by example, leading the change with the implementation roadmap and empowering leaders with AI (published range 7 to 9%).
Course outline
- Adapt and thrive with business agility · 3 lessons
- Mindset, values, principles and AI · 7 lessons
- Team and technical agility · 4 lessons
- Product development flow · 8 lessons
- Lean Portfolio Management · 5 lessons
- Lead the change · 3 lessons
- Exam readiness · 1 lessons
Try a question
An insurer's functional hierarchy is good at stability and compliance but takes months to launch new products. What does SAFe recommend?A. Remove the hierarchy entirely so that every Agile Team reports straight to the CEOB. Keep the hierarchy for stability and add a value-stream network built for speedC. Create a separate innovation lab that hands its finished designs over to the hierarchyD. Replace functional managers with project managers who own each new productShow answer
In a dual operating system, what does the value stream network side mainly provide?A. Fast delivery through long-lived teams and ARTs that cross functional linesB. Annual budgeting cycles that approve and fund each project before any work beginsC. Line management for hiring, career growth and performance reviewsD. A central approval board that checks every release for complianceShow answer
Passwell is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Scaled Agile, Inc. SAFe and Scaled Agile Framework are registered trademarks of Scaled Agile, Inc. All questions and lessons are original study material written by Passwell. Facts checked 2026-11-14.