Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

This event takes place online

This live virtual PAL-E class runs 18-19 November 2024, 09:00-17.00 GMT.

This class provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation. 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 class 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 organisations must make to reap the benefits of an agile product delivery approach.

Becoming an agile organisation is a profound transformation that requires senior leaders, middle managers, and agile team members to change the way that they organise 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 organisation. The changes for all involved are profound, but so are the results when everyone's goals and ways of working are aligned.

After taking this class, you will understand where and how agility can help your organisation improve, by addressing challenges you can solve in no other way. You will also understand how agile teams work and what you, as a manager or leader, can do to help them to improve. You will also be able to quantify the benefits of improving the agility of your organisation through concrete measures.

This class can be delivered on-site, in a specific organization, to help its leaders understand their important role in transforming their organisation, or in a public class setting.

Overview

• An understanding of how agility can help you improve your organisation's performance
• An understanding of how you, as a manager or leader, can help your organisation achieve the benefits of agility
• An understanding of how culture and values influence your organisation's ability to reap the benefits of agility
• Practical skills for helping to guide and coach agile teams, and to help them remove impediments
• An understanding of how to measure the benefits and impacts of agility in your organisation

Prerequisites

It is recommended that participants will have a solid understanding of Scrum gained through experience working in Scrum team, or by completing a Professional Scrum class such as Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Master (PSM).

For all of our live virtual classes, we use Zoom as our conference tool. Zoom is very secure. It uses end-to-end encryption and delegates can only access the conference via an admin controlled waiting room. Activities are carried out with Mural. No software is required to be pre-installed for these tools, though you may need to check that there are no security policies that block the use of these tools if you are joining us through a corporate network. We ask you to try to ensure a steady internet connection (for example by connecting through cable rather than with WiFi).

Certification and Assessment

All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) 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.

What else is included?

• Course eBook
• Membership to the Red Tangerine Slack channel giving access to our alumni community
• Optional complimentary follow-up session where we discuss any concerns you may have regarding the assessment
• Further support with your real-world experiences, with an optional, complimentary follow up session

About the Trainer

David's professional experience spans roles of; Agile Trainer, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Kanban Service Delivery Manager, Team Leader and Software Developer in a variety of industries, including finance, eCommerce, social housing and education. He is a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), a Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP). David is also the co-author of the books Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams, Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team and Adopting Agile Across Borders.

David is a Course Delivery Enabler with Scrum.org. CDEs act as ambassadors for the Scrum.org courses that they support for the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer community. This involves working closely with the community to improve course delivery and supporting Professional Scrum Trainers in gaining deep understanding of the intent and design of the courses and collaborating with trainers and the Scrum.org Courseware Team to identify and refine ideas for improving the delivery of courses.

David believes in servant leadership, and he values environments where empowerment, autonomy and flexibility enable teams to do the best work possible. He is committed to continuous learning and development in himself and others. He is passionate about getting the best out of teams and seeing people reach their full potential.

David is active in the global Agile community, including blogging, and speaking at conferences and meetups around the world.

David enjoys travelling, keeping fit, the outdoors and spending quality time with his guitar.