UpGrad KnowledgeHut Reaches Scaled Agile Platinum SPCT Tier

Building on growth momentum, upGrad – One of Asia’s largest integrated learning skilling and workforce development majors has recorded another important milestone in its growth journey. UpGrad KnowledgeHut has achieved yet another milestone by becoming a Platinum SPCT Tier as a Business Partner from Scaled Agile Inc., provider of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), the world’s most trusted system for business agility and an enabler for digital transformation. This is further strengthening upGrad KnowledgeHut’s position as a trusted consulting expert in SAFe implementation, transformation, and advisory. Only the most experienced and proven Scaled Agile Inc consultants win this distinction, thereby bringing expert differentiation, unlocking customer value, delivering growth, and scale through SAFe.

This elevation makes UpGrad KnowledgeHut one of only 15 organizations across the globe holding this elite title. The company is also the only India-headquartered partner and one of five top APAC partners for Scaled Agile, Inc. to provide all SAFe capabilities, including enterprise transformation and advanced courses. Rohit Sharma, Vice President, upGrad, said, “The fast, efficient, and predictable execution of agile methods, like SAFe, is no longer an option but a compulsion for organizations to deliver the best to their customers. These agile methods place our customers on more robust results and facilitate smooth strategy to delivery. Additionally, many job listings around the world specify SAFe-related qualifications, including SAFe Practice Consultant Certification, SAFe Release Train Engineer Certification, SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager Certification, SAFe Architect Certification or other SAFe implementation experience.”

“This recognition accelerates our ambition of building a skilled talent pipeline not only in India but across the US as well, while strengthening our position as a trusted enterprise transformation partner, empowering global businesses to achieve scalable agile adoption and drive lasting change,” he added.

Being a Platinum SPCT Tier Business Partner, KnowledgeHut upGrad uniquely is positioned to support large enterprises in their Lean-Agile transformation journeys. This enhanced capability allows the company to provide expert SAFe implementation and advisory services, drive business agility, accelerate time-to-market, and increase customer satisfaction.

scaling” scale: Also, upGrad KnowledgeHut’s Platinum SPCT Tier Business Partner status underscores their excellent ability to bring large-scale enterprise transformations; a deep understanding of implementation SAFe in highly complex organizations and commitment to business agility, in my opinion, is precisely what makes our mission at Scaled Agile a perfect partner.

UpGrad KnowedgeHut stands in the market with unique resources and services available from Scaled Agile, and now being a Platinum SPCT Tier Business Partner for us,” says Chris James, Chief Executive Officer of Scaled Agile. “This partnership enables them to lead their efforts to drive digital transformation and modernization, helping organizations respond nimbly to the changing demands and improve their competitive advantage in their space.”

The company has established itself as the leader in Agile transformations at scale by upskilling over 35,000 SAFe practitioners and serving more than 1,000 SAFe SPCs / evangelists. Other success stories include the transformation of 502 SAFe SPCs and 199 Release Train Engineer careers through SAFe certifications, which are an offshoot of its growth trajectory at an alarming 300 percent over the past three years.

This would help consolidate more wins as this milestone is expected to cement further upGrad KnowledgeHut’s market leadership in enterprise-wide digital transformation.