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Agile/Scrum for Learning and Development Teams
An ongoing concern of Learning and Development (L&D) managers is how to deliver better and faster training results that increase the effectiveness of individuals and business units within the...
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An ongoing concern of Learning and Development (L&D) managers is how to deliver better and faster training results that increase the effectiveness of individuals and business units within the larger enterprise. Can your L&D or HR team design and implement your learning plan at the accelerated speed of modern business?
This Agile/Scrum for Learning and Development Teams training teaches attendees how to achieve these results by adopting the Agile Mindset and emphasizes the roles, events, and artifacts created in Agile and Scrum. Scrum ceremonies are explained and students gain an understanding of why transparency, inspection, and adaptation are key parts of Scrum. Common planning and estimating techniques are discussed and applied. Participants execute a Learning and Development case study during a Sprint, and teams learn how to adapt their processes to an Agile/Scrum Framework.
Skills Gained
All students will:
- Learn how to engage L&D teams in Strategy & Release Planning so that these teams’ goals align with the vision and strategy of the organization
- Understand the Agile Mindset and why it is important for the learner, the business unit, and the organization
- Understand how to apply the 12 Agile Principles for a Learning and Development Product
- Utilize your product during the workshop exercises for quick applicability and to uncover common cultural issues and organizational issues within your department or enterprise
- Learn what it takes to be an L&D Scrum team and understand what other agile leaders responsible for agile transformation wish they had done differently
- Experience a Sprint and perform all events to inspect and adapt, thus solidifying the learners’ understanding of what it takes to really be Agile
- Understand each role of the Product Owner and Scrum Master, including how to work collaboratively as a member of the Dev Team
- Define the Product Backlog and understand User Stories
- Understand the Scrum Framework and how to implement your L&D projects in shorter iterations by focusing on the work needed “just in time”
- Describe how implementing the Scrum Framework allows L&D teams to deliver more specific content to employees/departments in faster increments
Prerequisites
No prior experience is presumed. This Agile course is for learning executives, HR department, tech leaders, product owners, scrum masters, dev team members, e-learning teams, blended learning teams, and instructional courseware design teams.
Course Details
Training Materials
All Agile/Scrum for Learning and Development training students receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
For in-person deliveries, attendees do not need computers for this course. We will provide full classroom setup instructions that will include seating in small groups, with supplies such as flipcharts, sticky notes, markers, and pens for the attendees and a projector and Internet connection for the instructor's laptop.
Online deliveries for this interactive training will use an online meeting platform (such as Zoom, WebEx, GoTo, or Teams) to have face-to-face contact online, including use of breakout rooms for group activities.
Outline
- Overview of Agile
- Understanding the framework
- 12 principles of Agile
- Framework Defined
- Agile Common Themes
- Benefits of Agile
- Understand why the Agile Mindset is important for
- Learners
- Business Units
- Organization and Culture
- Scrum Defined
- Definition of Scrum
- Uses of Scrum in L&D environment
- Understand being part of Strategy and Release Planning can increase delivery of roadmaps for skill gap assessment and just in time training.
- Apply the Agile Mindset to help drive organizational change throughout all Learning and Development initiatives.
- Scrum Theory
- Scrum Values
- Scrum Team (Roles)
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Development Team
- Scrum Events
- Review L&D Case Study: Business Unit requests skills development
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Development Work
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Scrum Artifacts
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog
- Increment
- Artifact Transparency
- Planning and Estimating
- Planning techniques
- Estimating techniques
- User Stories
- Sprint Execution
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Course Review and Retrospective
- What will happen if we do not become Agile?
- Do we need more refinement of Writing User Stories?
- Conclusion
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
What languages are used to deliver training?
Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.
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Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?
Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.
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Reviews
Some Labs are very good but some steps it ask to update but its already updated, but overall its very good training.
Very good couse and again we would like to see more videos on removing FRUs
ExitCertified gave me some good trainings and I got to learn through doing labs.
Overall it was a good bootcamp. A lot to cover so it is understandable that the pace had to be a little fast.
It is very good and very simple instructions. almost to much hand holding.
