Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is a framework for scaling agile development to multiple teams.LeSS builds on top of the Scrum principles such as empiricism, cross-functional self-managing teams and provides a framework for applying that at scale. It provides simple structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt Scrum in large product development.

 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Certified LeSS Practitioner course is an in-depth course covering the LeSS principles, framework and rules, and guides. It provides essential information for adopting and improving LeSS to your product development group. The course contains an overview of LeSS, stories on LeSS adoptions, exercises and extensive LeSS Q&A to ensure we discuss the topics most of interest to the participants.

The course is three days. The first day has the focus on the LeSS Overview, the LeSS Principles and organizational aspects. The second day focuses on managing the product development with Definition of Done, role of the Product Owner and how (line) managements role changes in LeSS. The last day focuses on how the different teams coordinate their work, how LeSS is adopted in organizations and the role of the ScrumMaster.

In more detail:

Day #1:

• Introduction
• Scrum, LeSS and LeSS Huge Overview
• LeSS Principles
• Organizing around Customer Value and Feature Teams

Day #2:

• What is your product?
• Definition of Done and its impacts.
• Feature Team Adoption Map
• Product Owner and Product Backlog
• Role of Management
• Organizational impacts and typical LeSS organizational structure

Day #3:

• LeSS Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective
• Consideration on technical practices when scaling.
• Integration & Coordination
• Adopting LeSS in your organization
• Case Study: Nokia Networks LeSS Huge adoption
• ScrumMaster role within LeSS

 

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• A three-day immersive learning experience facilitated by an highly respected Certified LeSS Trainer ® (CLT)
• A printed, bound copy of the course materials to take away
• Continental breakfast, a hot buffet lunch and refreshments throughout the day
• Registration for the Certified LeSS Practitioner ® (CLP) certification
• Free membership to the LeSS Company and exclusive access to member features and content
• Free access to the LeSS books: Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS and Scale Lean and Agile Development

 

FAQS

Are there any prerequisites before attending the course?

The Certified LeSS Practitioner course is for anyone who is involved a large agile adoption. Basic Scrum knowledge is expected and can be achieved by attending a Certified ScrumMaster or a Professional ScrumMaster course, or thoroughly reading Scrum introduction material such as the Scrum Primer and practicing Scrum.

What’s the cancellation policy?

Cancellation is possible up to two weeks before the start of a course without cost. After that point the full course fee is due independent of whether the registered person takes part in the course or not. Participants can be substituted without charge.