What we’re about
We are agile42, the Agile Coaching Company. We help organizations learn how to challenge their status quo and deliver value to their clients, by establishing a culture of continuous improvement.
This group aims to support individuals who want to increase their understanding of Agile as well as other relevant methods and practices.
We regularly host free webinars in collaboration with our international agile42 coaches, along with special guest appearances. We will also share specific training and conference events we feel would benefit our community.
Happy agility all!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation Course (ICP-ATF)Link visible for attendees
Our ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) course focuses on mastering the facilitation skills needed to engender environments of high collaboration, spirited engagement, and where self-organisation thrives.
Who should attend:
Anyone who is an agile team leader or an aspiring team leader with a passion for servant leadership and a keenness to learn and practice the skills of facilitation in the context of team facilitation and coaching. The ICP-ATF training is one of two certified courses on the Agile Coaching track from ICAgile. The other is the ICAgile Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC). The courses can be done independently of one another, but for a well-rounded coaching certification, we recommend doing both.What you’ll learn:
- The growth path for Agile Coaching
- The Agile Coaching Mindset
- Fundamental facilitation skills
- How to run a facilitated session
- How to facilitate collaborative meetings
- Expertly facilitating the Agile practices
Course topics:
- Agile Team Facilitation Mindset
- Motive and outcomes for facilitation
- Crafting the flow of the process and facilitation structure
- Neutrality and engendering a collaborative environment
- Facilitation for complete participation
- Facilitating collaborative discussions
- Facilitating Scrum Events
- How decisions are reached
- Effect of physical space on facilitation
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- Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) trainingMelrose Place Guest Lodge, Johannesburg
Our Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) training class has been crafted to enable Certified Scrum Masters to further expand on their existing knowledge and experience. You’ll need a minimum of one year of experience as a Certified Scrum Master in order to register for this course.
Who should attend:
Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Masters with at least one year of hands-on experience, as our Advanced Certified ScrumMaster training will provide a unique opportunity to further your knowledge and skills.
What's covered:
- The leadership traits of an excellent Scrum Master.
- Understanding team dynamics, the characteristics of a high-performing team and how to coach your team to improve.
- Dealing with organisational impediments.
- Enhancing your skills in the service of the Team, the Product Owner, and the whole organisation through facilitation.
- Catalysing organisational change that results from the adoption of Scrum.
- Recognising when a constructive interaction moves to destructive conflict, and what to do about it.
- Learn other Lean/Agile development approaches outside of Scrum.
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- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master training class provides students with a full immersion into what it takes to be a great Scrum Master.
Who should attend:
Our classes are open to anyone wanting to be a QUALIFIED Scrum Master and anyone looking to learn the best tricks of the trade as a Servant Leader. This can include project managers, team leaders, developers, business analysts, and HR managers among many others.
What's covered:
- Learn all about the Scrum Framework.
- Learn how the Scrum Master acts as a leader for the Scrum Team.
- Deep-dive into the accountabilities of the 3 roles of Scrum.
- Deep-dive, and practice, all the Scrum events.
- Learn the fundamentals of Agile Coaching and facilitation.
- Understand the kinds of organisational impediments that can affect Scrum Teams and what techniques the Scrum Master can use to help resolve them.
- Be 100% prepared for the Scrum Alliance exam.
Course topics:
- What does a Scrum Master do within a team?
- How can you as a Scrum Master Lead without Leading?
- Continuous Improvement and Self-organisation within teams.
- The art of User Story Mapping: To Do, Doing and Done.
- Scrum Events: The Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
- How to facilitate successful Scrum Events?
- The Scrum Artefacts: the Product Backlog, the Sprint Backlog, and the Increment.
- Common mistakes seen in the Scrum Master role.
- Adapting the agile framework successfully.
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- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner training class provides students with a full immersion into what it takes to be a great Scrum Product Owner.
This agile42 certified class will equip any aspiring team leader with the confidence and knowledge of how to ensure your team is focused on effectiveness when building and delivering products to your customers.
Who should attend?
Our Scrum Alliance accredited CSPO course is appropriate for aspiring Product Owners, business analysts, managers, project managers, and any team leaders looking for a well-rounded knowledge of the Product Owner role, and how, when empowered, you will increase your teams’ effectiveness of product delivery.
What's covered:
- Learn the Agile Product Ownership flow.
- Learn and work with the tools and techniques of successful Product Owners.
- Understand how to work with stakeholders.
- Practice goal-setting and planning techniques, such as product strategies, roadmap planning, and forecasting.
- Practice techniques to address conflicting customer needs.
- Learn approaches to validate product assumptions.
- Understand the business value and what it means to different stakeholder groups.
- Practice techniques to prioritise, create and refine the Product Backlog.
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