1. The Context for Agile

• 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 approach. 

• 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 micromanagement. 

• 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