Member Organization - Balanced Agility | ICAgile

Certification	Class	Track	Course Description	Delivery Method
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitation	Epic Facilitation: Skills for the Agile Workplace	Agile Team Coaching	Do you have meeting fatigue? Are you looking to get more out of each session? Can you imagine getting your team excited and engaged? If you are currently a Scrum Master, a Release Train Engineer, XP Coach, Agile Coach or Agile Leader – this class is for you! Balanced Agility Facilitator’s class provides you with 2 days of hands on experience in improving your facilitation skills. This highly interactive workshop with more than 40 hands on activities designed to build and improve your Agile team facilitation skills. We will learn and practice the fundamentals of facilitation and bring in concepts from cognitive neuroscience to improve how we engage others. We will go through the core agile meetings to give you a few ways to facilitate your teams at different levels of team maturity. Acting as a skilled and effective facilitator is a great step forward in building high performing Agile teams and in becoming an effective Agile coach. Prerequisites: any 2 day introduction to Agile or currently acting in the role of Scrum Master, XP Coach, Agile Coach or similar Agile execution leadership role.In this class you we will:Building off of Training from the BACK of the room we will explore how cognitive neuroscience research can help us engaging others in a more fun and exciting way to achieve more.Plan and conduct effective Agile ceremonial meetings at varying levels of team maturity so your facilitation can increase as your teams level of performance increaseHow to specifically facilitate the common practices of Agile Teams: release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives, as well as project chartering and product roadmappingGroup facilitation tools and techniques for effectively designing meetings and workshops that both engage the entire audience and drives toward agreed-upon outcomesDevelop an appreciation for the art of facilitation as key to fostering collaboration and enabling self-organizing teamsDiagnosing and handling dysfunctional teamsOut of this class, you will receive:A full tool kit of facilitation principles, techniques and practices, along with hands-on experience in their application.	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional	Fun Fundamentals: Starting Your Agile Journey Right	Agile Fundamentals	In order to succeed with agile, teams and organizations should focus first on “being agile” as a foundation for success in “doing agile.” From this two day interactive exploration of agile students come away with a solid understanding of core concepts to prepare them fortheir agile journey. Balanced Agility Fun Fundamentals class provides you with 2 days of hands on experience in to learn the basics of the agile mindset and practice. Fun Fundamentals is foundational and the gateway to all other ICAgile tracks, the ICP credential has the broadest target audience. It is appropriate for those new to agile, and for practitioners who recognize the need to focus on “being” agile in addition to “doing” agile. In this class we will: Building off of Training from the BACK of the room we will explore how cognitive neuroscience research can help us engaging others in a more fun and exciting way to achieve more. You will be learning concepts such as adaptive planning, value-driven development, team collaboration and frequent feedback for continuous improvement. The course also covers the history of agile, the agile manifesto, the agile principles, and some widely applied frameworks and practices. Out of this class, you will receive: A full tool kit of agile principles, techniques and practices, along with hands-on experience in their application.	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching	Leadership and Coaching Mastery Class	Agile Team Coaching	Are you a leader or coach looking to make a greater impact in your organization? Do you want to elevate your professional skills and find more joy in your work?We've designed this class just for you.Balanced Agility's Leadership and Coaching Mastery Class ignites your leadership journey. Enjoy an engaging learning experience while enhancing your coaching and leadership skills. You'll discover new perspectives on how you lead.This highly experiential 24-hour class, taught using Training From the BACK of the Room techniques, provides a dynamic and interactive environment that hones essential coaching skills such as self-awareness, coaching stance, mentoring, facilitation, active listening, powerful questioning, and coaching for action.We offer critical tools, techniques, skills, and ideas from professional coaching and brain-based training to leaders, managers, and coaches. These roles face constant challenges in helping people, teams, and organizations grow and thrive in a complex environment. They need to develop and refine skills that leverage healthy conflict to achieve organizational goals.In this class, you will:Develop the skills necessary to coach individuals and teams with the mindset, skills, and capabilities needed for higher performance, adaptability, and collaboration.Focus on coaching both the journey to high performance (tasks) and understanding team development (relationships).Overcome complex obstacles in performance and work.Enhance your own leadership abilities.Improve engagement, morale, satisfaction, and retention.Boost productivity and performance.Develop other leaders who can tackle complex challenges together.Enable your team to build confidence in their own capabilities.Help your team feel supported and empowered by their leaders.Aid your team in experiencing fulfillment and satisfaction from solving their own challenges and developing their own leadership skills.Out of this class, you will receive:A comprehensive toolkit of coaching principles, techniques, and practices, along with hands-on experience in their application.An ICAgile Coaching Certification.	