Agile and Refinement

Agile Team Facilitation ICP-ATF: Empower Your Agile Teams

Master the art of agile team facilitation and earn your ICP-ATF certification in this comprehensive 5-day course. Learn essential skills to drive team success.

Duration

5 Days

Credits

5 per day

Mode

Full-time

Provider

Blackbird Training Centre

Course Overview

Course Description

This intensive 5-day course prepares participants for the ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) certification. Participants will develop crucial facilitation skills, learn to design effective meetings, and foster collaboration within agile teams. The course covers essential agile practices, facilitation techniques, and strategies for driving continuous improvement.

Learning Objectives

Master the mindset and role of an agile team facilitator
Develop skills to design and conduct effective agile meetings and workshops
Learn techniques to foster collaboration and self-organization in teams
Gain practical experience in facilitating key agile practices and ceremonies
Understand how to navigate conflicts and drive team performance
Prepare for the ICP-ATF certification exam

Course Modules

Day 1: Foundations of Agile Team Facilitation

Introduction to agile facilitation and its importance
The agile facilitator mindset and stance
Core facilitation skills and competencies
Understanding group dynamics in agile teams

Day 2: Designing Collaborative Meetings

Principles of effective meeting design
Techniques for engaging all participants
Facilitating virtual and distributed teams
Tools and technologies for collaborative meetings

Day 3: Facilitating Agile Practices and Ceremonies

Facilitating sprint planning and daily stand-ups
Techniques for effective sprint reviews and retrospectives
Release planning facilitation
Facilitating backlog refinement and story mapping

Day 4: Advanced Facilitation Techniques

Conflict resolution and difficult conversations
Decision-making facilitation techniques
Facilitating innovation and creative problem-solving
Adapting facilitation styles to team maturity levels

Day 5: Continuous Improvement and Certification Preparation

Facilitating team and organizational change
Measuring and improving facilitation effectiveness
Ethics and professional development for facilitators
ICP-ATF certification exam preparation

Practical Wins for Participants

Ability to confidently facilitate any agile meeting or workshop
Toolkit of proven facilitation techniques to drive team engagement
Strategies to foster self-organization and continuous improvement
Readiness to pass the ICP-ATF certification exam

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