Succeeding with Agile

Succeeding with Agile is two days of advanced agile project management training that picks up where the Certified ScrumMaster course and other intro to agile courses leave off. Drawing and expanding on concepts in Mike Cohn's "Succeeding with Agile" book, this course will help you move beyond initial success to sustained agility. Attendees should have a solid understanding of agile concepts, and principles and practices of Scrum prior to tackling this course.

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Peter Green

I recommend all of Mike’s courses to colleagues unreservedly, and specifically point them to Succeeding With Agile when they’ve been doing scrum for a while and are starting to hit the next wall of organizational impediments that naturally follow early adoption.

Peter Green
Agile Transformation Leader
Adobe Systems, Inc.

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What You’ll Learn

Learn directly from Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Mike Cohn about:

  1. How the same process used for the transition can be used to spread agile practices or Scrum practices across the enterprise

  2. How the roles of project managers, functional managers, programmers, testers, data professionals, architects, analysts and others change in an agile process

  3. Ways in which a leader can influence a self-organizing team

  4. How to incorporate technical design, interaction design and architecture into agile projects

  5. How improvement communities can drive the hard work of organizational change

  6. How to effectively structure teams, including how to make proper use of specialists

PDU and SEU Credits

PMI

This course earns you 15 PDUs within the PMI.

Scrum Alliance

This course earns you 16 SEUs (Category B) within the Scrum Alliance.

PDUs and SEUs can be used toward PMP, PMI-ACP, CSP and other certifications.
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Join Tens of Thousands Who Have Learned from Mike Cohn

Mike is a globally recognized Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and respected authority on Scrum and agile. You can find him in publications like:

Publications featuring Mike Cohn

His passion for Scrum coupled with his hands-on experience has made him a leading choice for Scrum and agile training with companies such as:

Mike's ability to explain concepts with humor and clarity has captivated audiences, and is what makes his courses so popular, serving more than 20,510 people with world-class, in-person training.

His teachings don't stop there. With 46,185 email subscribers and a large blog following, Mike offers weekly online education to his community. 

Plus, he provides online scrum and agile training with his popular "Agile Estimating and Planning" course online and "The Scrum Repair Guide," which offer on-demand learning for anyone, anywhere.

When you join Mike's in-person courses, you're joining an enthusiastic group of practitioners and students of all levels with an instructor who makes learning agile practical and fun.

And we never cancel a class due to low registration. Once you book, you can start making plans to attend.

Jerimy Gregory

Unlike other Agile training sessions, Mike used real world examples that help draw correlation to your own experiences. This, coupled with the breakout sessions make this training class outstanding.

Jerimy Gregory
CSPO, PMC III, Senior Product Manager

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Our Promise

When you train with us, you'll gain increased confidence in building a successful agile experience from the outset. Our courses guarantee:

  • A lively pace: The variety of exercises, group work and class breaks keep you energized
  • Informative but fun lessons: Mike’s passion, humor and knowledge make it easy to retain what you’ve learned
  • Applicable learning: Use your newfound knowledge and skills on future or current agile and Scrum projects
Thomas D.

Mike is perhaps the best speaker trainer that I’ve ever seen. He’s extremely prepared, knows his material, is able to handle questions and yet stay on track, he has a GREAT sense of humor, he interacts with the group, has real world examples and anecdotes, has GREAT energy. I’ve been to lots of training classes and Mike is probably the best. And that’s saying a lot.

Thomas D.

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Who Should Attend?

This advanced agile course is suited for anyone who has previously attended an introductory agile training or Scrum training course, such as a Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner class.

This course is also appropriate for anyone with prior agile experience who is looking for answers to the hundreds of questions that arise during any agile adoption.

Course Overview

Agile isn't a final destination; it's something you grow towards each day. Mike Cohn's "Succeeding with Agile" project management training teaches participants about transitioning to agile and beyond.

Participants in this course will learn advanced teamwork techniques, including ways to subtly guide a self-organizing team, and how to ensure that all team members (including designers, architects and testers) are busy on each day of the sprint.

The "Succeeding with Agile" course also shows ways to effectively scale agile and Scrum in one location or on a globally distributed team. This agile project management training explores what it means to be agile while meeting regulatory compliance requirements, and how to overcome common problems and tools for measuring the benefits of agile.

Course Agenda

  1. Iterating towards agility 

  2. Overcoming resistance 

  3. Think holistically, work incrementally 

  4. Measuring the benefits 

  5. Team structure 

  6. Teamwork 

  7. Leading self-organizing teams 

  8. Scaling 

  9. Distributed Teams 

  10. Co-existing

Learn how to iterate towards a higher level of agility,
no matter where you are on your journey with this course.

What You Get

  • In-person training with Mike Cohn

  • Supplementary, take-home course materials

  • A money-back guarantee

  • 15 PDUs with PMI and 16 SEUs with Scrum Alliance

Mike Cohn

About Mike Cohn

Learn scrum and agile processes directly from Mike Cohn, one of the industry's most well respected Certified Scrum Trainers (CST). Mike Cohn is the author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. He is a co-founder and former board member of the Scrum Alliance, and a co-founder of the non-profit Agile Alliance, home of the Agile Manifesto.

Got a Question?

Need more details before you book? Email [email protected], or call us on 1-888-61-AGILE (24453). We’ll respond within 24 hours and often much more quickly.