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CERTIFICATION BROCHURE

T H E A G I L EA D V I S O RA F R I C A

LAGOS Executive Office:Church House 5TH Floor, 29 Marina Street, Lagos, Nigeria

+234 814 727 0598

www.theagileadvisor.com

[email protected]

Making Connections, Delivering Results

T A A AUNIVERSITY

THE AGILE ADVISOR AFRICA

The Agile Advisor is a global firm, comprising of consultants and information professionals. We have offices in more than 5 countries, speak multiple languages, and represent several nationalities.Our clients reflect our global nature.

We serve a broad mix of government, private-, public-, and social-sector organizations. Our firm is designed to operate as one. We are a single global partnership united by a strong set of values, focused on client impact.

Around 70% are in Africa,

10% in the America,

10% in Europe

10% in the Middle East and Asia.

About Us

T H E A G I L E A D V I S O RA F R I C AMaking Connections, Delivering Results

Our Services


The Agile Advisor Africa is the change agent to help you transform your workplace using Agile Methodologies, also transform your teams and entire workplace using Agile Values, Principles and Practices.

OPEN SERVICES PRIVATE CLASS

SPECIFIED LOCATION BASED TRAININGONLINE CLASSES



As an organization, we train individuals and organizations by presenting to them hands on experience on the use of Agile practices and tools. We offer a list of certifications below:

Our Certifications

SCALED AGILE CERTIFICATIONS

* Certified SAFe Agilist (SA)

* Certified SAFe Practitioner (SP)

* Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)

* Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

* Certified SAFe Product Owner/ Product Manager (POPM)

* Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

* Certified SAFe Practitioner

KANBAN

* Team Kanban Practitioner

* Kanban Management Professional

* Kanban Coaching Professional

* Accredited Kanban Consultant– AKC


Our Certifications


SCRUM

ICAGILE

* PSM I - Professional Scrum Master

* PSM II - Professional Scrum Master II

* PSM II - Professional Scrum Master III

* PSPO - Professional Scrum Product Owner

* PSF - Professional Scrum Foundations

* PAL-E - Professional Agile Leadership Essentials

* PSU - Professional Scrum with UX

* PSK - Professional Scrum with Kanban

* PSD - Professional Scrum Developer

* SPS - Scaled Professional Scrum with Nexus

* ICP - ICAgile Certified Professional

* ICP-APO - ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Product Ownership

* ICP-TST -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Testing

* ICP-TAL -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Talent

* ICP-ATA -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Test Automation

* ICP-APM -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Project Management

* ICP-ACC -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching

* ICP-PRG -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Programming

* ICP-ASD -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Software Design



Our Certifications

SCRUM INC

* Licensed Scrum Master

* Licensed Scrum Product Owner

ICAGILE (Continued)

* ICP-ATF -ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation

* ICP-EPO -ICAgile Certified Professional in Enterprise Product Ownership

* ICP-DAS -ICAgile Certified Professional in Delivery at Scale

* ICP-BAF -ICAgile Certified Professional in Business Agility Foundations

* ICP-FDO -ICAgile Certified Professional in Foundation of DevOps

* ICM-ICAgile Certified Master Agilist


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Certified SAFe Agilist (SA)

BENEFITS

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·* Increases the scope and helps to grow in the market.

* Improve the decision making capabilities at Enterprise level.* Aids enhanced speedy Release Value.

·* SAFe to changing Organizational needs in a better way.

* Apply SAFe to scale Lean and Agile development in the enterprise* Apply Lean-Agile Mindset and principles* Plan and successfully execute Program Increments* Execute and release value through Agile Release Trains* Build an Agile portfolio with Lean-Agile budgeting.

Course Outline

* Continuous delivery.

A Certified SAFe® Agilist (SA) is a Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) enterprise leadership professional who is part of a Lean-Agile transformation

AUDIENCEC.E.O

Program or Project Manager

Scrum Master

Team Lead

Release Train Engineer

Business Analyst

Agile Coach

C.I.O

Portfolio Manager

Consultant

Engineer

Program Manager

Change Agent

Solutuions or Systems Architech


Certifications


Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

Course Outline

* Work in real-life cases with other classmates together as a team. This course is made up of discussions and hands-on exercise based upon real-

Professional Scrum Master I is 2days course that covers the principles and (empirical) process theory underpinning the scrum framework, and the role of the scrum master in it. It is a course combination of instruction and team based exercises, and teaches what is at the heart of the scrum and Agile movement..

* Includes advanced thinking for servant-leadership and behavioral. * Throughout the course, students are challenged to to think in terms of the scrum principles to better understand what to do when returning to the workplace.