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching	Leadership and Coaching Mastery Class	Agile Team Coaching	Are you a leader or coach looking to make a greater impact in your organization? Do you want to elevate your professional skills and find more joy in your work?We've designed this class just for you.Balanced Agility's Leadership and Coaching Mastery Class ignites your leadership journey. Enjoy an engaging learning experience while enhancing your coaching and leadership skills. You'll discover new perspectives on how you lead.This highly experiential 24-hour class, taught using Training From the BACK of the Room techniques, provides a dynamic and interactive environment that hones essential coaching skills such as self-awareness, coaching stance, mentoring, facilitation, active listening, powerful questioning, and coaching for action.We offer critical tools, techniques, skills, and ideas from professional coaching and brain-based training to leaders, managers, and coaches. These roles face constant challenges in helping people, teams, and organizations grow and thrive in a complex environment. They need to develop and refine skills that leverage healthy conflict to achieve organizational goals.In this class, you will:Develop the skills necessary to coach individuals and teams with the mindset, skills, and capabilities needed for higher performance, adaptability, and collaboration.Focus on coaching both the journey to high performance (tasks) and understanding team development (relationships).Overcome complex obstacles in performance and work.Enhance your own leadership abilities.Improve engagement, morale, satisfaction, and retention.Boost productivity and performance.Develop other leaders who can tackle complex challenges together.Enable your team to build confidence in their own capabilities.Help your team feel supported and empowered by their leaders.Aid your team in experiencing fulfillment and satisfaction from solving their own challenges and developing their own leadership skills.Out of this class, you will receive:A comprehensive toolkit of coaching principles, techniques, and practices, along with hands-on experience in their application.An ICAgile Coaching Certification.	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional - Leading with Agility	Leading with Agility	Agility in Leadership	Course Description: Leading with Agility is a fully experiential class focused on the agile leadership needed to move organizations and people forward in the current world. To lead our transformed organizations effectively, we must also transform ourselves as leaders. We believe that better humans make better leaders. The class focuses on building leaders at all levels of the organization.	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching	Optum Coaching with Agility	Agile Team Coaching	Coaching with Agility	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitation	Optum Epic Facilitation: Skills for the Agile Workplace	Agile Team Coaching	Epic Facilitation: Skills for the Agile Workplace	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Leading with Agility	Optum Leading with Agility	Agility in Leadership	Leading with Agility	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching	Optum Coaching with Agility	Agile Team Coaching	Coaching with Agility	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional	Agile Fundamentals Bootcamp - ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)	Agile Fundamentals	This is a remote agile fundamentals course that we designed for anyone looking to dive into learning the agile mindset, explore different agile practices and walk away with mastery on Scrum, Kanban, and XP framework. Learners will walk away with solid experiential understanding of value-driven development, how to build product to delight their customers and how to adapt team's processes.	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitation	Epic Facilitation: Skills for the Agile Workplace	Agile Team Coaching	Do you have meeting fatigue? Are you looking to get more out of each session? Can you imagine getting your team excited and engaged? If you are currently a Scrum Master, a Release Train Engineer, XP Coach, Agile Coach or Agile Leader – this class is for you! Balanced Agility Facilitator’s class provides you with 2 days of hands on experience in improving your facilitation skills. This highly interactive workshop with more than 40 hands on activities designed to build and improve your Agile team facilitation skills. We will learn and practice the fundamentals of facilitation and bring in concepts from cognitive neuroscience to improve how we engage others. We will go through the core agile meetings to give you a few ways to facilitate your teams at different levels of team maturity. Acting as a skilled and effective facilitator is a great step forward in building high performing Agile teams and in becoming an effective Agile coach. Prerequisites: any 2 day introduction to Agile or currently acting in the role of Scrum Master, XP Coach, Agile Coach or similar Agile execution leadership role.In this class you we will:Building off of Training from