Developing an Agile Team

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Developing an Agile Team

This course is part of Agile Leadership Specialization

Instructor: Oxana Trotsenko

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

555 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

9 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

99%

Most learners liked this course

Skills you'll gain

Category: People Management
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Team Building
Category: Psychology
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Discussion Facilitation
Category: Virtual Teams
Category: Change Management
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Team Management
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Behavior Management
Category: Team Collaboration
Category: Innovation
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Meeting Facilitation
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Leadership Studies

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Taught in English

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Now that you have undergone personal information, you will be better prepared to empathize, understand, and mentor individual members of your team on a similar journey. Leading teams towards change-resilience is not as simple as knowing and understanding the psychology of individuals multiplied by a number of team members. It requires a different approach.

In this course, you will learn what influences human behavior in teams by looking at social psychology. You will evaluate your team’s level of change resilience and agility, and you will be applying practical tools for building Agile teams by applying Scrum project management framework. You won’t stop there, you will learn how to be a servant leader. You will learn practical tools for organizing, leading, and facilitating a Scrum team. Parts of the content are written from a Scrum Master perspective, and even though you will not be able to use it as a Scrum Master certification, I will be sharing tools and best practices learned through my own experience of being a Scrum Master.

When we lead change, we typically rely on change management theories for help. They bring structure, ease, and they provide context for the psychology of an individual and also organizational psychology. This leaves a gap, which manifests in how others influence individual behavior, or, in other words, social psychology. Even though the domain of social psychology is often overlooked, it provides key insights for the successful execution of change management theories. In this module, you will learn the basics of social psychology, which is instrumental as you begin implementing change management theories at the team and organizational levels.

What's included

8 videos1 reading2 assignments

8 videosTotal 29 minutes

Course Introduction2 minutes
Module Introduction1 minute
Social Psychology Overview4 minutes
Belonging and Understanding4 minutes
How to Build Belonging and Understanding7 minutes
Controlling, Trusting, Self-enhancing3 minutes
Leader Tools for Influencing, Controlling, Trusting, and Self-enhancing6 minutes
Key Concepts2 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

Get help and meet other learners. Join your Community!5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 92 minutes

Module 1 Practice Quiz32 minutes
Module 1 Quiz60 minutes

You have a team and you’d like it to become Agile. Where do you start? You start at the beginning by developing a team working agreement, empathy map, and introducing the basic concepts of Scrum to your team, which you will work through in this module.

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5 videos2 readings2 assignments

Scrum is a lightweight Agile framework. It can be applied across different industries, it is simple, and it can be adopted fairly quickly if the team is open to it. In this module, you will learn Scrum terminology and tools for transforming your team into an Agile one. You will be introduced to the concept of sprint planning, daily scrum, work velocity, and retrospective. As you begin implementing these tools, invite your team to take a learning journey with you. You can suggest it as a “pilot” and see if it works well for your industry, company, and your team.

What's included

7 videos2 assignments2 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 22 minutes

Module Introduction3 minutes
Scrum Terminology7 minutes
Planning a Sprint4 minutes
Daily Scrum2 minutes
Work Velocity2 minutes
Facilitating a Retrospective3 minutes
Key Concepts1 minute

2 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Module 3 Practice and Self-reflection30 minutes
Module 3 Quiz60 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 25 minutes

Scrum Overview10 minutes
Burn-Down Chart15 minutes

When leading a team, a lot of key moments are discovered through the art of facilitation. It’s a key skill for any leader, regardless of rank. In this module, you will learn tools for facilitating teams virtually and in-person. You will learn how to break down team psychological barriers, facilitate brainstorming sessions, and cultivate the culture of innovation in a sustainable manner.

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment3 discussion prompts

9 videosTotal 44 minutes

Module Introduction1 minute
Servant Leadership4 minutes
Building Shared Understanding3 minutes
Facilitation2 minutes
Facilitating in an Online Environment4 minutes
Live Facilitation5 minutes
Principles of Sustainable Innovation - Guest Speaker23 minutes
Building Blocks of Innovation - Guest Speaker1 minute
Key Concepts1 minute

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Servant Leader Meeting Checklist Template10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Module 4 Quiz60 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Building a Shared Understanding10 minutes
Facilitating in the Online Environment10 minutes
Facilitating10 minutes

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Oxana Trotsenko

University of Colorado System

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Reviewed on Jul 12, 2021

Very informrative and relevant. God bless the facilitators!

Reviewed on Mar 30, 2021

Good overall coverage of important topics, but I believe for people new to Agile and Scrum it would be hard to understand why things are done in certain ways. Lack of examples and explanations.

Reviewed on Nov 16, 2022

Course was very useful to understand more how to build a more agile team.

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