OBJECTIVES

* Understanding and applying the scrum framework

* Developing people and teams

* Managing products with agility

* Developing and delivering products professionally

*Evolving the agile organization.

TARGETED AUDIENCE

This course is intended for project managers, team leaders, product owners, designers, developers, testers, software architects and everyone who is expected to lead scrum projects & teams.


Professional Scrum Master (PSM II)

Professional Scrum Master II is a 2 days advance Scrum Master class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. This course is intended for Scrum Masters with at least one year of experience who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities as a Scrum Master. This course also include a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Masters ii certification exam.

PSM ii is an advanced course helping students to understand the stances that characterize an effective Scrum Master and servant-leader while diving deep into how they serve the Development team, Product owner and organization. The course then teaches students about related practices and skills to enable them to have the right types of conversations and how to apply them to become better Scrum Masters.

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OBJECTIVES

* Discover which tools skills, practices makes an effective Scrum Master

* Understand how Scrum’s principles and values help guide Scrum Masters in their decision making

* Learn how the Scrum Masters acts as servant leader and improves his skills the role

TARGETED AUDIENCEPSM II is for Scrum Masters who have at least 1year of experience and arelooking to expand their knowledge and skills of Scrum masters

* Know what the Scrum Master can do to support development and Product owners to become more effective

* Provide tips and techniques to the Scrum Masters to work with the rest of the organization in support of scrum teams.

* Learn ways for the Scrum masters to help change the environment and make it more conducive to the success of Scrum teams with greater agility

How to apply different stances in order to be effective which are * The Scrum Master as a teacher* The scrum master as a coach and as a mentor* The Scrum master as a facilitator * The Scrum master as a change agent


Professional Agile Leader - (PAL-E)

The Professional Agile Leadership (PAL) Essentials 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 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. 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.

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OBJECTIVES

Course Topics

·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 Should 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.·Understanding of core problems in IT Product and Software Development·Professional introduction and establishment of Agile techniques·Role management plays in the Agile change of an organizationCourse Topics

·Improving Value Delivery·Value – The “What”·Culture – The “Who”·Professionalism – The “How”

·Scaling


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Scaled Professional Scrum(SPS)

scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) with Nexus is a 2-day course that is designed as an experiential workshop where students learn how to scale Scrum using the Nexus Framework. Throughout, you are introduced to the artifacts and events within the framework, the new Nexus Integration Team role, along with more than 50 associated practices.Throughout the workshop, students will be introduced to more than 50 practices that can be used to help reduce complexity and dependencies at scale.The workshop will provide students with an understanding of how to launch, structure, staff, and manage a large Agile project using Scrum. Throughout the workshop, students will learn the infrastructure, tools and practices needed to successfully scale Scrum to maximize the value of their

software development initiative.

OBJECTIVES

·Learn how to Scale Scrum using the Nexus framework·Learn how to overcome challenges in large-scale development initiatives·Keep development initiatives on track·Experience organizing several teams working on the same product·Optimize team productivity·Understand how to identify, minimize and remove dependencies

COURSE TOPICS·Scaled Scrum is still Scrum·Introduction to the Nexus Framework·New role, artifacts and events·Organizing teams & work·Managing the Nexus & Nexus+™·Dealing with common challenges·Practices to help teams efficiently build an integrated software product.

TARGETED AUDIENCEThe Scaled Professional Scrum course is recommended for development leads, development managers, project/program managers and anyone else involved in coaching, formulating, participating in or managing scaled product

development projects using Agile and Scrum..


Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK)

The 2-day Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course teaches Scrum practitioners how to apply Kanban practices to their work. Through theory, case studies, and hands-on exercises, participants will understand the importance of transparency and flow as it pertains to the Scrum framework.

Scrum is the defacto standard for how Agile teams work. Scrum exists only in its entirety and functions well as a container for other techniques, methodologies and practices. Scrum Teams keep improving how they work, based on what they learn by inspecting and adapting on an ongoing basis.

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COURSE TOPICS

·Dispelling Common Myths·Understanding Professional Scrum·Kanban Theory, Principles and Practices·Kanban in Practice·Scrum with Kanban


ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION

Assessment and CertificationAll participants completing the Professional Scrum with Kanban course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum with Kanban I (PSK I) assessment. The industry-recognized PSK I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%.

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Professional Scrum Master (PSM III)Professional Scrum Master III is available to anyone who has passed the PSM I and PSM II assessments and wishes to demonstrate a distinguished level of Scrum mastery. PSM III certificate holder proves that they have a deep understanding of the application of Scrum, Scrum practices, the Scrum values, and have the ability to apply Scrum in a variety of complex team and organizational situations. Those that passes the PSM III assessment will receive the global, industry recognized PSM III Certification as an indication of their distinguished level of Scrum mastery, proving that not only do they understand Scrum and can apply it, but they can also mentor and Coach people or teams who are adopting Scrum.

