Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

Professional Agile Leadership - Essential

Course Overview

Being an agile organization requires senior leaders, middle managers, and agile team members to change the way that they organize their work, manage that work, and measure the results of the work. Agile teams cannot do this on their own; they need help from the entire organization. Changes in the way that people think and work are required driving improved results by having everyone's goals and ways of working aligned.

In this two day class* attendees develop a deep understanding of the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile environment. Leaders and managers are critical enablers in helping their organizations be successful, yet the role of leaders and managers in an agile organization can be quite different from what they are used to.  This workshop uses a  combination of instruction and team-based exercises to help participants learn how to form and support agile teams to achieve better results, and how to lead the cultural and behavioral changes that organizations must make to reap the benefits of an agile product delivery approach.

View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others.

Course Learning Objectives

• Understand how agility can help you improve your organization's performance
• Learn the challenges teams face during an Agile transformation and how to remove impediments
• Discover the shift in management style that a leader must make when going from traditional to agile ways of working
• Understand the leader’s role in “self-managing” teams
• Learn how to assess and foster the team’s agile maturity
• Discover how to connect values (personal, team and Scrum values) and clear goals to develop high performing teams
• Identify how to measure the benefits and impacts of agility in your organization

Note that this course is not an introduction to the Scrum Framework or to using Scrum. Attendees will get the most from this course if they have been previously introduced to Scrum.

Who Should Attend

The Professional Agile Leadership Essentials course is designed for managers and those in leadership roles who are responsible for the introduction and establishment of Agile methods and techniques in an organization.

• Leaders sponsoring an Agile transformation or involved in the adoption of Agility in their organizations
• Managers or leaders responsible for developing people on Scrum teams
• Leaders of one or more Scrum Teams including Scrum Masters, Product Owners and other leaders on Scrum Teams

Professional Agile Leadership Certification

All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I) certification assessment. PAL-E class participants who attempt the PAL I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

Where can I contact the trainer with further questions or wish to arrange a private class?
You can email us at Nichervan.Fazel@scrumtrainer.co.uk

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Email us at: info@scrumtrainer.co.uk

For more information you can also visit our website at www.scrumtrainer.co.uk 

Is this course online?
Yes, this course has been converted from a face to face training course to a "virtual" training experience.  You can take this training from the comfort of your own home, but means you need to have an internet connection. 

How does the online experience differ from the face to face training?
We all adjusting to this new reality and the need for social distance.  We've been surprised how similar the online experience is to the face to face one and how engaged the students have been throughout the day.  The feedback has been excellent from students who've taken the online training, along with the assessment results.

What is included in the price?
The price includes course materials, 2 attempts at the PAL 1 assessment, a lifetime certification from Scrum.org.

How do I achieve the Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) certification?
The PAL 1 certification is achieved by taking and passing an online assessment in your own time following the course. It can be taken from any internet connected computer.

What is required to achieve the Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) certification?

• Passing score: 85%

• Time limit: 60 minutes

• Number of Questions: 36

• Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, True/False

How many people will attend?
Our courses are kept small to ensure a premium experience.

Should I prepare for the course?

We recommend participants to read the Scrum Guide.

https://www.scrumguides.org/index.html

Can I claim PMI PDU credits for attending the course?
Yes. You can claim 14 PDU's for attending a course.

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