Certified LeSS Basics

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Online
Berlin
Germany

Description :

Introduction

In these difficult times, quickly delivering value and innovating in ever-faster cycle times has become a key differentiator between good and great enterprises. Large product-development organizations are turning to agile principles and large-scale Scrum to sustainably deliver that innovation at a fast pace.

The key questions many large product development organizations face are:

  • How to apply what works well on a small scale to large scale developments?

  • What’s the design of an organization that optimizes for learning, agility and customer value?

  • Can I redesign my organization to create the environment to succeed in the long run?

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Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is to organizations what Scrum is to teams: a simple, powerful, large-scale product development framework designed to evolve into something that fits perfectly within any unique context. LeSS builds on top of Scrum principles such as empiricism, cross-functional, self-managing teams, and provides a framework to apply them at scale. It lays out simple structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt Scrum in large product development.

The Course

This Certified LeSS Basics Training will give you an introduction to the LeSS framework, principles, guides, and experiments. After this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain what is LeSS and what LeSS is not

  • Understand whether and how your organization can benefit from implementing LeSS

  • Explain how LeSS is a Scrum-based approach on scaling

  • Summarize what impact this has on organizational design (structures, policies, etc.)

  • Understand how your current organizational design influences the agility of your organization

  • Explain the dynamics of component teams vs. feature teams

  • Explain the LeSS roles and their purpose

  • Explain how LeSS scales over approx. 8 teams

What’s special about this course?

This course has been designed from the ground up for a great remote experience with techniques from “Training from the BACK of the Room” by Sharon Bowman and “Learning How to Learn” by Barbara Oakley, PhD.It will allow you to take in information in a multisensory way (hearing, seeing, discussing, writing, reflecting and teaching it to others) and engage in an active review of your knowledge. At the end of the course, you will create action plans on how to use your new skills in your organization.

The course is limited to 10 participants in order to allow a deep level of engagement and learning. 

The course consists of 6 sessions of up to 90 minutes each, spread out over 2 days. All participants will need to participate actively in the sessions with interaction through tools and webcam in order to get the CLB certification.

Course Times

Thursday, April 16th

  • 9:30 bis 11:00

  • 13:00 bis 14:30

  • 15:00 bis 16:00

Friday, April 17th

  • 9:30 bis 11:00

  • 13:00 bis 14:30

  • 15:00 bis 16:00

Certification

At the end of the course, you will receive the CLB certification and an account to less.works. You will also be exposed to the major learning resources at less.works, including the sections: Why LeSS?, Introduction to LeSS (chapter 2 from book 3), the rules, the online videos & books chapters.

In addition, after attending the 6 sessions, you will be able to claim up to 8 SEUs (Scrum Education Units) under Category C, towards Scrum Alliance CSP (Certified Scrum Professional) credential.

Agenda :

Agenda

The following topics will be covered in this course:

  • Why LeSS

  • LeSS and Scrum (what do they have in common and what is different)

  • Component Teams vs. Feature Teams

  • The LeSS roles

  • The LeSS events

  • The LeSS principles

  • LeSS Huge

Details :

Target Audience

This course is for everyone in product development: Scrum Masters and agile practitioners, team and organizational coaches, organizational leaders and senior managers, Product Owners and stakeholders, software engineers, hands-on technologists, and others.

Prerequisites

The only prerequisite to the course is basic Scrum knowledge. This can be picked up by attending a Certified Scrum Master or a Professional Scrum Master course, or thoroughly reading Scrum introduction material such as the Scrum Primer and practicing Scrum. 

You need a stable and fast internet connection, a webcam, a headset and an environment where you can concentrate as well as interact with others online as needed.

Recommended Preparation

Participants should review Scrum introduction material such as the Scrum Primer 

Another great preparation for this course is the Scrum Test on less.works. It’s strongly encouraged to do this test before attending the course.

About the Trainer

Robert is one of 20 certified LeSS Trainers globally and one of the few with hands-on experience in LeSS and LeSS Huge. As a change agent for 15+ years consulting and coaching, he has worked with over 30 companies, including DAX-listed global brands such as Adidas, BMW, BP, Dr. Oetker, Henkel, Hilti, Hugo Boss, SAP, Volkswagen, and ZF.

From 2015 to 2016 he led a LeSS adoption at a Global Player in the Software Industry, scaling development from 3 to 7 teams and coaching the development and the management team on how to lead a scaled agile organization. In 2018 he contributed to significant improvements in product delivery at one of the biggest LeSS Huge adoptions in the world at BMW AG. Working with over 30 teams, including large groups of over 400 employees, he led them to deliver bi-weekly product increments consisting of hardware and software.

You can read more about Robert here

Price: 350 EUR

Additional Price Information: + 19% VAT