SSPC is a certification in scaled agile that focuses on the Scrum@Scale framework and cultivates the ability to promote agile transformation and cross-team collaboration.

1. Introduction to the Scaled Scrum Professional certification

Scaled Scrum Professional Certification (SSPC) is an advanced certification launched by Scrum Inc., focusing on the practical ability to apply Scrum at scale in large organizations or complex projects, based on Scrum Inc.'s “Scrum@Scale” framework, cultivating professional talents who can design cross team collaboration mechanisms, drive organizational level agile transformation, and achieve large-scale value delivery, suitable for managers or senior Scrum Masters responsible for multi team collaboration and enterprise level agile implementation.

When a company needs to collaborate with dozens or even hundreds of Scrum teams to deliver super large products, the Scrum practice of a single team is difficult to solve scaling challenges such as goal alignment, dependency management, and organizational barriers.

The core of SSPC certification is to cultivate "architects and drivers of organizational level scaling Scrum," based on Scrum@Scale Framework helps enterprises break down departmental walls, establish a "transparent, synchronized, and self-organizing" cross team collaboration system, ensure efficient collaboration among all teams around a common corporate vision, and achieve a leap from "team level agility" to "organizational level agility" These types of talents usually play the role of "engines for scaling agile transformation," balancing local efficiency and overall value.
 

2. Career Value of Holding the Scaled Scrum Professional Certification

SSPC is based on the Scrum Founder's Team Scrum@Scale Framework is a core qualification for verifying organizational level agile implementation capabilities, highly recognized in agile transformation projects of large enterprises, and serves as a "passport" to participate in high-value transformation projects.

Compared to practitioners who only master single team Scrum, SSPC holders are more likely to be promoted to senior management positions such as "Agile Director" and "Transformation Leader." The training and examination process covers Scrum@Scale The complete practical system helps you master replicable large-scale design methods and avoid the transformation detours caused by "empiricism."

After obtaining SSPC certification, you can join Scrum Inc.'s scaled agile community and directly access Jeff Sutherland's team's latest practice cases, participate in global high-end forums, connect with experts in the same field, and provide reference for complex transformation projects.

3. Core Components of the Scaled Scrum Professional Certification

SSPC certification is based on the Scrum@Scale Framework, focusing on the full process practice of enterprise level scale agile transformation.

SSPC certification system deeply analyzes the core principles of the Scrum@Scale framework. The logic of scaling up, mastering the alignment mechanism between global goals and team goals, and understanding the collaborative operation of core components such as Meta Scrum and execution action teams.

Goal alignment and value stream design are achieved through tools such as OKR to decode strategies, establish a value transmission chain from enterprise vision to team tasks, and optimize end-to-end delivery efficiency using methods such as value stream mapping.

The cross team collaboration mechanism system relies on multidimensional dependencies, and establishes a multi-level synchronization mechanism such as daily site meetings, integrated reviews, and large-scale reviews to ensure transparency and response speed in large-scale collaboration.

Organizational transformation promotes the diagnosis and resolution of organizational level barriers, drives the evolution of organizational structure towards product oriented teams. Build a measurement system to design global indicators such as end-to-end delivery cycle and value delivery frequency, establish a data-driven continuous improvement cycle, and avoid local optimization traps.

SSPC places special emphasis on cultivating students' ability to drive change in complex organizational environments, using real-life cases to help them master key skills for implementing agile scaling. It includes in-depth interpretation of framework theory and full process practice from strategic alignment to execution, helping you build comprehensive capabilities to drive enterprise level agile transformation.

4. What are the requirements to be a Scaled Scrum Professional?

(1) Qualification prerequisites:

You need to first obtain the Registered ScrumMaster certification from Scrum Inc. and have a solid foundation in single team Scrum. Scrum Inc. recommends that you have more than 2 years of experience in team collaboration or large-scale projects, and have participated in at least 1 large-scale agile practice project.

In addition, you also need to participate in Scrum Inc. authorization “Scrum@Scale” official training courses focus on practical design and case analysis of large-scale frameworks. 

(2) Training and examinations:

The SSPC exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions and situational analysis questions, with a duration of 90 minutes. Those who answer 70% or more correctly can pass, with a focus on analyzing and designing solutions for large-scale scenarios. 

(3) Qualification maintenance:

The SSPC certificate is valid for 2 years and requires participation in Scrum Inc. recognized large-scale agile continuing education events and industry summits during the validity period, accumulation of 24 Scrum education credits, and payment of approximately $150/2-year renewal fee.

5. Comparable Certifications to Scaled Scrum Professional Certification

• Scrum@Scale Practitioner
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
• Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP)