ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP): Agile Mindset and Coaching Foundations Course (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Tools and ceremonies are the easiest part of Agile to copy; the mindset behind them is what most teams actually get wrong. This ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) preparation course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy leads with that distinction, building attendees' understanding of Agile values and principles before it ever gets to specific frameworks - so the frameworks make sense once they're introduced.
From there, the course covers Scrum, Kanban, XP and Lean, Agile roles and team-building, and the facilitation and coaching skills that let a Scrum Master or Agile coach actually move a team forward. Value-driven delivery, adaptive planning and Agile metrics round out the practical toolkit, and the course closes with what it takes to sustain an Agile culture long after the credential is earned.
2Objectives and target group
- Explain the Agile mindset, values and principles independently of any single framework.
- Compare Scrum, Kanban, XP and Lean, and identify which fits a given team or environment.
- Clarify Agile roles and responsibilities, and build self-organising, high-trust teams.
- Apply facilitation and coaching techniques to help teams resolve conflict and keep improving.
- Plan and deliver around customer value using user stories, adaptive planning and forecasting.
- Use Agile metrics - burn-down, cumulative flow, cycle time - to improve rather than police a team.
- Prepare for the ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) credential.
Target Audience
- New and prospective Agile team members
- Project managers and team leads adopting Agile
- Product Owners and Scrum Masters
- Business analysts, developers and QA professionals
3Course Content
Module 1: Agile Is a Mindset First, a Toolset Second
- What Agile means beyond practices and tools
- Where Agile came from and why the Manifesto still matters
- Embracing change instead of resisting it
Module 2: A Tour of the Major Agile Frameworks
- Scrum: roles, ceremonies and artefacts
- Kanban: visualisation and flow
- XP and Lean thinking, and when each applies
Module 3: Roles, Ownership and Teams That Actually Self-Organise
- Product Owner, Scrum Master and Team Member responsibilities
- Shared ownership and accountability
- Trust, emotional intelligence and team learning
Module 4: Facilitating and Coaching Agile Teams
- Essentials of Agile coaching
- Facilitation and conflict-resolution techniques
- Building feedback loops teams actually use
Module 5: Delivering and Planning Around Value
- Prioritising by customer value, not just backlog order
- User stories, epics and acceptance criteria
- Release planning, iteration planning and changing requirements
Module 6: Tracking Progress the Agile Way
- Burn-down and burn-up charts, cumulative flow, cycle time
- Using metrics to improve the team, not to control it
Module 7: Sustaining an Agile Culture - and Earning the ICP Credential
- Creating a safe environment for experimentation
- Driving continuous improvement and a growth mindset
- What the ICAgile Certified Professional credential recognises