Agile Team Facilitation

AGILE TEAM FACILITATION

Course Description:

Run as a 3-day classroom style training course

In an Agile environment, the effectiveness of the team depends on the facilitation skills of the Agile Team Facilitator to lead the team to higher levels of performance.

The Agile Team Facilitator (ATF) role must guide the team through the paradigm shifts required in Agile team environments and lead them towards collaboration and self-organization. To do so requires a mindset shift for the team leader – the facilitator mindset.

This course gives you the much-needed skills to design and conduct collaborative meetings while leading teams toward higher maturity levels, more effective results, and self-organization. As a stepping-stone towards becoming an Agile Coach, this course focuses not only on skills and techniques but also on the mindset for the facilitator and the facilitator’s path towards becoming an Agile Coach. It includes group facilitation tools and techniques for effectively designing meetings and workshops that both engage the entire audience and drives toward agreed-upon outcomes.

ICP-ATF Certification This course has been approved by ICAgile to award students the Certified Professional in Agile Team
Facilitation (ICP-ATF) upon completion. In this course we will practice the following:

The Agile Team Facilitator role
Facilitation concepts and techniques
Facilitator Mindset
Responsibilities and Skills of the ATF
Importance of Self-Awareness and Self-Management
Setting team boundaries and knowing when to intervene
Working with Teams: Diagnostics and dysfunctions
Coaching Contract and Coaching Alliance
Facilitating Meetings for collaboration and team decision making
Techniques for facilitating Agile practices (Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, etc.)

Prices

All prices are for per person and are GST exclusive. Please add GST.

Regular Price: $2,300
Earlybird Price: $1,990
Bulk Price: $1,590
Corporate Price: Please contact us or call +64 4 462-4017

Descriptions

Earlybird prices are available for registration request that come in up to 1 month prior to the class starting.
Bulk prices are available for any registrations for 5 or more attendees in the same class.
Corporate prices are for any organisation that wishes to include a number of employees. Please call us to discuss possible in-house, bulk purchases etc.

What is included?

Courses include excellent room facilities in the city advertised. Each course will supply the following:
Take home printed materials and reading
Lunches, morning and afternoon teas
A selection of teas and coffees continually available throughout the course
Spacious and relaxing breakout areas
Mints on every table
Whiteboard, flipchart, marker pens
Notepads, pens, iced water and mints
Use of Lounge areas
Continuous coffee and selection of teas
Free Wi-Fi in the breakout area

Options available to corporate customers

Please discuss with us your requirements. Examples may be any or all of the following:
In-house – you supply the rooms
You supply catering
Corporate and Government discounts
Coaching available

Prerequisites

The Agile Fundamentals would be a good prerequisite for this course. It is assumed the attendee has been working with an Agile team and understands the Agile mindset.

Intended Audience

Anyone who strives to lead teams towards greater efficiency and achieve tangible results will benefit from the essential leadership skills of team facilitation. This includes:

Anyone wanting to improve their team facilitation skills
Anyone on their path to becoming an Agile Coach
Team Facilitators
Scrum Masters
Agile Project and Program Managers
Agile Coaches wanting to improve their skills
Business Analysts
Value Managers
Team Leaders
Product Owners
Iteration Managers
Anyone wanting certification in ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
Anyone wanting to become an ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching

The course will help you build your facilitation toolkit with practices and techniques to facilitate team activities.

Course Outline

The course will cover the following content and more:

Section 1: Welcome and Introductions
- Summary: Opening and general logistics for the class.

Section 2: Begin with the End
- Topics covered:
  - What is an Agile Team Facilitator?
  - Why Agile Works
  - The Agile Paradigm Adjustment
  - What is Facilitation?
  - The Agile Team Facilitator
Section 3: Agile Team Facilitator Roles
- Topics covered:
  - Agile Team Facilitator Mindset
  - Development Path for Agile Coaching
  - The Agile Coaching Mindset
  - Responsibilities and Skills of the Coach
  - Setting Boundaries for Coaching

Section 4: The Agile Mindset
- Topics Covered:
  - Defining Agile Coaching
  - Coach as a Role Model
  - Servant Leadership
  - Key Mindset Shifts
Section 5: Responsibilities and Skills of the Facilitator
- Topics covered:
  - Roles and Responsibilities
  - Skills of the Coach
  - Achieving Self-Awareness/Self Management in the Coach
Section 6: Setting Boundaries for Coaching
- Topics Covered:
  - Internal vs. External Coaches
  - Defining the Coaching “Contract”
  - Designing a Coaching Alliance
Section 7: Coach as a Facilitator
- Topics Covered:
  - Facilitation & the Facilitator Stance
  - Facilitating Meetings
  - Facilitating Collaboration
  - Facilitating a Meeting
  - Designing Meetings for Collaboration
  - Using the Meeting Organizing Tools
  - Facilitating Full Participation
  - Facilitating Collaborative Conversations
  - Facilitating Team Decision-Making

Section 8: Skillfully Facilitating Agile Practices
- Topics covered:
  - Setting the Facilitation Context
  - Facilitating Collaborative Meetings
  - Designing Meetings for Team Interaction
  - Facilitating an Agile Practice
Section 9: Facilitating Chartering Activities
- Topics covered:
  - Chartering Sessions
  - Vision Sessions
  - Team Chartering
Section 10: Facilitating Collaborative Meetings
- Topics covered:
  - Facilitating Release Planning
  - Facilitating Iteration Planning
  - Facilitating Retrospectives
  - Facilitating Stand-Ups
  - Designing Meetings for Team Interaction
  - Practice designing and facilitating meetings
Section 11: Summary
- Summary: Summarize key takeaways from the course and pull it all together.
- Topics Covered:
  - Review Key Takeaways
  - Review Facilitation Tools
  - Review of ICAgile Learning Objectives and Video
  - References

How

This is a super-fun course and you will be on your feet doing things with your fellow attendees throughout the course.

There is no exam at the end, only your active participation and full attendance is required. The trainer is accredited to award the certification once they are satisfied that you have understood the learning objectives.

The course is made up of a mixture of training, discussions, active group exercises, and games.

The feedback we receive shows that, while the learning and the certifications are important, it is these discussions, group exercises, and the combined experiences of people in different situations that give the extra value to those attending. These experiences cannot be gained from reading or online courses.