Certified LeSS Basics

What Do I Need to Attend Online?

Attending the online version of this program is simple. You just need access to a laptop/PC with a stable internet connection, audio/video and microphone capabilities.

We will send you a digital version of the program notes as and when needed, which you can print off if you like, but this is not mandatory.

Full details of the tools we use during the program will be sent with your joining instructions shortly before the program start date.

It is recommended you have a great internet connection via fast WIFI or hard-wired Ethernet cable. Don't skimp on your own experience!

After Completion

All participants will be receiving a Certified LeSS Basics certificate and an account on the less.works website.

The LeSS Basics Certificate will not expire and is a valuable industry known certificate.

Please note: this course has the added benefit of being worth 8 Scrum Education Units® (SEU®).

Meet The Trainers

Rickard Jones has over 20 years of professional services experience in Agile coach, trainer and program lead. With an Agile mindset, values, principles, and practices, he has collaborated with many organisations, teams, and individuals to support them on their complex journey to become Agile.

He goes where the value need is, having previously been an XP developer, programme manager, change manager, development manager, scrum master and transformation lead. Despite an unhealthy obsession with learning, he believes nothing beats a coaching journey of in-the-field practical experience.

Not only is Rickard one of the authors of the AgileHR Manifesto, but he is also an international conference speaker, Enterprise Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Team Coach, Program Lead, Online Remote Facilitator, LeSS Trainer and ICAgile Trainer.

John is a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) who loves seeing individuals, teams, and organisations become the best they can be. He does this using a mixture of coaching approaches embedded with the agile mindset. John spends most of his time supporting organisations to descale and become more resilient.

John is addicted to learning new things and is often found at meetups around London trying out new ideas and learning from others. His latest interest is systemic modelling which he has been learning from the creator Caitlin Walker. He is proud of his military background and believes it is a crucial reason for his ongoing success.

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Topics Covered

• Articulate why LeSS
• Explain how LeSS is a Scrum-based approach to scaling
• Summarise what impact this has on the organisational design (structures, policies, etc.)
• Explain the dynamics of component teams vs feature teams
• Explain all LeSS roles and their purposes
• Explain why there is only one real PO and not so-called team POs
• Explain the LeSS Complete diagram, organising LeSS information in terms of the principles, rules, guides, and experiments
• Explain how LeSS scales over eight teams
• Analyse one's own current organisations’ state
• Evaluate the applicability of LeSS in your current work environment
• What organisational impacts LeSS adoption may cause
• What impact would LeSS adoption make on participants’ work-life

Who Should Attend This Course

The Certified LeSS basics course is for anyone who is involved in multi-team Agile effort, such as:

• Organisational Leaders and Managers
• Product Owners and Product Management
• Agile Transformation Leaders, Consultants and Change Agents
• Agile Team, Organizational Coaches and Agile Trainers
• Software Engineers, Technical Architects and hands-on technologists
• and anyone else

Course Prerequisites

Scrum knowledge from training or working in Scrum Teams for a long time is expected (despite the title, this is not a beginner's course).

A concise understanding of the Scrum Guide, which means you should have read it thoroughly.