ICAGILE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL - AGILE TEAM FACILITATION
About the Event
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) workshop, Case Studies based, Role Specific, no-PPT, Agile Team Facilitation certification is a 2 days classroom training by ICAgile Authorized Instructor, 16 PDUs & SEUs, Certificate and Life long membership.
Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF) is one of the topmost certificates for Agile Team Facilitators in the IT industry. Its a certificate awarded to Agile Facilitators for their understanding of Agile philosophy and Facilitation.
Who provides ICP-ATF certificate?
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) is a certification program offered by International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile). International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile) is a community-driven organization that consists of pioneers, experts, and trusted advisors. ICAgile is not just another certification body.
ICAgile Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF) is one of the most recognized Agile Team Facilitator certifications. It is the most preferred certificate in the industry in terms of Agile Team Facilitation. Having Certified Agile Team Facilitation certification increases the chances of you landing on a Team Coach job.
What is the test structure of ICP-ATF?
ICAgile does not have exams as such but they rely on the trainers for validating the participant’s learning. Leanpitch has subjective assessments which include sharing a team facilitation approach specific use cases to assess the participant's knowledge.
What is the eligibility to take ICP-ATF Certification?
There is no requirement for years of experience to attend the workshop. However, generally, the industry expects Agile Facilitators to have at least 5-10 years of experience in the industry to get hired as an Agile Team Facilitator.
What is the validity of ICP-ATF Certificate?
ICP-ATF certification is valid for life from the date of attaining the certificate. ICAgile certificates have lifelong validity and never have to be renewed again.
Role Description:
Facilitation is a process in which a person who is acceptable to all members of the team, substantively neutral, and has no decision-making authority intervenes to help a team improve the way it identifies and solves problems and makes decisions, in order to increase the group's effectiveness. The facilitator's main objective is to help the team increase its effectiveness by improving its process.
The Agile Team Facilitator is an Agile & Lean practitioner who is also a facilitator. Facilitators provide information that enables people to make decisions in the workplace.
Who is it for
An Agile Team Facilitator can come from any background and could have played a wide variety of roles in any type of Organization. Testing, Development, Content writing, Build & Release, Project Management, Program Management, People Management, and so on. This course is for individuals who are willing to learn and practice facilitation to become Agile Team Facilitators.
What do Team Facilitators do?
A team has a collective responsibility for performing work to achieve a goal or an outcome. The outcome could be a product, a decision, or a service. Team Facilitators help the team in improving their processes and structures so that they can effectively identify problems, efficiently identify solutions, and make decisions that can increase the effectiveness of the entire team.
How much salary does an Agile Team Facilitator get?
Efficient Team Facilitators like Scrum Masters are in huge demand. The average salary of a Team Facilitator is 14 lakhs with the higher side being 20 lakhs. Being a certified Agile Team Facilitator with the right knowledge and experience can increase the chance of getting hired.
What is the career path for an Agile Team Facilitator?
Agile Team Facilitator is a role and the titles in the industry could be Scrum Master, Team Coach, and so on. Titles vary based on Organizations and their hierarchies. They grow by acquiring coaching, mentoring, and teaching skills to become an Agile Coach. Agile Coaches coach the Organization at the Program levels. Acquiring experience and mastery at what they do help them become Enterprise coaches and thereby becoming COO or run an independent Organization.
How to get started as an Agile Team Facilitator?
Acquiring knowledge is the first thing to get started as an Agile Team Facilitator and ICAgile Certified Agile Team Facilitation is one of the ways to get that knowledge. Two days of training from an ICAgile Authorized Instructor will help an Agile Team Facilitator to get that practical knowledge by practicing facilitation inside the workshop, learning through the trainer's experience and case studies.
Once you are done with the ICP-ATF certificate, it's time to put your knowledge to use in some way before directly jumping into the Agile TeamFacilitator's role. Here are some of the ways to achieve it.
- Practice at your workplace: Try your skills as a Facilitator and use some of the concepts from the workshop to create visibility to issues without even mentioning it as Agile. You can avail of our mentoring to get hand-holding from an experienced facilitator.
- Attend meetups: Connect with practicing Agile Coaches to understand the challenges they face and learn from their experience. Leanpitch conducts monthly meetups across India to help Agile Coaches come together and share their experience.
- Volunteer for Social Scrum Project: Volunteer for a Social project and get the experience of using Scrum for solving complex problems. Leanpitch runs a Social Scrum initiative to provide such a platform.
- Read Books: Continue to read books and try some of the concepts in your day-to-day life. Here is the set of books that you can read:
- Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan
- The Skilled Facilitator by Roger Schwarz
- The Fifth Discipline Field Book by Peter M Senge
- Happily Delivering Happiness by Satisha K Venkataramaiah & Apeksha Patel
- Drive by Daniel Pink
- Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision Making by Lenny Lind and Sam Kaner
- Non-violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
- Lean Thinking by James Womack and Daniel Jones
- Gain advanced Certifications: Try attending other advanced Coaches certificates to enhance your coaching skill. Here are the suggestions
After completing the workshop, Leanpitch provides continuous learning through meetups, webinars, and free mentoring. By learning continuously and meeting fellow Agile Team Facilitators who share their experience and knowledge.
What are the job opportunities for an Agile Team Facilitator?
Agile Team Facilitator is the most trending job in the industry as more and more Organizations understand the need for Facilitating teams and individuals. By attending the Leanpitch ICP-ATF workshop and with the post-workshop support that Leanpitch provides, it is easier to get the job as an Agile Team Facilitator in the industry.
Training Video URL
https://leanpitch.com/online/agile-team-facilitation
Location Map
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