1. The Context for Agle

• Describe at least three economic or market factors that have led to the rise of agile approaches.    

• Illustrate how the complexity and uncertainty of work relates to the fitness of an agile app roach.    

• Identify at least two management trends and their historical fit with the business environments of their time.    

• Explain the long-term effects of an organizational focus on delighting the customer, and how that relates to improved outcomes.   

• Explain at least three factors that increase the level of employee engagement, and how that relates to better outcomes.    

• Describe at least two benefits of becoming a more effective agile leader.  

2. Agile Overview   

• Evaluate the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto for how they relate to an organization’s ability to thrive in complex and rapidly changing conditions.   

• Describe at least three characteristics of a high-performing team and how these characteristics relate to agile thinking.   

• Compare and contrast the practices and benefits of t least two common agile frameworks.    

• Describe the benefits of an agile approach from the perspective of at least three stakeholder groups with differing needs. 

3. Leadership in an Agile Context   

• Describe at least three key mindset shifts required to effectively lead in an agile context.    

• Explain at least one leadership development framework that is aligned with agile thinking.    

• Apply at least one technique for incorporating feedback that improves your ability to inspect and adapt your own leadership behaviour to increase effectiveness.   

• Practice at least one technique that enables a leader to be present, aware,and engaged, while avoiding over-influence and mic omanagement.    

• Demonstrate a coaching approach that integrates alternative perspectives, engages others, and improves outcomes.

4. The Agile Organization   

• Identify at least three challenges an organization might face when undertaking an agile approach beyond a single team.    

• Apply at least three patterns for increasing trust and collaboration between multiple teams and team liaisons   

• Describe at least two factors that influence the culture of an organization and how that relates to organizational agility.   

• Evaluate at least two ways to structure an organization to enhance agility.  

• Describe at least three governance policies that enhance organizational agility.                  

• Deconstruct at least one case study of an organization that uses an agile approach.                

5. Agile Approaches to Change   

• Describe an agile organization as a human system where change is always present and dynamic leadership is required to catalyze that change for positive growth.   

• Evaluate at least three organizational metrics for their alignment with agile thinking and how they impact behaviors and results.    

• Deconstruct at least one change management approach and evaluate its alignment with organizational agility.    

• Describe at least one agile approach to identify and reduce bottlenecks, impediments, and overall friction in an organization.    

• Reflect on t least one case study of an agile transformation and critique how it approached change in an agile way.

1. 2-day interactive instructor-led training 

2. 2-year membership with Scrum Alliance 

3. Earn 16 PDUs and 16 SEUs 

4. Certification