Certified LeSS Practitioner

Principles to Practices

Description

LeSS is an organizational design approach, aiming at simplifying organizations through reducing complexity. LeSS is optimized for the highest-level adaptiveness (agility) in the service of the highest-level value.

LeSS builds on top of Scrum and the Scrum principles such as empiricism and cross-functional self-managing teams. LeSS provides simple structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt Scrum in large product development with multiple teams.

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

Trainings are oriented on the methods of “Training from the back of the room”, as well as the effect of team learning over individual learning.

Course Content

The following topics will be covered in the Certified LeSS Practitioner course:

Why LeSS?

Intro
Theory “X” and “Y”
VUCA
Empirical Process Control
Shu-Ha-Ri

Understanding LeSS Essentials

Lean Thinking
Systems Thinking
Global vs. local optimization
Queuing Theory
Product Definition

Discovering LeSS responsibilities

LeSS roles overview
Team & Feature Team
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Coordination between teams

Working with the Product Backlog

Product Backlog structure
Product Backlog Refinement
Specification by Example

Exploring LeSS Sprint

Scrum re-visited
LeSS
LeSS Huge
Requirement Areas
Area Product Owner

Applying LeSS

LeSS Adoption
Definition of Done
Feature Team Adoption Map
LeSS Organization
Management
Technical Excellence
Project or Product
Case study: German big Insurance company
Q&A

After successful Course Completion

All participants will be a Certified LeSS Practitioner and will get an account on less.works. Here you can find:

(free) digital versions of the first, second, and third LeSS books
more LeSS learning (videos, etc)
the course handout PDF and photos of everything created within the course that was on the walls
contacts of all course participants
a course certificate

Certification: The LeSS Practitioner Certification will expire after 2 years and will require a renewal fee.

LeSS refresh option

The ideas in LeSS are sometimes difficult to grasp for participants. Even though you understood the major ideas, some of the aspects did not click yet, or the devil might be in the details in your environment. With this LeSS refresh option you have an opportunity to refresh your LeSS knowledge by participating in one of my Certified LeSS Practitioner classes for a special price.

This option is valid for anybody who has been in any of the following classes by any of the Certified LeSS Trainers:
– Certified LeSS Practitioner
– provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner
– Certified LeSS for Executives

Please note that the offer is not valid if you have been only in a Certified LeSS Basic class.

More info here.

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Testimonials

Three inspiring days!

Carina Wagner,

COO

There are Agile Coaches (who only use the title) and there are Agile Coaches (the ones who have it). Wolfgang is of the latter kind. I got to know him while preparing a training session for Scrum Master. I was immediately struck by how much substantial agile knowledge he has and how well he can use practical examples (some of which I have now taken over) to transport the knowledge. The Certified LeSS Practitioner course fully met my expectations. Because one participant did not speak much German most of the course was in English. That was no problem at all, because Wolfgang explained and moderated everything well. In general, he is very methodical, but can also react flexibly (agile) to situations. Everyone can see that he is really behind when he represents something. I hope I have the opportunity to learn more from him (More with LeSS). From my experience LeSS creates the least pains of all existing frameworks when you have to have multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product. Most pivotal in this is that there is one Product Owner and that all moments of inspection and adaptation continue to have the same effect. LeSS also is the framework with the least amount of changes to roles, events and artifacts.

Oilver T.,

Scrum Master & Trainer

The Certified LeSS Practitioner class was great. Gained insights by working on the many really enlightening Causal Loop Diagrams. Learned why LeSS is not really a framework but more or less lean & scrum principles applied to more than 1 team. And I loved your case study, Wolfgang. Thank you very much. Very well invested time.

Robert F.,

Transition Manager

Es war für mich als CEO eines Unternehmens mit 50 Mitarbeitern, das derzeit eine agile Transformation durchführt, extrem hilfreich, im dreitägigen LeSS-Practitioner-Workshop von Wolfgang Steffens ein vertieftes Verständnis des LeSS-Framework zu gewinnen. Ich weiß nun besser, was ich in meine Rolle tun kann, um LeSS in meinem Unternehmen einen Erfolg werden zu lassen. Die 3 Tage Präsenz-Workshop waren für mich sehr gut investierte Zeit, die unser Unternehmen binnen weniger Wochen dadurch wieder einspielen wird, dass wir auf dem Weg der Agilisierung die richtigen Dinge priorisieren werden.

Karsten R.,

CEO

Best Scrum/Agile course I ever visited!

A. O.,

Entrepreneur & Agile Coach

Great Job Wolfgang, thank you soooo much, this has been quite a remarkable session!I can defintely recommend the Certified LeSS Practitioner by Wolfgang! It is a common request to secure transitions towards more agile ways of working. One has to make a conscious choice which methods to follow… It is a pleasure for me I had recently the chance to join this course. Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) is particularly addressing methods to integrate a common framework for all sorts of development works across teams based on Scrum and it integrates systemic practices and provides a slim feel throughout. A limited number of principles and rules and a reduction to the essentials and encouragement to experiment form the base. A truly engaged facilitator as Wolfgang with well founded practical experience and a programme with interaction, group exercises and a relaxed style form perfect learning conditions. In addition access to the LeSS community and much more material is provided. Instead a single event the concept is from the very bginning meant as a continuous development journey - isn´t that all one really wants?

Andreas. O.,

Innovation Manager

Real eye-opener on scalability of agile. I have learned more than I expected; this class surpassed my expectations. It helped me realize that excellence is all about adaptability.

Patryk T.,

Consultant / People Manager

Dickes Like für Wolfgang - auch didaktisch war die Schulung super!

Daniel Dorsch,

Manager

Ich kann Wolfgang als LeSS Trainer und Coach nur empfehlen!

Axel Straschil,

Coach