Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E)

In this two day class attendees develop a deep understanding of the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile environment. 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.
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Overview

PAL-e is a 2-day hands-on workshop that uses a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises to help managers and other leaders who work directly with agile teams understand how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to improve their agile capabilities. The workshop provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation. Leaders and managers are critical enablers 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. This workshop uses a combination of instruction and team-based exercises to help participants learn how to form and support agile teams to; achieve better results, and how to lead the cultural and behavioral changes that organizations must make to reap the benefits of an agile product delivery approach. Scrum.org provides the highest quality Scrum training, training materials and certified Professional Scrum Trainers (PST's) to teach them.

Course Description

Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E) is a hands-on, activity based class in which managers and leaders of agile teams gain a strong understanding of how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to create the conditions for great agility.

Schedules

Please find that the training that best fits your availability.

Agenda

PAL-E Course Outline

This workshop will encapsulate the following:

  • Theory and Principles
  • Improving Value Delivery
  • Value - The "What"
  • Culture - The "Who"
  • Professionalism - The "How"
  • Scaling

The Course objectives are as follows:

  • Development of a common language
  • Understanding of core problems in IT Product and Software Development
  • Professional introduction and establishment of Agile techniques
  • The Role that management plays in the Agile change of an organization

Benefits

This workshop will equip leaders and managers to help their organizations change by providing participants with:

  • An understanding of how agility can help you improve your organization's performance.

  • An understanding of how you, as a manager or leader, can help your organization achieve the benefits of agility.

  • An understanding of how culture and values influence your organization's ability to reap the benefits of agility.

  • Practical skills for helping to guide and coach agile teams, and to help them remove impediments.

  • An understanding of how to measure the benefits and impacts of agility in your organization.

Who Can Attend

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 IT organization/division.

Frequently Asked Questions

The workshop provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation. Post completion of this workshop you will learn how to create motivated agile teams and support them to deliver successful projects, and sustain the change culture needed to take advantage of the agile product delivery approach.

The CAL-e certification is from Scrum Alliance and PAL-e is by Scrum.org.

There is no exam for CAL-e however for PAL-e you will have to clear the exam by achieving 85% score. Both trainings are for agile leaders and helps to make you AGILE leadership journey smoother

Agile leadership is needed at all levels within the organization from the executive suite to the front-line managers, whether leading projects, programs, initiatives, people, or teams.

There are no prerequisites for this course and any professional who wants to go further on their agile leadership journey can undertake this workshop.

Yes, this workshop is for anyone who works in Agile environment and understand good practices of leadership and team handling.

Certification

PAL-E Certification Details

All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Agile Leadership-Essentials assessment. PAL-E class participants who attempt the PAL-E 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.

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