Certified Agile Skills - Scaling 1™
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Tue May 28 - 29, 2024
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09:00 PDT
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8 hours each day
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Live Online
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$1,095
Course details
CST®, CTC, CSP®‑SM, CSP®‑PO, A‑CSM®, A‑CSPO®, CAL 1™, CSM®, CSPO®
The Gorilla CoachOur goal is the sustainable delivery of value.
The challenge is having multiple teams across an organization collaborate to create that sustainable value around a unified product or goal.
Introduction:
In today's fast-paced business environment, organizations must adapt and scale their agile practices to remain competitive. As companies grow in size and complexity, the challenge lies in enabling multiple teams across the organization to collaborate effectively and deliver sustainable value around a unified product or goal.
Course Overview:
The Certified Agile Skills - Scaling 1 (CAS-S1) course is designed for leaders and coaches in medium—to large organizations that are adopting agile ways of working. This advanced course will teach you how to apply agile principles, practices, and frameworks to enable agility at scale and facilitate the sustainable delivery of customer value.
During this immersive 2-day workshop, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to help multiple agile delivery teams coordinate, align, and collaborate effectively. The course covers key scaling concepts and frameworks such as Scrum@Scale, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), and Fast Agile (FaST). You'll learn how to:
- Coordinate planning and execution across teams and organizations
- Manage cross-team dependencies and align around common goals
- Create an organizational culture that fosters continuous improvement and sustainable value delivery
- Facilitate effective cross-team communication and collaboration
- Enable greater transparency, inspection, and adaptation at the program/portfolio level
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completing the CAS-S1 course, you will be able to:
- Understand the challenges and opportunities of scaling agile
- Help leadership define a clear strategy and vision for scaling agility
- Evaluate and tailor various scaling frameworks to your organizational context
- Coach leaders and teams to create a culture of learning and continuous improvement
- Facilitate effective cross-team planning, coordination, and dependency management
- Enable sustainable value delivery at scale through transparency, inspection, and adaptation
Who Should Attend?:
This course is ideal for professionals working in medium to large organizations, including:
- Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters
- Release Train Engineers
- Program/Project Managers
- Consultants
- Change Agents
- Managers and Executives
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to start your journey in scaling. While understanding agile principles and practices and experience working in an agile environment are helpful, they are not required.
What do you get?:
Upon completing the CAS-S1 course, participants will receive the Certified Agile Skills - Scaling 1 certification from the Scrum Alliance, demonstrating their expertise in enabling agility at scale. In addition, they will also:
- Earn 14 PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs) and 14 Scrum Education Units (SEUs)
- Current CSM and CSPO holders will automatically renew their certifications by taking this course.
- Two years of Scrum Alliance membership and benefits
- Pre- and post-course emails with recommended readings and videos
- Digital copy of the workbook
- Class Virtual Scrapbook with everything you and your classmates created in class
Invest in Your Future:
Join me for the Certified Agile Skills - Scaling 1 course and gain the skills, knowledge, and certification needed to drive sustainable value delivery at scale. Take the next step in your agile journey and become a change agent in your organization.
The course starts by building a solid foundation on the principles and values that enable the delivery of sustainable value at the individual team level. From here, participants will explore new patterns and scaffolds specific to scaling Agile delivery. With the foundations and scaffolding in place, the course investigates how to implement scaling through iterative and incremental improvement. Participants will engage in hands-on exercises and discussions throughout the course to reinforce learning and develop practical skills. The course concludes with an introduction to the Gorilla Scaling Canvas, a powerful tool for visualizing and planning Agile scaling initiatives, which participants can immediately apply in their work environment. By the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge and tools necessary to implement and facilitate Agile scaling in their organizations effectively.
- Foundations- Start with Why
- Defining Successful Scaling- Scaling frameworks and the underlying patterns
- Understanding the work- An Introduction to Cynefin
- Building Blocks for Sucess- Pattern Languages
- Using Patterns to Scale- Examining frameworks and core principles
- Safer Scaling- Using Scaffolds to Support Change
- Creating Change- Common failures and scaffolds to prevent them.
- Sustaining Change- Agile is Change Management
- Building a Scaling Team- It takes a village
- Putting it all into Action- Using the Gorilla Scaling Canvas
- Close and Next Steps- Q&A, Certification, What’s Next
Sustained learning requires a sustainable pace. That's why we've baked in structured breaks: a 60-minute lunch to refuel and recharge, plus 10-minute breathers every hour to stretch, move, and maintain peak performance. It's not just about learning; it's about living Agile values.
Are you passionate about making a difference in your organization and guiding positive change in the world of work? The Certified Agile Skills - Scaling 1 (CAS-S1) course is designed for dedicated professionals committed to continuous learning, personal growth, and sustainable value delivery at scale. This transformative learning experience will empower you with the knowledge, tools, and techniques to navigate the complexities of scaling Agile practices across multiple teams and departments. Whether you're an experienced Agile practitioner looking to expand your impact or a manager seeking to lead your organization's Agile transformation, CAS-S1 will provide the skills and confidence to drive meaningful change, foster collaboration, and create a lasting impact in your role and beyond.
This includes:
- Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters
- Release Train Engineers
- Program/Project Managers
- Consultants
- Change Agents
- Managers and Executives
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