Leading Agile Teams Training

This is a deep dive course that takes you into some more advanced topics of how to take your skills to the next level. Participants start by brainstorming many of the real world daily challenges they face as Leaders then we discuss practical ways to address them. The course aims to help the Leadership Triangle (ScrumMasters, Product Owners, Technical/Solution Leads) AND Managers gain a deep understanding of their role and how to lead high [..]

Why This Course?

Unique course designed to address real world challenges with leading Agile teams. Provides practical solutions as action items.
This course is designed with 60% interactive group workshops!
Engage in several workshops that simulate real world team issues!
Practice leading a dysfunctional team and receive feedback!
For private courses, we can discuss YOUR company projects and develop practical action items for improvements.
You walk away with valuable course material, handouts, resources and cheat sheets including our Agile Coaching cheatsheet that will support you on your projects.

What You’ll Learn

The Agile Values and Principles Refresher
The Agile Lifecycle End to End
Comparing Agile Roles to Traditional Roles
Deep Dive into each Leadership Triangle Role
The Role of Agile Managers
What are Self-Organizing Teams
Top Challenges Leading Self-Organizing Teams
Servant Leadership – Letting Go of Command and Control
Assessing the Team Structure and Roles
Creating a Collaborative Environment
Assessing and Coaching on Team Dynamics
Protecting the Team from Outside Disturbances
Coaching on Basic Agile Practices and Principles
Assessing the Backlog and Coaching on Effective Requirements
Assessing and Coaching on Agile Engineering Practices
Listening for Impediments
Effective Tracking and Reporting
Running Effective Retrospectives
Practical ‘We Should Try’ ‘We Should Stop’ Action Items

Duration

2 Days