Anyone attempting the PSM III should have a high level of a scrum knowledge, in-depth Scrum experience and/or have taken the Professional Scrum Master course priori to taking this assessment. However, attending a course is neither necessary nor sufficient for certification. The PSM III assessment is incredibly difficult, and consists of multiple-choice questions, and case study questions, and essays. Achieving PSM III is the highest demonstration of knowledge any professional Scrum Master can make.

OBJECTIVES

* Discover which tools skills, practices and postures makes an effective Scrum Master

* Understand how Scrum’s principles and values help guide Scrum Masters in their decision making

* Learn how the Scrum Masters acts as servant leader and improves his skills the role

TARGETED AUDIENCEThis program is mainly for anyone who has passed the PSM I and PSM II, and wishes to have a distinguished level of Scrum mastery.

* Know what the Scrum Master can do to support development and Product owners to become more effective

* Provide tips and techniques to the Scrum Masters to work with the rest of the organization in support of scrum teams.

* Learn ways for the Scrum masters to help change the environment and make it more conducive to the success of Scrum teams with greater agility

* Developing people and teams

* Managing products with agility

* Developing and delivering products profes- sionaly

* Evolving the agile organization


Licensed Scrum Master ( LSM)

The Licensed Scrum Master Credential is a distinguished designation highlighting individuals who can systematically implement Scrum In a way that drives immediate business results while simultaneously accelerating personal on team performance. Student who completes a LSM training Eligible to take the LSM exam. Students who pass the exam will earn their LSM credential. The Licensed scrum master credential formally recognize your knowledge of Lean principal , Scrum master techniques, Patterns of high-performing teams, And how the scrum master role scales in an organization.

Course Outline* The Scrum framework with an emphasis on the role of the scrum master.* How is Scrum framework help deliver products and services faster and with higher quality while cutting costs and improving employee happiness and job satisfaction.* How to leverage lean principles to identify waste in a system, process, or organization. * Techniques and metrics scrum Masters use to improve the team Happiness and performance.

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TARGET AUDIENCE

* Professionals in any industry wanting to become scrum master or Scrum Masters or servant-leaders to their team.

* Job seekers wishing for an agile organization

* Professionals interested in being “agile”

* Traditional project manager is looking to Transform their careers.

* SAFe practitioners wanting to learn Scrum and explored Scrum@Scale.

* Product Managers, PMPs, PMI-ACP Team Leaders or professionals wishing to begin their journey toward becoming a Licensed Scrum Product Owner or a Scrum@Scale Practitioner.

* Managers and leaders wanting to understand the patterns of high-performing teams and how true Scrum delivers twice the value ads off the cost. The training is for all levels of Scrum experience.


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Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)

OBJECTIVES * Students are challenged to think in terms of Scrum and the Scrum principles to better understand what to do when they return to their workplaces.* Students will have a clear understanding of the mechanics of Scrum and how the role of the Product Owner fits in. * Students come up as a product owner for scrum teams and stakeholders.* Students can effectively increase the business agility of their organization.

Being a Professional Scrum Product Owner encompasses more than writing requirements or managing a product backlog. Product owners need to have a concrete understanding of all product management aspect, including but not limited to product ownership, that drives value from their products. Professionals Scrum Product Owner focuses on all of this areas to teach students how to maximize the value of products and systems. PSPO is the cutting-edge carrs for Product Owners, Agile Products managers And anyone responsible for a product success in the market. In this course, students will develop and solidify their knowledge of being a product owner through instruction and team based exercises. Students work in team. They learn through assignments, discussions and hand-on exercises.

COURSE OUTLINE

* Introduction

* Challenges in Agile Journey

TARGETED AUDIENCE

The Professionals Scrum Products Owner courseis targeted to Product Owners and anyone elseaccountable for maximizing value delivered bysoftware products and services. Scrum Masters benefit from this course as their role often includes coaching Product Owners.

* Agile Product Management

* Modelling Business Strategy

* Scrum Theory

* Complexity of Software

* Product Development

* The Scrum Framework

* Product Backlog Management

* User Story Writing


Licensed Product Owner (LPM)

The Licensed Product Owner Credential is a distinguished designation highlighting individuals who can systematically drive immediate business results, uphold a compelling product vision and return real revenue for their companies via the Scrum framework.

