Certified LeSS Basics (CLB)

Limited Special Price of £300 + VAT, €350, $400*

The Certified LeSS Basics course is a brief introduction to the LeSS Framework. Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is a scaling/descaling approach for Agile Product development for multiple teams and growth organisations.

LeSS builds on top of the Scrum principles such as empiricism, cross-functional self-managing teams and provides a framework for applying that at scale. It provides simple structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt Scrum in large product development.

The Certified LeSS Basics course provides a 1-day (2*4 hours). Overview of the framework and some of the essential concepts that it uses. It will help to determine whether LeSS is for your organisation or not.

The Certified LeSS Basics course is also for anyone who is involved in the effort of a LeSS agile journey :)

What Will You Learn?

The primary learning goal for participants is to gain more information on what LeSS is, what LeSS is not, the purpose of LeSS and how it may be applicable in their working environment. Students will learn where to find more information about LeSS and what to do if one is interested in adopting LeSS in their company.

By the end of the course, not only will you be more confident in your knowledge and skills, but you will also have new material to share with your teams and have felt what it’s like to be a part of a LeSS learning community.

 Topics covered include:

• 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 is the Course Suitable For?

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

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.

What will you receive?

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®).

For full terms and conditions, please visit our website: http://agileaffinity.com/event-and-training-terms-and-conditions/

If you would like more information or pay via invoice, please email; talk@agileaffinity.comor call 0330 223 4657.

What makes us different?

All our Trainers are ICF certified, ORSC trained, and Trainers for Training from the BACK of the Room! No other provider comes close to this level of expertise.

In addition, all of our Trainers are Scrum Alliance Certified Coaches, which means they have been assessed by their peers as experts in agile coaching and can also provide mentoring for aspiring CTCs. We are the only Scrum Alliance Coaches running this course in the UK.

We keep costs low by not having a large back office team or spending large amounts on advertising. This means we can pass the savings onto our customers whilst not compromising quality.

Meet The Trainer(s)

Rickard Jones has over 20 years of professional services experience as an 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.

FAQ

What do I need to attend the online program?

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.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Get in touch with us directly by emailing us at talk@agileaffinity.com if you have any more specific questions, and one of the team will be happy to help.

Is there a test at the end of the course? Will my work be graded?

The instructors assess the course during the training. There is no exam to be taken. It is a certification you earn through practice during the course.

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