Certified LeSS Basics

Insights addressing the challenges of agility at scale

Description

The Certified LeSS Basics course is a short but insight-packed introduction to the highly regarded LeSS and LeSS Huge scaling frameworks.

This course is for anyone curious about how LeSS is different from other approaches to scaling such as SAFe, the so-called Spotify Model etc. Being informed about this allows you to provide advice about the choice of scaling approach at work or to decide whether to take a 3 day Certified LeSS Practitioner course yourself.

Don’t be fooled by the word “Large” in the “Large Scale Scrum”. LeSS can be used with 2 small teams and upwards working on a single product offering. LeSS is not only for tech. product companies. The truth is that many banks and insurance companies use LeSS.

The course includes examples and first-hand stories from scaled Agile adoptions including recent in-person and completely remote LeSS adoptions in Australia.

Outline

  1. Why LeSS?
  2. LeSS complete picture
  3. LeSS framework in detail
  4. Story of a LeSS Sprint
  5. LeSS principles
  6. Core LeSS Game
  7. Technical excellence at scale
  8. Research and thinking informing LeSS
  9. Adoption recommendations
  10. Q&A and your next steps

Accreditation and certification

With participation throughout this course, you can earn Certified LeSS Basics accreditation with The LeSS Company.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to describe with confidence how LeSS deals with some of the most common issues when scaling Agile development. This includes how to;

  • structure your teams to maximise their ability to work on the highest customer value at scale,
  • eliminate scope and date agreements i.e. The Contract Game,
  • eliminate painful dependencies rather than just manage them,
  • improve agility well beyond the rigidity of quarterly (PI) planning cycles,
  • communicate and coordinate between teams whilst minimising centralised meetings and without coordination roles, and
  • achieve agility by simplifying your organisation rather than relabelling the current organisation with agile-sounding terms.

 

Your Certified Scrum Trainer - Rowan Bunning

Rowan Bunning, Certified Scrum Trainer, Scrum WithStyle

After beginning his Agile journey with eXtreme Programming in 2001, Rowan Bunning began practising as a Scrum Master in 2003 and was the first in Australia to become a Certified ScrumMaster at the beginning of 2005.

Rowan is the first and only educator in Australasia approved to teach all courses through to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) for Scrum Masters.

This and all other Scrum WithStyle courses are available as highly interactive virtual experiences leveraging the best online learning tools to an extreme.

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