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.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) trainingMelrose Place Guest Lodge, Johannesburg
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.
Pricing: From R11,120 (excl VAT) to R13,900 (excl VAT) per person.
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- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) trainingMelrose Place Guest Lodge, Johannesburg
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.
Pricing: From R11,120 (excl VAT) to R13,900 (excl VAT) per person.
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- ICAgile Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our ICAgile Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC) training class focuses predominately on the mindset, roles, and responsibilities of an Agile Coach.
Who should attend:
Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, and those within Management/Leadership positions who are seeking to strengthen their knowledge and skills of agile coaching practices and principles. The ICP-ACC training is one of two certified courses on the Agile Coaching track from ICAgile. The other is the ICAgile Team Facilitation Certification (ICP-ATF). The courses can be done independently of one another, but for a well-rounded coaching certification, we recommend doing both.
What's covered:
- The Agile coaching mindset
- Guiding the coaching conversation
- Fundamental professional coaching skills
- Coaching as a mentor, teacher, and team coach
- Establishing parameters for Agile coaching
- How to spark Leadership engagement
Course topics:
- Professional Coaching and Agile Coaching
- Coaching Stances & Presence
- Active Listening & Powerful Questions
- The Coaching Conversation
- Giving and receiving feedback
- The Coaching Agreement
- Coaching Teams
- Managing Conflict
- Team Assessments & Performance Models
- Coaching Structure for Formulating Actions & Continuous Improvement
- Dealing with Organizational Impediments
- Conducting effective training
- Shifting to Agile Roles
Pricing: From R14,320 (excl VAT) to R17,900 (excl VAT) per person.
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- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) training class has been crafted to enable Certified Scrum Product Owners to further expand on their existing knowledge and experience. You’ll need a minimum of one year of experience as a Product Owner in order to register for this course.
Who should attend:
Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owners with at least one year of hands-on experience, as our Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner training will provide a unique opportunity to further your knowledge and skills.
What's covered:
- The mindset and actions of a successful Product Owner.
- Working and collaborating with stakeholders and the Team.
- Approaches to working with multiple teams, including visualising, managing, and reducing dependencies.
- Learn advanced goal-setting and planning such as practical product strategies and forecasting.
- Tools and techniques to validate product assumptions and create plans to validate hypotheses.
- How to model and measure value.
- Techniques to improve Product Backlog management.
Pricing: From R15,120 (excl VAT) to R18,900 (excl VAT) per person.
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