Being an agile organisation requires leaders, management, and agile team members to change the way that they organise their work, manage that work, and measure the results of their work.

Agile teams cannot do this on their own; they need help from the entire organisation. Changes in the way that people think and work are required driving improved results by having everyone’s goals aligned.

In 8 learning hours, attendees develop a deep understanding of the role that Agile Kata can play in creating the conditions for a successful agile environment.

This workshop uses a combination of instruction and group-based exercises to help participants learn how to improving agility in a direction.

The Certified Agile Kata Practitioner course is designed for managers and those in leadership roles who are responsible for the introduction and establishment of Agile methods and techniques in an organisation.

This introductory course is ideal for:

• management at all levels, including executive & board level

• agility coaches at all levels

• leaders at all levels without leadership being a position

• change agents at all levels

• the entire team

Overview

• The "Core" of the Agile Kata
• Agile "Shell" of the Agile Kata
• Agile Kata for agile adoptions
• Agile Kata for teams
• Business Agility with the Agile Kata
• Differences between Agile Kata and existing approaches

Prerequisites

All experience levels are welcome.

For all of our live virtual classes, we use Zoom as our conference tool. Zoom is very secure. It uses end-to-end encryption and delegates can only access the conference via an admin controlled waiting room. Activities are carried out with Mural. No software is required to be installed for these tools, though you may need to check that there are no security policies that block the use of these tools if you are joining us through a corporate network. We ask you to try to ensure a steady internet connection (for example by connecting through cable rather than with WiFi).

Certification and Assessment

All participants completing the Certified Agile Kata Practitioner Level 1 course will receive a password to attempt the Certified Agile Kata Practitioner Level 1 assessment (which is not available for purchase witohut attending this training course). The AKP I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. AKP I class participants who attempt the AKP I I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.

What else is included?

• Course eBook
• Membership to the Red Tangerine Slack channel giving access to our alumni community

What people are saying about Agile Kata

"If I did return to Tesla, I would recommend Agile Kata.​​​​​​​"
- Joe Justice, Transformation Lead

"Agile Kata – More Agile than Agile!​​​​​​​"
- Chris Lennon, Spark Telecom

"What I have seen is that organizations declare they want to be agile, start a significant (and often expensive) transformation effort, and it typically fails to take hold and the only result is a new vocabulary for the same old processes. There is no substantive change in behavior. What is needed is a different mindset and behaviors. The Agile Kata approach of deliberate practice is truly the only way to get there. ​​​​​​​"
- Richard Sheridan, CEO of Menlo and Author of Joy Inc.

Terms and Conditions

View our full Terms and Conditions here.

Payment options

Payment can be made by credit / debit card or bank transfer. Please select the relevant option when booking.

A note for companies

VAT registered companies outside of the UK should be exempt from paying UK VAT. Contact us at info@redtangerine.org to make arrangements.

About the Trainer

John Coleman

John Coleman is an active practitioner with 15+ years of experience in growing sustainable agility. John help teams, managers, leaders, change agents, and executives in software and non-software teams and organisations. He is a Flight Levels Coach, ProKanban Professional Kanban Trainer, Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer and a LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer. John is also the creator of Kanplexity™ and XAgility™, and the host of the Xagility™ and Agility Island podcasts.

John is a prolific blogger on advanced topics, and he leads on content creation for Scrum, Lean UX, measurement, Kanban, scaling, de-scaling, executives, people and change. He is #2 in the Agile Thinkers360 list and appears in the Leadershum Top 50 Agile Leaders 2022.

Price: £595

First Two: £495