Course Overview:

This unique training workshop is part of the ever evolution of Agile Coaching Program co-developed by 2 Enterprise Agile Coaches, Bill Li & Jacky Shen, since 2014. The course comes with the vision and mission of developing effective Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Change Agents, to incorporate must-have soft-skills/leadership/influencing competences together with the sciences of Agile/Agility: the Arts and Sciences of Agile Coaching. It serves as the stepping stone to CSP-SM level certification and inspires participants to pursue Scrum Alliance CTC/CEC certifications eventually.

This unique offering of learning is very hands-on and actions oriented, being enhanced by many Agile transformation field cases in the real-world from the trainer's own rich experiences. In the class, you will have opportunities to participate in deep, open and focused conversations with the trainer as well as fellow classmates who also bring lots of valuable insights from different perspectives. Besides public classes, this course/workshop has been well received and embraced by small and large organizations around the globe as the must-have program for advancing Scrum Master growth as well as cultivating effective internal Agile Coaches to support various scale of Agile Transformation initiatives.

Trainer Background:

Bill Li, CST (Certified Scrum Trainer), consultant and Enterprise Agile Coach active around the globe, Managing Principal of UPerform Agile Academy. With over 25 years of cross-functional experiences in IT sector and other domains, Bill is among the pioneers who promoted Scrum and Agile since 2004, and is active contributor and speaker at agile community in China and across the world, including major Scrum and Agile conferences. Besides in-depth Scrum and Agile large scale real-world experiences, Bill has been well trained and is proficient in professional facilitation and coaching (ICF accredited Erickson Coaching International and Leadership Team Coaching, and Liberating Structures).

Bill enjoys developing people (particularly Agile and Scrum Coaches, and Agile Leaders) and organizations through high quality Scrum and Agile training and consulting/coaching services. His passion lies in helping clients’ product development/innovation organizations and teams to become more effective, having less waste and fewer impediments in their processes, less pressure, higher enjoyment, and producing better product and services, in an open, transparent, creative, and self-organized environment.

Bill translated Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber into simplified Chinese and published it in 2007. He also co-translated Ken's next book on Scrum & Enterprise and Mike Cohn’s User Stories Applied, together with other 2 titles in Project Management area. Bill is MBA from Schulich School of Business, York University, and Bachelor of Engineering from South China University of Technology. He lives in Shanghai, China and Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Logistics:

About a week before coming to class you'll receive via email pre-requisite reading materials and preparation assignment. Additionally, as part of the two-day workshop each participant will receive the following:

• Many valuable reference materials including electronic copy of training materials, checklists, case studies, experience reports, and recommended reading and video watching list etc.

• 2-year additional membership with the Scrum Alliance, and with all other foundational certifications held by the participant be renewed for another 2 years

Participants can also claim 16 PDUs with the PMI.

This course is organized by UPerform and SimpliAxis - Leading Provider of Scrum and Agile Training and Coaching services. With outstanding references from highly satisfied corporate clients and individual students, we are your clear choice for all of your Scrum and Agile transformation needs.

Agenda

Pre-class preparation:

• Pre-requisite reading materials be provided by trainer, and participant to write up reading summary;

• Prepare personal experience summary on using Scrum and/or performing Scrum-Mastership; Reflecting on your experiences, list key challenges you encountered and how you addressed such challenges and what were the outcomes (please specify hard skills and soft skills you have applied, and self-assessment on your competence level on those skills);

• Go over the Learning Objectives of A-CSM program described by Scrum Alliance

In-class topical outline:

• Start with "WHY";

• Intention of Agile/Agility;

• Complex Adaptive System and Thinking;

• Recap on the Core: Agile and Scrum;

• Cultivating Self-Organized Team - Techniques;

• Innovative Product Creation Org - Eco-system Roles Competence Model;

• Agile Coach Competence Model - Leader as a Coach;

• Catalyzing Changes - Techniques;

• Organization Design and Scaling Agile to Multiple Teams;

• Conflict Management - Core;

• Motivations - Intrinsic;

• Serving and Supporting;

• Core Influence Techniques & Change Model;

• Core Soft Skill - Teaching/Training;

• Core Soft Skill - Mentoring;

• Core Soft Skill - Facilitating;

• Core Soft Skill - Coaching;

• Agile Coach Toolbox

Post-class assignment:

• Create Summary of Learning, and Individual Action Plan with Timeline;

• Based on Past Experiences and Actions, Conduct Self-assessment on Core Learning Objectives of A-CSM

Who Should Attend

This 2-day interactive workshop (with important pre-class and post-class assignments) is targeted to individuals practicing at work as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach or any level of leader in an organization (Leader in Scrum-Mastering and/or Coaching style), or as an external Management Consultant/Agile Coach. It is also highly valuable for anyone interested/engaged in Scrum adoption and Agile transformation, including Senior and Mid Management, Dev Managers, Line and Functional Managers, Change Management Leaders, Quality Assurance Leaders, Digital Program Leaders, Project Managers, Team Leaders, Senior Development Team Members, Product Managers, and any other supporting professionals at work etc.

For any Registration, Group Discount and inquiries, Please contact us

3 Participants 7% Discount

5 or more Participants 12% Discount

10 or more Participants please contact us at support@simpliaxis.com or

+1-361-998-9988, +1-249-500-3143

About the Instructor:

Mr. Ram Srinivasan, CST

Ram Srinivasan has a very unique distinction of being the first (and THE ONLY)) person in North America (and second person in the world) to hold the coveted Certified Scrum Trainer (from Scrum Alliance) and Professional Scrum Trainer (from scrum.org) certifications. His mission is to help his clients build great organizations and he does this by focusing on people, process and product development.Ram started as a developer and later moved to hold various roles including software architect, Project /Program Manager, and Agile Coach. He has coached, mentored, and consulted with teams to organizations of different sizes across many industries (finance, insurance, retail, banking, media, telecom, government, etc.). This depth and breadth of experience give Ram the ability to view clients' challenges from different perspectives and provide pragmatic solutions, making him a sought after Agile Coach.

Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) Virtual Training from Ram Srinivasan