The Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E) workshop provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation. The training is a unique mix of theory & practice, optimized for the best learning experience. 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. To succeed in a changing world, organizations need to become more Agile, more responsive to customer needs and market changes. This training will equip leaders and managers to help their organizations change.
PAL-e (Professional Agile Leadership Workshop) Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, the following learning objectives are expected to be achieved:
- 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.
You will know from this workshop:
- Why we need Agile Leadership.
- How to do value driven product development for your business.
- How your organization can benefit from empiricism.
- The fundamental elements & principles to make Scrum successful.
- The difference between a traditional and an Agile Leader.
- Several applicable, practical implementation-tips for becoming an Agile Leader.
- How to develop an education roadmap for the different roles in a Scrum team.
- How to measure the success of a Scrum team.
- Success/failure criteria for an Agile transformation.
Who should attend this class?:
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.
- 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.
All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership – Essentials 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. PAL 1 exam will focus on below core concepts.
- Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework:
- Developing People and Teams:
- Managing Products with Agility:
- Developing and Delivering Products Professionally:
- Evolving the Agile Organization:
> Empiricism, Scrum Values, Scrum Team, Events.
> Self-Managing Teams, Facilitation, Leadership Styles.
> Forecasting & Release Planning, Product Value, Stakeholders & Customers.
> Emergent Software Development.
> Organizational Design and Culture, Evidence-Based Management.