Adapting Your Processes and Planning with ICAgile
Agile transformations fail when teams skip the adaptation phase—this course teaches you how to reshape processes and planning for real-world constraints. In under two hours, you’ll move beyond framework theory to practical ICAgile methods that actually stick with your team.
AIU.ac Verdict: Ideal for scrum masters, product owners, and engineering leads implementing agile at scale. The course is deliberately compact, so you’ll need supplementary practice to embed these patterns into your organisation’s workflows.
What This Course Covers
This course unpacks the ICAgile approach to process tailoring, covering how to assess current workflows, identify friction points, and design incremental changes that teams will adopt. You’ll work through real scenarios: scaling ceremonies for distributed teams, adapting planning cadences to product cycles, and handling stakeholder resistance without abandoning agile principles.
Tommy van Schaik walks you through practical frameworks for retrospectives that drive process change, techniques for measuring adoption, and how to balance prescriptive guidance with team autonomy. The labs emphasise hands-on planning exercises—you’ll map your own process gaps and draft adaptation strategies you can implement immediately.
Who Is This Course For?
Ideal for:
- Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches: Need concrete methods to help teams adapt agile practices to their context without losing discipline.
- Engineering Leads and Tech Managers: Responsible for scaling agile across multiple teams and need frameworks to guide process evolution.
- Product Owners and Delivery Leads: Want to redesign planning and ceremonies to reduce friction and improve team velocity.
May not suit:
- Agile Beginners: This assumes familiarity with scrum roles and ceremonies; start with ICAgile fundamentals first.
- Waterfall-Only Organisations: If your team hasn’t adopted any agile practices yet, this adaptation course won’t provide the foundational context needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does Adapting Your Processes and Planning with ICAgile take?
The course is 1 hour 39 minutes of video content. Most learners complete it in one sitting or across two focused sessions.
Will this course help me pass ICAgile certification?
This course covers ICAgile principles and methods, but certification requires exam registration through the official ICAgile body. Pluralsight’s content aligns with ICAgile competencies; check current exam requirements separately.
Do I need scrum experience before starting?
Yes—this course assumes you understand scrum roles (product owner, scrum master, team) and basic ceremonies. If you’re new to agile, complete an ICAgile foundations course first.
Can I apply this to non-software teams?
Absolutely. The process adaptation frameworks work across product, marketing, and operations teams. The examples use software delivery, but the principles are domain-agnostic.
Course by Tommy van Schaik on Pluralsight. Duration: 1h 39m. Last verified by AIU.ac: March 2026.
