Agile Team Facilitation Training (ICP-ATF Certification)
Course 3649
2 DAY COURSE

Attend this Agile Team Facilitation Training course and learn how collaborative workshops can be planned, organized, and run; and how each team member can contribute to achieving maximum effectiveness - while identifying potential pitfalls and how to avoid and address these. This course will also assist you in addressing aspects of your role to build capability across the wider team.

Plus, pass the post-course exam and earn Certification in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) from the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile). ICP-ATF is one of three Professional certifications needed to achieve ICAgile Certified Expert (ICE) in Agile Coaching.

Agile Team Facilitation Training (ICP-ATF Certification) Benefits

• In this ICP-ATF Certification course, you will learn how to:

  • Apply facilitation skills in collaborative work environments.
  • Use a variety of tools and techniques and the context in which they are useful.
  • Facilitate the various agile work practices.
  • Help collaborative teams on their Agile journey in the role of the Iteration Manager (Scrum Master)

• ICP-ATF Certification Training Prerequisites

  You will need to have completed formal Agile training such as Learning Tree course 918, Agile Fundamentals Training, and have at least 12 months of experience working in an Agile team.

• ICP-ATF Certification Information

  ICAgile accredited course: The ICP-ATF Certification from ICAgile is granted on completing this course and passing the Learning Tree Exam.

  This course can help you earn ICAgile certification. Click to view our options for ICAgile Certification Training ›

  • We offer the complete ICAgile Coaching Track for those looking to become an ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC).
  • This training pathway includes Learning Tree course 918, Agile Fundamentals Training, and Learning Tree course 3648, Agile Coach Training (ICP-ACC Certification). 

  Project Management Institute® approved: This course is accredited with PMI® for 18 PDUs (Professional Development Units). 

Agile Team Facilitation Training Outline

Mindset and role of the Agile Team Facilitator

• Define agile team facilitation
• Team facilitation behaviors

Development path for Agile coaching

• Assess your ability to serve the team
• Call for more advanced coaching skill
• Assess team health cognitively, physically, interpersonally, and level of safety
• Intervention steps and dealing with dysfunction

Facilitation tools and techniques

• Identify purpose of the various meetings
• Design effective workshops
• Navigating conflict
• Generating ideas and alternatives
• Setting goals and objectives
• Develop meeting structure and ground rules

Facilitating the Agile practices

• Stages of facilitation
• Team formation stages
• Agile attitudes to adjust mindset
• Facilitator's role in Agile lifecycle
• Agile Iteration Manager and PM complimentary roles
• Team delivery metrics, not comparing teams