Certified Agile Scaling Practitioner 1
Scaling Patterns for Real World Success
The Certified Agile Scaling Practitioner 1 (CASP-1) Workshop takes an expansive but practically applicable journey through the world of agile scaling. We’ll explore the principles and practices found in methods such as SAFe, LeSS, FAST, Scrum@Scale, Nexus, UnFIX, Essence, Team Topologies, Org Topologies, Modern Agile and more. Students will draw from these varied perspectives to create individual plans for driving scaling practices forward at their own organizations. This is a one-of-a-kind class that distills an extremely complicated subject for a uniquely personalized, accessible and satisfying experience.
Arlen Bankston has been a thought leader in the agile community for 24 years. He led two consultancies for over 20 years, funding and building products, leading UX/UI work within agile teams before coaching large-scale organizational transformations across dozens of companies. This means that you’ll get practical, situationally specific advice instead of theoretical hand waving. Arlen’s extensive instructional and game design background results in a wildly entertaining and practical workshop experience.
Jenni Dixon
Arlen was very knowledgeable about agile at scale and had many practical examples of organizational scenarios to illustrate his points. I appreciated his assessment of agile scaling frameworks and their pros and cons
P. Bramlett
The material presented was so well laid out and informative. I learned many new acronyms as well as new concepts. My instructor Arlen Bankston was one of the absolute best I have ever had if not the best. He has a great persona and presents extremely well. Arlen offers many real-world examples and welcomes feedback on what's happening in everyone else's organization. I plan to review the material over and over to pull valuable nuggets for future use. I would highly recommend Grow-Lean and especially Arlen as the instructor.
Tricia M
This was an excellent class. There are several educational options out there, and I am glad I chose this one because Arlen's real-life experience and skill in designing this course made it valuable and fun. It was two days, and Arlen made it so relevant and interesting, I would be happy to spend many more days learning from him! Thank you!
customer
Arlen is knowledgeable and clearly explained all the concepts
Anika Topete
Arlen was amazing, he took the time and effort to answer every question that I asked and others asked. I would definitely sign up for a course with him again.
customer
Great course. Interactive and very interesting. Arlen Bankston was a great instructor.
customer
ARLEN IS A GREAT INSTRUCTOR! Scrum is about people > process, and Arlen made everyone feel like they were a part of the training! GREAT TRAINER!
Lance
Arlen was AWESOME in the CAL E & O course. I took away tons of stuff to try out with my organization. I will be back! I'll also send some colleges your way.
Brandon
Great course! The content was very relevant and the way it was presented made it immediately applicable. The collaborative nature of the course also enabled for more meaningful delivery of the concepts AND different perspectives on how to apply it. Arlen is great and I would definitely attend another session led by him in the future. Thanks!
Mark
It was a great class and Arlen was an excellent instructor. He adapted and adjusted the focus of the course as we went to make sure that everyone in the class got the most they could out of it.
customer
Arlen is a skilled facilitator and brings a wealth of experience to the table. This enriches the experience significantly.
customer
Great training with lots of additional, personalized material. Arlen was terrific.
customer
Arlen was excellent and brought some excitement to the course. Perfect blend of practical exercises, class discussion and instructor lead information.
customer
One of the better Agile courses I have taken. The content was very well presented, interesting, and useful. The format was engaging and interactive, and it moved at a smart pace (I didn't doze off once). The instructor (Arlen) clearly put a lot of effort into preparing the course material/resources. I would definitely recommend.
L M
David Bulkin and Arlen (Grow-Lean) are great instructors! I've already taken part on three certifications provided by them, and am every time grateful that I took the time to do it. They have a lot of experience and thrive on teaching us how to use Scrum on an real-life Agile Environment! Would recommend to anyone!
Kevin Kappeler
Arlen is a wonderful instructor and comes prepared to coach up and down. He brings a wide variety of domain knowledge, practical shared experience, and remains open to ideas from students. A class is only as good as the instructor leading it. Thank you!
Dexter
The entire course was well structured and started with asking attendees what they wanted from the course. Arlen made sure to check in multiple to make sure we were covering the topics we asked for from the beginning. I found the exercises to be very well thought out and beneficial to applying the techniques and topics reviewed.
Michael C Hunter
One reason I selected this course is it was completed without one PowerPoint slide. The instructor, Arlen Bankston, would facilitate the lesson and move the participants into break outs using a Mural board. It was beneficial to be hands on and partnering with others while learning.