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Certified LeSS Basics

Our Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) course is an insight-packed introduction to the highly regarded LeSS organisational system (which includes 2 frameworks and much more).

This course includes examples and first-hand stories from LeSS adoptions in Europe and Australia.

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 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 managing 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.
Achieve agility by simplifying your organisation rather than relabelling the current organisation with agile-sounding terms.

Course Information:

Our Certified LeSS Basics course outlines solutions to a wide range of the most commonly experience scaling challenges including:

  • avoiding big releases with high release overhead,
  • rigid quarterly planning and “water-Scrum-fall”,
  • alignment that maximises value across all teams without capacity silos,
  • dependencies between teams and other groups,
  • bottlenecks around scarce skills/knowledge,
  • day-to-day coordination,
  • upholding internal quality,
  • integration and release readiness,
  • stalled improvement,
  • local optimisation and
  • difficulty seeing the big picture.

You will understand all the elements that make up LeSS, how the team structure and interactions contribute to an ability to maximise adaptability and customer value irrespective of the number of teams.

It is also about how LeSS is different from other approaches to scaling such as SAFe, the “Spotify Model”, Scrum@Scale, Nexus etc. Being informed about this allows you to provide advice about the choice of scaling approach for your product group.

Come away with the ability to explain how LeSS is different from other scaling approaches adoption tips from first-hand experience with LeSS and LeSS-like adoptions since 2008.

Course Information:

Sessions are a half day in duration.
  • Why LeSS?
    Understand how LeSS differs from other approaches in terms of what it is designed to solve and its organisational change approach to achieving this.
  • LeSS Complete Picture
    Be aware of the breadth and depth of the large body of knowledge and guidance that comprises LeSS.
  • Story of a LeSS Sprint
    Hear a first-hand account of what a LeSS looks like in practice through the flow of work and interactions.
  • LeSS Principles
    Increase your awareness of the practical implications of following Agile and Lean principles at scale.
  • Core LeSS Game
    Differentiate between specific techniques that are core, complementary and in conflict with LeSS.
  • Team Structures
    Understand how component and feature teams differ in outcomes such as dependencies, avoiding waterfall and overall value maximisation.
  • LeSS Huge
    Be aware of the additional elements involved in scaling beyond several teams and how an appropriate product definition makes this scenario more prevalent.
  • Technical Excellence at Scale
    Appreciate which technical practices will limit your agility and debunk myths about what they involve.
  • Research Informing LeSS
    Be aware of how your beliefs compare with the bodies of knowledge informing LeSS spanning Lean, Systems Thinking, culture change, leadership, HR, teamwork and people management.
  • Adoption Recommendations
    Gain several important recommendations on how to approach a LeSS style scaled Agile adoption including insights from a variety of LeSS and LeSS Huge experiences.

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Learning Facilitator:

Rowan Bunning

Educator and Consultant.

Biography:

Rowan Bunning is a globally recognised educator and consultant in Agile management. He has over 27 years of experience in software intensive project delivery and product development.

In 2008, Rowan founded Adapt WithStyle (formerly Scrum WithStyle) to bring world-class Agile training and independent consulting to south-east Asia. As a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) with not-for-profit Scrum Alliance, Rowan has delivered over 530 certification courses including the full three level Path to Certified Scrum Professional® (CSP®) for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.

Rowan holds a WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) from the Singapore Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).

Rowan has played project management roles in the U.K. and Australia. This includes taking a high-profile online business to launch, and safely introducing frequent change to critical infrastructure processing AUD $250 billion worth of financial transactions daily.

Rowan is passionate about developing leaders skilled at developing teams and simplifying their organisations to compete at scale on the basis of agility, innovation and highest customer value.

Accreditations:

CSD Certified Scrum DeveloperCertified Scrum Trainer BadgeCertified Scrum Master CSM badgeAdvanced Certified Scrum Master A-CSM BadgeCertified Scrum Professional Scrum Master CSP-SM BadgeCertified Scrum Product Owner CSPO BadgeCertified Agile Leader CAL BadgeCertified Agile Leader 2 CAL2 Badge
“Dive into the world of Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS). From its foundational concepts to its practical application in various organisational settings. The training adopts a holistic perspective that enhances your skills and perspectives about agile at scale.”
Pablo Augusto Mazzeo
Professional Coach at Accenture
“Trapped in vicious cycles of scaling experience? Come explore how product development at scale can actually work based on solid principles and hundreds of past real-life experiments.”
Giang Le
Scrum Master at Prezzee
“It was a great introduction to LeSS Basic, well presented with practical examples, and the additional information provided was very useful.”
Pranita Lal
Consultant at B2B Agile
“Gives a great overview and sense of how at a deep level organisations need to change in order to scale an agile approach.”
Ryan Scougall
Agile Lead at Australian Department of Defence

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