AGILE COACHING WORKSHOP-TRAINING

Duration: 3 days

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will be able to work with teams at different levels of maturity
• You will recognize the next step for the team
• You will know how to get your team there
• As an agile coach, you will be able to work efficiently with teams and leaders

Modules

• Shu-ha-ri
• Agile coaching competency framework
• The most important elements of lean and agile basic
• Agile mindset
• Methods of teaching, how to teach your team
• Conflicts: types, what to do, what is your role
• Mentoring and coaching fundamentals and skills
• Facilitation basic tools and skills
• Team start and restart

AGILE LEADER

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will understand the difference between traditional (classical hierarchy) and agile leadership
• You will understand how agile views status, power, and control and how they can be experienced within the framework of agile
• You will understand empowerment – what skills you need for this as a leader and as a subordinate
• How can I make myself suitable for agile leadership and how can I help my subordinates to be agile?
• Specific leadership tools in the following fields: feedback, planning, metrics, meetings, rhythm, empowering, trust, sharing knowledge, self-reflection, priorities, rewarding

Agile tools

Recommended for those who have already completed the Agile Values Training

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will get to know the world of agile tools, you will get a comprehensive picture and a toolbox
• You will get more extensive knowledge and have the possibility to try out tools that you are planning to use
• You will learn about experience, possible drawbacks and advantages regarding the tools

Modules

• Specific leadership tools in the following fields: feedback, planning, metrics, meetings, rhythm, empowering, trust, sharing knowledge, self-reflection, priorities, rewarding

AGILE METRICS IN PRACTICE

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will have a good understanding what agile metrics are for and where their significance lies
• You will learn what planning poker, an almost exclusive tool, is suitable for
• You will familiarize with other measuring tools and the field where they are applicable

Modules

• What we can estimate and what we can’t
• Wisdom of the crowd
• Commitment, estimation, forecast?
• What we estimate: complexity or something else?
• Planning poker
• Other agile measurement tools

WHAT ARE CONFLICTS GOOD FOR

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will learn about the role of conflicts in the development of a team
• You will learn how the agile mindset views conflicts
• You won’t be frightened of conflicts in your team
• You will know what your role is in case of conflicts

Modules

• System approach of conflicts
• Conflict models
• Behavioural patterns strengthening and weakening conflicts
• The role of SMs in a conflict situation
• Neutral stance

AGILE RETROSPECTIVES: TOOLS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will understand the role and structure of retrospectives
• You will be able to facilitate sprint retrospectives independently
• You will be able to use more complex facilitation tools
• You will be able to facilitate retrospectives of very difficult periods as well
• You will be able to facilitate retrospectives surpassing the team level with more participants

Modules

• The role of retrospectives in agile operation
• The format of retrospectives
• Basic retrospective techniques
• Advanced retrospective techniques
• Good retrospectives
• What happens after retrospectives

Team health

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will learn the definition of a healthy agile team
• You will be able to monitor team health
• You will know healthy and unhealthy modes of operation
• You will be able to increase team positivity with example and coaching

Modules

• The definition and significance of team health
• The role of positivity in team health
• Positive and negative behavioural patterns
• Models of team health
• Measurement, constant monitoring

COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING (3 DAYS)

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will be familiar with basic project concepts, project methodologies and will know how to apply them in given situations
• You will understand the differences between traditional and agile project methodologies
• You will be able to plan, start, and implement projects in your everyday work
• You will be able to solve problems occurring during real projects with a novel approach and tools

Modules

• The definition, environment, types, and structure of projects, basic concepts
• Differences between traditional and agile project management and the times to use them
• Project planning, leading, and closing, crisis management
• Prince2, PMI, Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• The communication and human side of project management
• Practice: following the lifecycle of a fictional project for 3 days
• Discussion and consultation of personal projects

LEADING DISTANT AND VIRTUAL TEAMS (3 DAYS)

Advantages of doing the course:

• You will understand the difficulties and challenges of leading distant and virtual teams
• You will get to know the tools and best practices which help you in this leadership situation and practice them during the training
• You will learn about the latest and most modern project management practices
• You will be able to manage more complex projects
• You will be able to manage more serious problems occurring during the project
• You will know how to manage more projects at the same time

Modules

• Main problems during projects and the most frequent causes of failure
• The communication and human side of crisis management
• Tips and solutions for managing project problems
• Managing project portfolios, Project Office
• Practice: managing crises of a fictional project for 3 days
• Discussion and consultation of personal project problems