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Certified LeSS Practitioner By Bas Vodde

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Programme Code D68A
Domain
Applications Development
Applications Management
Level
Intermediate
Learning Partner(s)
Odd-e
Duration
3 Days
Format In-person
Rating
Competencies
Project Management Agile Methodologies Tools & Delivery
Job Roles
ICT&SS Professional Project Manager (Agile) Digital Service Manager Digital Business Analyst Delivery Manager

Overview

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

The Certified LeSS Practitioner is an in-depth programme covering the LeSS principles, framework and rules and guides. It provides essential information for adopting and improving LeSS in your product development group. The programme offers an overview of LeSS, stories on LeSS adoptions and exercises and extensive LeSS Q&A, ensuring that you discuss the topics that are of most interest.

Key Takeaways

At the end of this programme, you will be able to:
  • Identify the differences between Scrum, LeSS and LeSS Huge frameworks
  • Understand key principles behind LeSS such as whole product focus, customer centricity and systems thinking
  • Learn why feature teams and multiple teams work on a large product
  • Understand the role of managers in a LeSS organisation
  • Understand the importance of technical practices when scaling agile development
  • Do what it takes to adopt LeSS in a large organisation

Who Should Attend

  • Please refer to the job roles section. 
  • Ideal for Public Service Officers who are interested in how to better organise product development with many teams. Public Service Officers who are planning to adopt or involved in LeSS can also consider.

Prerequisites

Basic Scrum knowledge is expected. This can be achieved by attending a Certified ScrumMaster or a Professional ScrumMaster programme, or thoroughly reading Scrum introduction material such as the Scrum Primer and practicing Scrum.

Programme Structure

During the 3-days programme, you will get to:

  • Have an in-depth understanding about LeSS Overview, the LeSS Principles and organisational aspects.
  • Find out more about how to better manage a product development, role of the Product Owner, Product Backlog and how (line) management's role changes in LeSS.
  • Learn how the different teams coordinate their work, how LeSS is adopted in organisations and the role of the ScrumMaster.
Day 1
  • Introduction
  • Scrum, LeSS and LeSS Huge Overview
  • LeSS Principles
  • Organising 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
  • Organisational Impacts and Typical LeSS Organisational Structure
Day 3
  • LeSS Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective
  • Consideration on Technical Practices when Scaling
  • Integration and Coordination
  • Adopting LeSS in Your Organization
  • Case Study: Nokia Networks Two LeSS Huge Adoptions
  • ScrumMaster Role within LeSS

NOTE
You will become a Certified LeSS Practitioner upon completing this entire programme. This includes special access to the LeSS works website, three LeSS books in digital format and all learning materials used during the programme.

Fees


Full Fee

Full programme fee

S$3000

9% GST on nett programme fee

S$270

Total nett programme fee payable, including GST S$3270

With effect from 1 Jan 2024

How To Register


Agency-sponsored

Step 1 Apply through your organisation's training request system.

Step 2 Your organisation's training request system (or relevant HR staff) confirms your organisation's approval for you to take the programme.

Your organisation will send registration information to the academy.

Organisation HR L&D or equivalent staff can click here for details of the registration submission process.


Step 3 GovTech Digital Academy will inform you whether you have been successful in enrolment.

Testimonials

Learning about Large scale Scrum philosophy and emphasis, and learning with different people about how they might apply these principles to their respective contexts was useful for me.

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The framework, and stories shared helped me understand concepts a lot better.

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It helped me to learn the principles behind certain decisions in the framework.

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