Certified LeSS For Executives(CLE) w/ Craig Larman (December 01-03, 2021)

===========================================================DESCRIPTION: Learn with CRAIG LARMANTHE CO-creator of LeSS [http://less.works/]in this 3-day highly-participative course. Participants (senior managers, product developers, ...) get a thorough understanding of LeSS [http://less.works/], Large-Scale Scrum, for scaling agile development to many teams working together on one product. In-depth, we explore _adoption, new organizational design, systems thinking & optimization, the role of management_, and very concretely _how to work together in a Sprint at scale in terms of coordination, architecture, planning_, and much more.  Perhaps most importantly and interestingly, this course runs mostly as a series of "at giant whiteboards" deep-thinking exercises involving systems modeling in small teams to explore _why_, so that people can_own_ the ideas by discovering them for themselves, rather than "renting" the ideas. A focus on _why_ and_owning not renting_ are important elements of LeSS and how it's learned, and Craig emphasizes this in the course learning experience. The course also includes _in-depth Q&A clinics with Craig Larman_, based on his long experience with LeSS adoptions.   IMPORTANT NOTES: >>On all three days (including Day 3), the course will not end UNTIL 18:00!  Please, arrange your travel plans accordingly.  This is a mandatory requirement, in order to receive CLP credential.  FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS COURSES: _It was inspiring to discuss Large-Scale Scrum with Craig Larman. The content of the course was top-notch. Steve Alexander_ _The delivery was outstanding and the supporting material vast and detailed. Simone Zecchi_ _The best course I have ever been on. Totally blown away. Simon Powers_ NOTE: In addition to course material, each participant will also receive 3 books on LeSS: _-Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS-Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum_    AGENDA: LESS OVERVIEW: * LeSS principles, frameworks, guides, experiments * two LeSS frameworks: basic & LeSS Huge * learning resources ADOPTION: * pre-adoption: building interest * the adoption guides * 3 principles * getting started * scope of first adoption * stories of LeSS adoptions LOCAL OPTIMIZATION & SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION: * local versus global systems optimization * local optimization in backlogs * local optimization in product definition * local optimization in planning * local optimization in in analysis & design * local optimization in programming PRODUCT DEFINITION: * redefining the scope of product, and the impact on global optimization * portfolio management ADOPTION: ORGANIZING BY CUSTOMER VALUE: * towards global optimization: multiple feature teams on one product * adoption & organizational design implications of feature teams * 3 types of development * where is the Product Owner? * discovering/defining your product scope in LeSS * incremental change: feature-team adoption mapping WHY LESS? * shu-ha-ri and frameworks * empirical process control * why "More with LeSS"? * systems optimization * occupational psychology * lean thinking & value-driven LESS SPRINT: * preparation meetings before first Sprint * Sprint Planning with many teams * coordination & integration: from communities to architecture * scaling Product Backlog Refinement * scaling the Sprint Review & Retrospective * multisite DONE & UNDONE IN LESS: * perfect and imperfect Done * improvement, organizational design, and Done * handling Undone * shipping and DevOps LESS RULES: * rules for smaller LeSS framework * rules for LeSS Huge LESS HUGE FRAMEWORK: * Requirement Areas * Area Product Owners * role of Overall Product Owner * Area Backlogs * adoption MORE ON LESS PRINCIPLES: * systems thinking and causal-loop modeling * whole-product focus * lean thinking * queuing theory MORE ON LESS ROLES: * Managers in a LeSS organization * Scrum Masters at scale * Product Owner in LeSS   IN-DEPTH SPECIAL TOPICS: A DEEP-DIVE Q&A CLINIC: Although there are some constants in a LeSS adoption, there are many variations, due to myriad contexts. And there are many special-topic questions that participants have, usually variations of When scaling Scrum, how do we? These questions range from contracts to career path. Therefore, a full day of this course is dedicated to a structured Q&A session that works through a group-prioritized list of burning issues and questions. Craig Larman, drawing on his many years of experience of actual LeSS adoptions, will dialog and explore solutions with the group.   ADDITIONAL DETAILS: After course completion... All participants will be a Certified LeSS Practitioner and will get an account on less.works. Here they can find additional information about LeSS, share course information and stay in contact with the other course participants.  IMPORTANT NOTE: On all three days (including Day 3), the course will not end UNTIL 18:00!  Please, arrange your travel plans accordingly.  This is a mandatory requirement, in order to receive CLP credential.   ABOUT CRAIG LARMAN: Craig Larman is the co-creator (with Bas Vodde) of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and since 2005 has worked with clients to apply the LeSS framework for scaling Scrum, lean thinking, and agile development to big product groups. Much of his work is organizational-design consulting with senior-management teams of product groups adopting LeSS. Craig Larman is the co-creator (with Bas Vodde) of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and since 2005 has worked with clients to apply the LeSS framework for scaling Scrum, lean thinking, and agile development to big product groups. Much of his work is organizational-design consulting with senior-management teams of product groups adopting LeSS. Craig has served as the lead coach of large-scale lean software development adoption at Xerox, and serves or has served as a consultant for LeSS at BMW, Ericsson, UBS,  bwin.party, Nokia Networks and Siemens Networks, Nordea, Cisco-Tandberg, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Alcatel-Lucent, and Ion Trading, among many other clients. Craig has also served as chief scientist at Valtech and while living in Bengaluru India, at Valtechs development centre helped to create agile offshore development with LeSS. In addition to his focus on hands-on LeSS consulting and product work, he occasionally speaks in public, such as keynoting on LeSS at the 2016 Global Scrum Gathering, the 2015 Manage Agile conference, the  2014 Software Executive Summit, the 2013 Agile India conference, and the 2011 QCon conference. CRAIG HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE top 20 Agile influencers of all time [http://www.valueflowquality.com/the-top-20-most-influential-agile-people/] and is the author of several books on scaling lean & agile development with LeSS, including:   * Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS [https://www.amazon.com/Large-Scale-Scrum-More-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0321985710] * Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking & Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum [https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Lean-Agile-Development-Organizational/dp/0321480961] * Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Successful Large, Multisite & Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum [https://www.amazon.com/Practices-Scaling-Lean-Agile-Development/dp/0321636406] * Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide [https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Iterative-Development-Managers-Guide/dp/0131111558] Craig was one of the first Certified Scrum Trainers, and helped kick off the Agile movement, especially with his 2002 book Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide.  (PLEASE, SEE CRAIG LARMAN'S FULL BIO HERE [http://www.craiglarman.com/wiki/index.php?title=Craig_Larman])  ORDER CONFIRMATIONS:  Once you register for the course, EventBrite will send you an order confirmation. 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