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Certified Agile Coach (CAC)


Course Description:

The Agile Coach certification teaches important skills for guiding and developing teams, focusing on teams and organizations as human systems. It emphasizes understanding professional coaching skills and their value in supporting agile teams. This certification focuses on the mindset, roles, and responsibilities of an Agile Coach. Upon completion, participants will be able to distinguish between mentoring, facilitating, coaching, and teaching, and they will also acquire skills to foster a safe environment for effective collaboration and conflict resolution within a team. Whether the coach works inside or outside the organization, agile coaching involves various activities such as teaching, mentoring, problem-solving, planning, leadership, team-building, and mastering skills and knowledge. Agile Coaches play a crucial role in encouraging organizations to adopt new cultural paradigms that promote agile-lean thinking and rapid value delivery.


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Certification Overview

The Agile Coach certification teaches important skills for guiding and developing teams, focusing on teams and organizations as human systems. It emphasizes understanding professional coaching skills and their value in supporting agile teams. This certification focuses on the mindset, roles, and responsibilities of an Agile Coach. Upon completion, participants will be able to distinguish between mentoring, facilitating, coaching, and teaching, and they will also acquire skills to foster a safe environment for effective collaboration and conflict resolution within a team. Whether the coach works inside or outside the organization, agile coaching involves various activities such as teaching, mentoring, problem-solving, planning, leadership, team-building, and mastering skills and knowledge. Agile Coaches play a crucial role in encouraging organizations to adopt new cultural paradigms that promote agile-lean thinking and rapid value delivery.

E-Course Duration: 20 to 25 Hours

Exam Information

  • The exam consists of 65 Multiple Choice Questions. To pass, candidates need to correctly answer 70% of the questions, which is 46 out of 65.

  • Exams are conducted online and supervised using a webcam and a stable internet connection. You can take the exams from anywhere and at any time.

  • The exam lasts for 1 hour and 30 minutes (90 minutes).

  • You can't use any outside sources during the exam with ProctorU. They will provide details about the identification proof you need to show.

  • If someone doesn't pass the exam on their second try, they need to wait for at least fourteen (14) days before retaking it for the third (3rd) time or any time after that. You can take the exam as many times as you need.

  • The Certified Agile Coach (CAC)™ certification remains valid for a lifetime.

  • CAC™ is a registered trademark of GIPMC.

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  • You don't need to meet any requirements beforehand to take the Certified Agile Coach (CAC)™ Certification. However, we strongly suggest completing the E-Course, even though it's not mandatory from GIPMCBok portal. Doing so will help you prepare better because many questions in the actual exam are based on the E-Course content.

Course Outline

Module 1 - Foundation

    • What Does an Agile Coach Do?
    • Developing a Coaching Attitude
    • Getting Ready to Coach
    • How to Start Coaching
    • Maintaining the Pace
    • Hurdles
    • Checklist

Module 2 - Working with People

    • Active Listening
    • Providing Feedback
    • Resolving Conflicts
    • Building Consensus
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 3 - Leading Change

    • Introducing Change
    • Asking Powerful Questions
    • Promoting Learning
    • Facilitating Meetings
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 4 - Building an Agile Team

    • Fostering Team Collaboration
    • Creating a Supportive Team Environment
    • Balancing Team Roles
    • Motivating the Team
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 5 - Daily Standup

    • Conducting Daily Standup Meetings
    • Supporting Team Collaboration
    • Addressing Issues
    • Setting Meeting Time
    • Guiding Team Members
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 6 - Understanding Product Development

    • Understanding User Story Lifecycle
    • Encouraging Collaborative Discussions
    • Utilizing Agile Cards
    • Validating Requirements
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 7 - Planning Ahead

    • Preparing for Planning Sessions
    • Understanding Work Priorities
    • Estimating Work
    • Reviewing and Committing to Work
    • Tracking Progress
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 8 - Keeping Work Visible

    • Utilizing Team Boards
    • Creating Visible Charts
    • Maintaining Team Boards
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 9 - Completing Work

    • Test Ownership
    • Defining Completion Criteria
    • Planning for Testing
    • Managing Defects
    • Seeking Early Feedback
    • Recovering from Incomplete Work
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 10 - Test-Driven Development

    • Introducing Test-Driven Development
    • Implementing Continuous Integration
    • Sustaining Test-Driven Development Practices
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 11 - Writing Clean Code

    • Adopting Incremental Design
    • Promoting Collective Code Ownership
    • Practicing Pair Programming
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 12 - Demonstrating Progress

    • Preparing for Product Demos
    • Engaging Everyone in Demos
    • Releasing Software Iteratively
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 13 - Continuous Improvement with Retrospectives

    • Facilitating Retrospective Meetings
    • Designing Effective Retrospectives
    • Expanding Retrospective Scope
    • Overcoming Challenges

Module 14 - Personal Growth

    • Strategies for Professional Development
    • Creating a Growth Plan
    • Expanding Professional Network
    • Reflecting on Personal Growth
    • Overcoming Challenges

Target Audience

  • This course is designed for Agile Coaches or those interested in becoming one, with a focus on servant leadership and skills in facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and teaching within Agile teams.
  • Roles:
  • Scrum Masters / Senior Scrum Masters / Lead Scrum Masters / Transition Lead / Transformation Lead
  • Project Managers / Agile Project Managers / Test Managers / Iteration Managers / Release Managers
  • Transformation Coaches / Aspiring Agile Coaches / Agile Coaches / Agile Change Agents
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