What we’re about
We are agile42, the Agile Coaching Company. We help organizations learn how to challenge their status quo and deliver value to their clients, by establishing a culture of continuous improvement.
This group aims to support individuals who want to increase their understanding of Agile as well as other relevant methods and practices.
We regularly host free webinars in collaboration with our international agile42 coaches, along with special guest appearances. We will also share specific training and conference events we feel would benefit our community.
Happy agility all!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master training class provides students with a full immersion into what it takes to be a great Scrum Master.
Who should attend:
Our classes are open to anyone wanting to be a QUALIFIED Scrum Master and anyone looking to learn the best tricks of the trade as a Servant Leader. This can include project managers, team leaders, developers, business analysts, and HR managers among many others.
What's covered:
- Learn all about the Scrum Framework.
- Learn how the Scrum Master acts as a leader for the Scrum Team.
- Deep-dive into the accountabilities of the 3 roles of Scrum.
- Deep-dive, and practice, all the Scrum events.
- Learn the fundamentals of Agile Coaching and facilitation.
- Understand the kinds of organisational impediments that can affect Scrum Teams and what techniques the Scrum Master can use to help resolve them.
- Be 100% prepared for the Scrum Alliance exam.
Course topics:
- What does a Scrum Master do within a team?
- How can you as a Scrum Master Lead without Leading?
- Continuous Improvement and Self-organisation within teams.
- The art of User Story Mapping: To Do, Doing and Done.
- Scrum Events: The Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
- How to facilitate successful Scrum Events?
- The Scrum Artefacts: the Product Backlog, the Sprint Backlog, and the Increment.
- Common mistakes seen in the Scrum Master role.
- Adapting the agile framework successfully.
Register HERE
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner training class provides students with a full immersion into what it takes to be a great Scrum Product Owner.
This agile42 certified class will equip any aspiring team leader with the confidence and knowledge of how to ensure your team is focused on effectiveness when building and delivering products to your customers.
Who should attend?
Our Scrum Alliance accredited CSPO course is appropriate for aspiring Product Owners, business analysts, managers, project managers, and any team leaders looking for a well-rounded knowledge of the Product Owner role, and how, when empowered, you will increase your teams’ effectiveness of product delivery.
What's covered:
- Learn the Agile Product Ownership flow.
- Learn and work with the tools and techniques of successful Product Owners.
- Understand how to work with stakeholders.
- Practice goal-setting and planning techniques, such as product strategies, roadmap planning, and forecasting.
- Practice techniques to address conflicting customer needs.
- Learn approaches to validate product assumptions.
- Understand the business value and what it means to different stakeholder groups.
- Practice techniques to prioritise, create and refine the Product Backlog.
Register HERE
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) trainingMelrose Place Guest Lodge, Johannesburg
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master training class provides students with a full immersion into what it takes to be a great Scrum Master.
Who should attend:
Our classes are open to anyone wanting to be a QUALIFIED Scrum Master and anyone looking to learn the best tricks of the trade as a Servant Leader. This can include project managers, team leaders, developers, business analysts, and HR managers among many others.
What's covered:
- Learn all about the Scrum Framework.
- Learn how the Scrum Master acts as a leader for the Scrum Team.
- Deep-dive into the accountabilities of the 3 roles of Scrum.
- Deep-dive, and practice, all the Scrum events.
- Learn the fundamentals of Agile Coaching and facilitation.
- Understand the kinds of organisational impediments that can affect Scrum Teams and what techniques the Scrum Master can use to help resolve them.
- Be 100% prepared for the Scrum Alliance exam.
Course topics:
- What does a Scrum Master do within a team?
- How can you as a Scrum Master Lead without Leading?
- Continuous Improvement and Self-organisation within teams.
- The art of User Story Mapping: To Do, Doing and Done.
- Scrum Events: The Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
- How to facilitate successful Scrum Events?
- The Scrum Artefacts: the Product Backlog, the Sprint Backlog, and the Increment.
- Common mistakes seen in the Scrum Master role.
- Adapting the agile framework successfully.
Register HERE
- Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1) trainingOld Mutual House, Cape Town
Our Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader 1 training class provides students with the building blocks to develop the leadership skills required for today’s dynamic and ever-changing landscape.
Who should attend:
Professionals in any industry who want to expand their leadership skills, develop and lead teams effectively, and manage organisational change. It’s a good match for anyone leading or participating in an agile transformation, or who wants to grow into a leadership role.
What you’ll learn:
- Unlock leadership tools to drive strategic vision in modern organisations.
- Lead fearlessly and thrive in a landscape defined by rapid change.
- Become a modern leader able to navigate change and uncertainty while delivering lasting success.
- Drive game-changing results and deliver better products as an agile leader.
- Learn the latest skills you’ll need to lead innovative teams and support better ways of working in dynamic business environments.
Course topics:
- Understand why resilience and agility are required for an increasingly Complex, Unpredictable, and Volatile world.
- Learn the ORGANIC agility framework: a scaffolding approach to achieve organisational agility.
- Identify the ORGANIC leadership behaviours: a multi-dimensional approach to leadership.
- Recognise the Organisational Archetypes that will allow you to map organisation, culture, and leadership.
- Explore cultural awareness and coherence.
- Learn situational decision-making approaches.
- Understand how to focus on value and how to optimise the flow of value across multiple teams.
- Explore competency mapping and techniques for improving team effectiveness.
- Explore organisational strategy and change in an agile context.
Register HERE
