Agile Change Management

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS
Date: 20^th to 24^th April 2026

Agile approaches are increasingly being adopted by organizations as they recognize the need to respond quickly and easily in a world of complex and continuous change. At the same time, organizations are undertaking high volumes of change and need people who understand how to move themselves and others to new ways of working.

Achieving behavioural change is a critical success factor for any change initiative. New ways of thinking and working are key to accomplishing the objectives and realising the benefits.

In today’s dynamic operating environment, agile change management initiatives may take an outlook on a project for effectiveness.

Learning Objectives

• What agile means in the context of change
• How to right-size your change efforts
• How to engage the right stakeholders in the right way with the right tools
• How to capture the attention of busy people and create compelling change communication
• How to use data to inform your change approach and what data to use
• What you need to do to be effective as a change practitioner in increasingly uncertain times

Who should Attend?

This Agile Change Management training course is ideal for:

• All Managers and Leaders who wish to enhance their competencies in change management
• All Human Resource (HR) Personnel
• People who are likely to take up managerial positions in the future that will involve managing change
• Engineers and other Technical Professionals moving into Organizational Development (OD) or Business Partner (BP) roles
• Occupational Health & Safety and training staff involved in change management
• Those who received their training in Change Management in past years and need to be brought up to date with best practice in Change Leadership

Training Methodology

Participants in this Agile Change Management training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the training course outline, with the facilitator utilizing a variety of proven adult learning, teaching, and facilitation techniques. This training course is very participatory and experiential. It involves theoretical insight, awareness building, and a lot of skill practice in a group setting. The training course methodology includes individual, and group activities focused on skills development. Case Studies and presentations will highlight the major facilitation features.

Course Outline

Day 1. Approaches to Organizational Change

• Where do you start with Organizational Change?
• Anticipated Reaction to Change and Explore the Change
• What are typically the things that are required to change?
• Explore the reasons that change efforts fail and the ways to ensure their success.
• Describe a three-phase, 10-step process by which to lead change: ACT
• Identify your strengths and needs for leading change.

Day 2. Change Management and Change Leadership Using Agile Principles

• Learn what you can do to communicate the vision and goals of your organization’s change initiative.
• Assess your organization’s environment to determine its readiness to lead a change initiative.
• Help employees understand the reasons for change by establishing urgency.
• Understand the importance of data collection and the best practices for gathering it.
• Plan for resistance by identifying the 10 most common reasons people resist change efforts.

Day 3. Be an Effective Leader of Agile Change and Project Management

• Learn and apply the four top characteristics of leaders and ensure consistent communication.
• Learn how to manage resistance at all levels in the organization.
• Identify ways to grow commitment through the change process.
• The six principles of effective change management
• Develop a Basic Understanding of Agile principles
• Define the Project Vision and Scope
• Identify Stakeholders and Success Criteria, case studies and examples

Day 4. Agile Project Management Fundamentals Applied to Change Management

• The application of Agile Project Management applied to change
• The benefits and challenges of Agile Project Management in organizational change
• When to use Agile Project Management techniques
• Preparing for a successful Agile change-based project
• Agile Project Management principles
• The Agile Project Management Framework
• Configuring the Agile Project Lifecycle

Day 5. Agile Project Teams and Agile Project Management Practices

• Building Agile Project Roles and Responsibilities,
• Empowering and engaging with your Agile Project Team
• Running Agile and SCRUM facilitated Workshops
• Using the Agile MoSCoW prioritization method to a change project
• Agile planning, estimating, and risk Management
• Agile testing, quality Management and quality control
• Apply Agile Practices to Your Organization.

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

UAE-Dubai –   Cost USD 2200

Date: 20^th to 24^th April 2026