Business Agility Foundation (ICP-BAF)

Join the three-day ICP-BAF certification course to grasp customer-focused concepts, principles, and techniques for Business Agility. Embrace a new mindset, skills, and approaches needed in a dynamic world where change is constant, teamwork matters, and innovation is key. Today's business demands a shift from traditional methods, requiring an Agile mindset to maximize business value. Overcome organizational and individual behaviors by adopting new skills and thinking patterns. This experiential course, aligned with ICAgile's Business Agility Foundation certification, accelerates transformation towards a responsive, value-driven reality. Take the first step towards becoming an expert in ICAgile's Business Agility track.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• The Need for Business Agility
• How to Identify Value
• Techniques to Better Understand Customers
• Understand the Dynamics of Change, Systemic Problems, and Disruptive Threats
• Polarity Management
• Apply New Ways of Thinking such as Lean Systems Think and Design Thinking
• Dynamics Behind Growth Mindset, Breaking Paradigms
• Understand New Behaviors to Exhibit
• Understand Lean Startup Techniques and Philosophy
• Understand How to Leverage Kanban Values and Systems

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone interested in the paradigm shifts necessary to enable organizational agility in today's innovative business climate will find the Business Agility Foundations course compelling. This includes leaders and aspiring leaders in organizations seeking more responsive, value-driven approaches will benefit from this course. The professional-level certifications targets organizational disciplines, including and beyond, technology and software development. This includes:

• Current and aspiring Business Agility Leaders
• Business Change Agents
• Business Leaders
• Business Managers
• Value Managers
• Product Owners
• Product Managers
• Anyone wanting certification in ICAgile Business Agility Foundation (ICP-BAF)
• Anyone wanting to become an ICAgile Certified Expert in Business Agility

PDUS

This course qualifies you for the following PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs):

Classroom Live and Virtual Classroom Live

• Leadership = 8
• Strategic and Business Management = 7.50
• Technical Project Management = 5.50

Total = 21

• Part 1: Welcome and Introductions 
  • Topics covered:
    • Opening and Introductions
    • Agenda and Learning Objectives
    • ICAgile Certification Overview
    • Working Agreements
• Part 2: The Need for Business Agility
  • Topics covered:
    • Business Agility: Drivers, Criticality, Values, Principles, and Dimensions
    • VUCA
    • Case for Change: Empowering Teams
    • Case for Change: Customer Value and Continuous Learning
    • Measures of Success
• Part 3: Compelling Vision and Clarity of Purpose
  • Topics covered:
    • Compelling Vision and Clarity of Purpose
    • Focusing on the Big Picture and Emerging Future
    • Blindspots, Mental Models, Patterns, and Sensemaking
    • Complex Dynamics of Change
    • Understanding of Customers, Stakeholders, and Emerging Markets
• Part 4: New Ways of Thinking
  • Topics Covered:
    • Developing a Growth Mindset
    • Breaking Paradigms and Making Value Visible
    • Relationship Between Complexity and Business Agility
    • Recognizing and Managing Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Polarities
    • Lean Systems Thinking
    • Design Thinking Approaches
• Part 5: New and Differentiating Behaviors
  • Topics covered:
    • High-Performance Questions: Ask vs. Tell
    • Experimenting and Hypothesis Testing
    • Lean Startup and Canvases
    • Kanban Values and Systems
    • Iterative Framework and Sampling of Practices
• Part 6: Designing the Future
  • Topics Covered:
    • Creating Space for Optimal Engagement and Value Creation
    • Business Playbook
    • Action Plans for Accelerating Business Agility
    • Personal Development Plan
    • Review ICAgile Learning Objectives and Video