Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)
Get the roadmap, the skills, and the confidence you need to lead large-scale agile transformations. This live, interactive workshop gives you a real implementation roadmap and playbook, practice with the high-stakes conversations agile leadership actually requires, and a globally recognized Scrum Alliance certification at the end of it.
$1,200 · Taught by Scott Dunn, Certified Scrum Trainer & Certified Agile Leadership Educator · Digital badge, 16 SEUs & 16 PDUs included
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Drive Agile transformations with confidence
Scott Dunn's CAL1 Scrum Alliance course provides the framework and practical tools to lead with agility, foster high-performing teams, and achieve outstanding results
Drive Agile transformations with confidence
Scott Dunn's CAL1 Scrum Alliance course provides the framework and practical tools to lead with agility, foster high-performing teams, and achieve outstanding results
Bringing a team? We also run private courses tailored to your organization. Contact us for more info →
The credential
Certified Agile Leader 1 is an official Scrum Alliance certification in the Agile Leadership track. Attend both live days and participate fully, and the certification is yours — no exam required.
Sound familiar?
Leading one is a different job than doing the agile work yourself — and most leaders are handed the responsibility without the roadmap.
Agile is a complex framework, and leading it at scale is a different skill than practicing it on a team.
You're under the spotlight to get this done, often with a timeline you didn't set.
You haven't been expertly trained on how to lead a transformation, only how to work inside one.
You don't have the answers people are bringing to you yet.
Finances and reputations are on the line if the transformation stalls.
No one has given you concrete steps and plans — just the mandate to figure it out.
What you'll learn
Get clarity on the major milestones and the actual execution steps that lead to agile transition success.
Roadmap
Master our agile implementation roadmap and its major milestones, so you can hold the 30,000-foot view and know whether you're actually on track.
Playbook
Practice using an agile implementation playbook to translate your business goals into concrete steps your teams can execute against.
Application
Move past one-size-fits-all advice and learn to tailor the playbook to the business outcomes that matter most to your stakeholders.
Practice, not just theory
High-impact skills and tools for leading successful agile transformations, practiced live with other leaders in the room.
Practice optimally structuring your product, project, program management, and engineering teams so they can thrive with agile — and learn the keys to a positive work environment during a major transition.
Practice getting and maintaining stakeholder buy-in and alignment, and using influence versus authority to build a culture of personal accountability and ownership.
Work through carefully chosen stories and case studies with other leaders to see which decisions lead to failure and which lead to success — including the three most common missteps that put implementations at risk.
Where this leaves you
Increased clarity, upgraded skills, and continual support — so you have the confidence to deliver agile transformation success.
Clarity
Leave with real clarity on the key implementation milestones, the steps to reach them, and how to tailor a custom solution for your own organization.
Skillset
Know how to optimally structure teams, promote a culture of accountability and positivity during major change, and get and maintain stakeholder buy-in.
Support
Get your questions answered during class, in post-class Q&A, in monthly alumni video Q&A, and in optional private VIP coaching sessions with Scott.
What alumni say
Scott was an amazing teacher, taught at the right pace and was extremely insightful. He gave real-world scenarios and I could tell he has worked in the trenches before teaching this class.
Neal Johnsen
Manager, Oncore
Scott Dunn is a great trainer on agile leadership. He encourages good discussion. I really enjoyed role-playing conversations with leaders to illustrate what limiting pushbacks look like and how to challenge these leaders to think deeper with tact and candor.
Johann Vas
Instructor, Dept. of CIS, Appalachian State University
Scott has an amazing way of connecting with everyone attending, understanding their pain points, and guiding them toward an agile leadership mindset shift.
Bhumi Dave
Program & Portfolio Manager, OM Fusion
Who it's for
CAL 1 is built for professionals in any industry who want to expand their leadership skills, lead teams effectively, and manage organizational change.
Ready to look past the team boundary at the leadership behaviors shaping the whole organization.
Responsible for people and outcomes, and looking for a leadership toolkit built for today's pace of change.
Sponsoring or accountable for a transformation, and wanting a clear-eyed model for leading it well.
Working with leadership teams directly, and wanting a shared vocabulary and roadmap to coach against.
Straight answer on prerequisites: there aren't any. Some familiarity with agile helps you place the examples — reviewing the Agile Manifesto beforehand is a good primer — but this course is designed for anyone who leads or wants to lead people through change.
Your seat
Two live days, a full leadership toolkit, and a standing invitation to keep working through your transformation with us.
Your working companion for the two live days — exercises, prompts, and space to build your own plan as you go.
The same roadmap and playbook used in the session, yours to keep and apply directly to your own transformation.
Real case studies worked through live, plus a concrete action plan to take back to your organization.
Live Q&A after each day, monthly video Q&A for alumni, and the option of private VIP coaching sessions with Scott.
Your trainer
Founder, Rocket Nine Solutions · Certified Scrum Trainer & Certified Agile Leadership Educator
Scott has spent two decades leading agile transformations from the inside — as a developer, a manager, a Scrum Master, and eventually an agile coach at Forrester. He's tailored implementation roadmaps for hundreds of organizations, from helping NASA deliver payloads to space to helping Kaiser Permanente deliver healthcare on Earth, and is one of a small number of dual Certified Scrum Trainers and Certified Enterprise Coaches worldwide. He teaches CAL 1 the way he'd want it taught to him: plain-spoken, grounded in real scenarios, and built around the conversations leaders actually have to have.
Questions
Yes. This is a live Zoom workshop, not pre-recorded video. Expect time to work through scenarios in your workbook, small-group breakout sessions, leadership role-playing exercises, and interactive discussion with the other leaders in your cohort.
There are no formal prerequisites. Some awareness of agile is helpful — if you're unfamiliar with agile product management, reviewing the Agile Manifesto beforehand is a good primer — but the course is built for leaders from any background.
The Leading Agile Transformations Workbook, an agile implementation roadmap and playbook, best-practice case studies, and a post-class action plan you build during the workshop itself.
CAL 1 is 16 hours of live instruction across two days, which earns 16 Scrum Education Units and 16 PMI Professional Development Units toward your existing certification renewals. For PMI, CAL content applies to the Leadership ("Power Skills") and Strategic and Business Management ("Business Acumen") categories.
No exam. Attend both live days and participate, and you'll receive your Certified Agile Leader 1 certification and digital badge from Scrum Alliance.
Yes — during each workshop, in the Q&A sessions after each day, in monthly video Q&A sessions for class alumni, and in optional private VIP coaching sessions with Scott.
Yes — a private cohort lets your leadership team work through the same roadmap against your actual transformation, together. Email hello@rocketninesolutions.com and we'll put together a plan.
Still deciding?
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