the BACK of the room we will explore how cognitive neuroscience research can help us engaging others in a more fun and exciting way to achieve more.Plan and conduct effective Agile ceremonial meetings at varying levels of team maturity so your facilitation can increase as your teams level of performance increaseHow to specifically facilitate the common practices of Agile Teams: release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives, as well as project chartering and product roadmappingGroup facilitation tools and techniques for effectively designing meetings and workshops that both engage the entire audience and drives toward agreed-upon outcomesDevelop an appreciation for the art of facilitation as key to fostering collaboration and enabling self-organizing teamsDiagnosing and handling dysfunctional teamsOut of this class, you will receive:A full tool kit of facilitation principles, techniques and practices, along with hands-on experience in their application.	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional - Leading with Agility	Optum Leading with Agility (ICP-LEA)	Agility in Leadership	Leading with Agility (ICP-LEA)	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership	Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)	Product Management	Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership	Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)	Product Management	Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)	Remote
ICAgile Certified Professional - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence	Building Blocks of AI Transformation: Foundations	Agile Fundamentals	With this hands-on training workshop, "Building Blocks of AI Transformation: Foundations," we'll dive into the essential principles and practices that underpin successful AI integration int any business.What You'll Learn:Understanding AI Essentials: Gain insights into the evolution of AI, its key components, and its impact on various industries. Explore the distinctions between current AI technologies, and dispel common misconceptions surrounding AI.Navigating Ethical Considerations: Delve into the ethical dimensions of AI, addressing issues like bias, privacy, and fairness. Learn how to apply ethical frameworks to ensure responsible AI deployment and foster trust within your organization and beyond.Embracing Agile Mindset: Discover how an agile mindset can enhance AI implementation, fostering adaptability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Explore the intersection of agile practices and AI initiatives, and gain insights into the skills and roles needed for a cross-functional AI team.Mastering Prompt Engineering: Hone your skills in crafting effective prompts for AI interactions, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and reliability. Learn techniques for prompt engineering and revision, and explore the impact of context on AI outcomes.Integrating AI into Organizational Strategy: Align your AI initiatives with strategic objectives, manage organizational change, and ensure scalability and sustainability. Assess AI maturity levels, navigate the complexities of AI governance, and identify opportunities for strategic AI deployment.Key Takeaways:Deep understanding of AI fundamentals and their practical applications.Ethical frameworks for responsible AI deployment.Agile mindset and practices for agile AI implementation.Proficiency in prompt engineering for effective AI interactions.Identifying strategic AI initiatives as a starting prompt for your AI Journey	In Person
ICAgile Certified Professional - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence	Building Blocks of AI Transformation: Foundations	Agile Fundamentals	With this hands-on training workshop, "Building Blocks of AI Transformation: Foundations," we'll dive into the essential principles and practices that underpin successful AI integration int any business.What You'll Learn:Understanding AI Essentials: Gain insights into the evolution of AI, its key components, and its impact on various industries. Explore the distinctions between current AI technologies, and dispel common misconceptions surrounding AI.Navigating Ethical Considerations: Delve into the ethical dimensions of AI, addressing issues like bias, privacy, and fairness. Learn how to apply ethical frameworks to ensure responsible AI deployment and foster trust within your organization and beyond.Embracing Agile Mindset: Discover how an agile mindset can enhance AI implementation, fostering adaptability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Explore the intersection of agile practices and AI initiatives, and gain insights into the skills and roles needed for a cross-functional AI team.Mastering Prompt Engineering: Hone your skills in crafting effective prompts for AI interactions, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and reliability. Learn techniques for prompt engineering and revision, and explore the impact of context on AI outcomes.Integrating AI into Organizational Strategy: Align your AI initiatives with strategic objectives, manage organizational change, and ensure scalability and sustainability. Assess AI maturity levels, navigate the complexities of AI governance, and identify opportunities for strategic AI deployment.Key Takeaways:Deep understanding of AI fundamentals and their practical applications.Ethical frameworks for responsible AI deployment.Agile mindset and practices for agile AI implementation.Proficiency in prompt engineering for effective AI interactions.Identifying strategic AI initiatives as a starting prompt for your AI journey	Remote