Provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner

Principles to Practices​

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Description

This 5-day provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner (pCLP) course consists of a total of 10 modules of 3 hours each. We will cover in this course the same content and follow the same Learning Objectives as in the Certified LeSS Practitioner.

LeSS is an organizational design approach, aiming at simplifying organizations through reducing complexity. LeSS is optimized for 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. 

This provisional 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 provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner course is for anyone who is already involved or is planning a large agile adoption. Basic Scrum knowledge is expected and can be achieved by attending a Certified ScrumMaster or a Professional ScrumMaster course, or thoroughly reading Scrum introduction material such as the Scrum Primer and practicing Scrum.

Technical requirements

In this course we use the following tools:

Zoom

  • No registration nor installation is required.
  • Zoom can be used from a PC / Mac, tablet, and smartphone.
  • Chrome seems to work best for most participants.
  • Participation via video is strongly recommended.

Miro

  • We use Miro for almost all group work.
  • No account or registration is necessary.
  • All work can be successfully processed as a guest.

Google

  • We will use google docs for a few exercises.
  • No account or registration is necessary.
  • All work can be successfully processed as a guest.

Timeline

The course consits of 10 online modules of 3 hours each, spread over 5 days e.g.,
  • Mo 9-12 and 13-16
  • Tu 9-12 and 13-16
  • We 9-12 and 13-16
  • Th 9-12 and 13-16
  • Fr 9-12 and 13-16
CLD
Example of online Systems Thinking
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Example of an online mindmap
Zoom
Gallery view in zoom

Course Content

The following topics will be covered in the provisional 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 become a provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner and will get an account on less.works. Here you can find:
  • your personalized (free) digital versions of the first, second, and third LeSS books
  • more LeSS learning (videos, etc)
  • the course material as PDF and screenshots of everything created within the course that was on the whiteboards
  • contacts of all course participants
  • Certificate of Attendance

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.

Transforming your provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner to a Certified LeSS Practitioner

Your provisional Certified LeSS Practitioner will transform into a normal Certified LeSS Practitioner when:
  • You joined an in-person LeSS & Learn session, or
  • You join an in-person Certified LeSS Practitioner (see also the LeSS refresh option) or Certified LeSS for Executives course.

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Testimonials

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.

O. 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.

R. F.

Transition Manager

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?

A. O.

Innovation Manager

Best Scrum/Agile course (Online LeSS Practitioner) I ever visited!

A. O.

Entrepreneur, Agile Coach