Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E) – 2 days training.

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.

Price of the course includes:

2-day accredited course with a Professional Scrum TrainerLicensed Scrum.org™ course materialsProfessional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E) certificate of course completionAttempt at the globally recognized Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I) certification examProfessional Agile Leadership I (PAL I) assessment free 2nd attempt14 PDUs points under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category

Prerequisites:

Anyone can take part in the training. It has no prerequisites..

Participants should read the Scrum Guide before the course. The Scrum Guide is available to download here: scrumguides.org.

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. Therefore, it’s best if the students come to the course with an understanding of the fundamentals of Scrum, ideally as demonstrated by passing the Scrum Open.

Learning Objectives:

During this course you will learn how to:

• 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

Course agenda:

PAL-E course covers the topics from the following Focus Areas as defined in the Professional Scrum Competencies:

• Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework:
  • Empiricism, Scrum Values, Scrum Team, Events
• Developing People and Teams:
  • Self-Managing Teams, Facilitation, Leadership Styles
• Managing Products with Agility:
  • Forecasting & Release Planning, Product Value, Stakeholders & Customers
• Developing and Delivering Products Professionally:
  • Emergent Software Development
• Evolving the Agile Organization:
  • Organizational Design and Culture, Evidence-Based Management

Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E) course offered by Advised Skills is certified by Scrum.org™.

Who should attend?
Target group:

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.

Other people that might benefit from the PAL-E course include:

• 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

Additional information:
Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a two-day  Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A) course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org. Find instructions here.

All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership – Essentials (PAL-E) 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.

PMI PDU Credits:

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a two-day  Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E) course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org. Find instructions here.

Materials:

• Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training
• Training slides in pdf format
• Participation in unique exercises
• Workbook
• Mural links

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s included in the course price?

Certified training with a qualified trainer, certified training materials and a voucher for an accredited exam.

What is the duration of the course?

Online training for Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E) lasts two days and the examination takes place at the end or after the training.

Can I attend from my country?
Yes. Everyone is welcome at all of our courses. Training courses are online so you can attend them from anywhere.

Can I attend on a different date?

Yes. We run courses regularly and you can find all our upcoming dates on our public course page: here.

How many people will attend?

Our groups are small to facilitate the exchange of experiences.

Where can I find more answers to common questions?

Visit ou website: here.

Where can I contact for more information?

You can email us at support@advisedskills.com

About the trainer

Pawel is an experienced Agile Coach with 12 years of experience in digital products development.

Throughout his career he has worked as a Project Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master, helping major media, logistics and banking corporations in Poland and around the world move from a traditional project-based setup into a product-focused environment.

Pawel is particularly passionate about the people’s aspect of Scrum, focusing his efforts on supporting teams on their way to becoming high-performing teams that deliver value every Sprint.

Privately Pawel is a father of two amazing kids that teach him about empiricism every single day. He is also passionate about popular music and finished a degree in Music Production in Derby, UK.

About Advised Skills

We are one of the fastest growing learning services organisations, that provide educational services, developing the skills and capabilities of our students.

Advised Skills has grown from the experience of Agile Center and Architecture Center which from now on are merged into one platform, aiming to deliver top-notch professional training all over the world.

Through our global network of offices, Advised Skills provides organizations around the world with innovative and state-of-the-art education solutions.

Our team is composed of highly experienced consultants and trainers.

Advised Skills is Silver Partner of Scaled Agile, Inc., The Open Group® Gold member, PMI Authorized Training Partner, DevOps Institute Registered Partner, APMG International Accredited Training Organisation and PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation.

This course will be delivered remotely (on-line) via Zoom.