COURSE OUTLIINE * How the Scrum Framework helps deliver product and services faster and with higher quality while cutting cost and improving employee happiness and job satisfaction. * How to assess business value. * How to consistently deliver a successful product to the marketplace. * Techniques and metrics Scrum product owner use to prioritize features, projects and portfolios.* hhThe patterns and practice of high-performing Scrum teams. OBJECTIVES •Sets you apart as a leader with proven expertise. •Most popular Agile framework in use.•Evidence-based techniques for consistently delivering high value to stakeholders. •Empower team productivity and collaboration.•Stay competitive in today’s job market.

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TARGET AUDIENCE

* Professionals in any industry wanting to become scrum master or Scrum Masters or servant-leaders to their team.

* Job seekers wishing for an agile organization

* Professionals interested in being “agile”

* Traditional project manager is looking to Transform their careers.

* SAFe practitioners wanting to learn Scrum and explored Scrum@Scale.

* Product Managers, PMPs, PMI-ACP Team Leaders or professionals wishing to begin their journey toward becoming a Licensed Scrum Product Owner or a Scrum@Scale Practitioner.

* Managers and leaders wanting to understand the patterns of high-performing teams and how true Scrum delivers twice the value ads off the cost. The training is for all levels of Scrum experience.


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TEAM KANBANPRACTITIONERTeam Kanban Practitioner is a course that introduces one to the basics of the Kanban method and how to prioritize work based on values, clarify service or product delivery, install a continuous improvement attitude, and advance knowledge of Agile practices.

Kanban has been widely accepted as the next best evolution of Agile after Scrum. Often termed as an ‘alternative path to agility’, its focus on improving problem solving, managing flow, promoting collaboration and experimentation and reducing bottlenecks, helps improve business agility and deliver superior quality end products.Our course on Team Kanban Practitioner is an entry level course that initiates one into the world of Kanban by introducing the basic concepts of the Kanban board and visualization aspects that will help in better project management. This comprehensive course will be conducted by a certified trainer with years of industry experience. With crisp courseware and examples drawn from real-life scenarios, you will understand Kanban for handling project responsibilities.

COURSE OUTLINE

* Introduction to KANBAN Method

TARGETED AUDIENCE

* Meaning of Kanban

* Principles & Practices

* Basic Kanban concepts

* Personal Kanban

* Team Kanban

AUDIENCE

* Project and Product Managers

* Business Analysts

* Scrum Masters, team leaders, and change agents

* Software developers and testers

* Agile Coaches and Practitioners

OBJECTIVES

* The various styles Kanban board and how to choose the best Kanban approach for a situation

* About Kanban pull systems and the service delivery workflows

* How Kanban helps in team collaboration

* The importance of Kanban Management Professionals, the next stage in the ‘alternative path to agility’ journey.


IC AGILE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN AGILE COACHING

This certification is one of two knowledge-based certifications on the Agile Coaching track. The certification focuses primarily on the mindset, roles, and responsibilities of an Agile Coach. After finishing the certification, the learner will be able to differentiate between and among mentoring, facilitating, professional coaching and teaching, and will also gain the skills needed to create a safe environment for meaningful collaboration and healthy conflict resolution within an agile team. This certification introduces participants to foundational team coaching skills and team development concepts for starting and growing teams while focusing on teams and organizations as human systems. A key part of this certification focuses on developing an understanding of the professional coaching skillset and the value of honing these skills to serve individual on agile team.

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COURSE OUTLINEThis course focuses mainly on the roles and responsibilities of an Agile coach. Agile involves a collaborative approach to software development through the use of teams and an Agile coach has the important role of guiding these teams. This course, therefore, includes topics that cover differentiation between mentoring, facilitating, consulting, teaching and coaching. It also provides an understanding of the skills needed to create a healthy environment for collaboration and problem resolution within an Agile team. Course participants are introduced to concepts of team development bearing in mind the team dynamics of an organization.

TARGETED AUDIENCE

Agile Coaches or aspiring coaches with a passion for servant leadership and a desire to learn and practice facilitation, professional coaching, mentoring, and teaching in service of Agile teams. Other relevant roles include ScrumMasters, Iteration Managers and Agile Project Managers. Although it is not a formal prerequisite, we have found that this certification is best pursued after Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF).

OBJECTIVES

* Differentiate between coaching, mentoring, teaching and consulting

* Understand the roles and responsibilities of an Agile coach

* Construct self-organizing and high performance teams

* Handle conflicts and dysfunctions within a team

* Create working agreements among geographically distributed teams

* Acquire skills to become an enterprise Agile coach


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LAGOS Executive Office:Church House 5TH Floor, 29 Marina Street, Lagos, Nigeria

+234 814 727 0598

www.theagileadvisor.com

[email protected]

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