Agile for HR
(ICP-AHR Certification)

Course Description

If you are working in a company that adopts an agile value structure, it is important to understand that the people strategy and operation needs to change in a manner that not only compliments the new working model but helps all working within it excel. Performance management, recruitment, learning and development, compensation, benefits, and employee engagement all need to be adapted. But how? What are the specific skills required to successfully run an agile transformation from a people perspective?

This training places great emphasis on practical examples. Students will experience set of tools that they can use when getting started on their own agile HR initiative. An agile HR project case study walks students through the process of setting goals, developing user stories, implementing sprint planning, and monitoring the sprint using Kanban.

Students who demonstrate understanding and application of the course materials will receive the ICAgile Agility in HR (ICP-AHR) certification.

Learning Objectives

• Work within an agility focused structure
• Understand the characteristics of the agile mindset and how to change traditional human resources processes to reflect agile values
• Adapt the HR department and its work to create maximum value in an agile organization
• Adopt a new way of recruiting, conducting performance assessments, and holding compensation discussions
• Experience specific examples of what works and what doesn’t work
• Use agile techniques like Scrum and Kanban with the human resources department

Intended Audience

Agile coaches, consultants, HR managers, HR Business Partners, HR professionals, line managers, operational & business managers, and consulting managers in both the private and public sectors.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend this course.