Master the art of delivering change
The Agile Master for Public Services is an immersive training programme. It blends theory and practical exercises to develop a thorough working knowledge of agile. You learn how to use agile to deliver complex change projects within the public sector.
Trainer Joe explaining The Agile Master for Public Services (video under 2 minutes)
Who should attend
Transformation and change managers, Programme and project managers, Transformation delivery managers, Project officers, Business analysts, Performance or Improvement leads.
Do you:
- Feel overwhelmed with the volume of budget cuts and trying to prioritise changes?
- Need a more effective approach to deliver projects and ensure savings are realised?
- Want to find a way for large groups to collaborate on complex change projects and programmes?
- Need help understanding how to design services to meet your users’ needs?
- Want a practical approach to help your organisation to simplify and prioritise your complex change programmes?
- Struggle with projects getting bogged down and need a way to deliver change at pace?
If yes, then our Agile Master in Public Services gives you the understanding, core knowledge and confidence to apply Agile to your complex change programmes.
No Agile experience is required.
What’s included
- Participation workbook
- Lifetime access to course reference materials
- Copy of all artefacts created during the course
- Certification after passing a short test
- Membership of our Agile Community of Practice
Want to know more?
Do you have questions or would you like advice? Get in touch with Rebecca!
Rebecca - Consultant & Trainer
Costs
Your whole team can benefit from learning all together making it easier to embed change and maintain momentum. Or you can learn alongside like-minded people from across the public services and gain insights from each other in an open course.
Inhouse training (group)
- 15 delegates
- 2 full days or 4 half-days
- Your location or Online
- In-person
- 9,975
- Accreditation: Public Service Transformation Academy
Open course (individuals)
- 15 delegates
- 14 hours
- Online & In person options
- 825 – 895 per attendee
- Accreditation: Public Service Transformation Academy
15th - 18th Sep 2025
4x half day sessions online
9.30 am – 1 pm each day
1st - 4th Dec 2025
4x half day sessions online
9.30 am – 1 pm each day
2nd - 3rd Feb 2026 - London
2x full day sessions in person
9 am – 4.30 pm each day
16th - 19th Feb 2026
4x half day sessions online
9.30 am – 1 pm each day
21st - 22nd Apr 2026 - Birmingham
2x full day sessions in person
9 am – 4.30 pm each day
3rd - 4th June 2026 - Bristol
2x full day sessions in person
9 am – 4.30 pm each day
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Course contents
Covering services you recognise, environments you work in, and terms you use, our training is tailored to the public and social sectors:
- Learn about how to use agile to manage change programmes and projects
- Lots of case studies from the public and social sectors.
- Know how to bring large groups together to collaborate on complex challenges and secure lasting savings.
- Learn how to use agile to focus your efforts, identify priorities, prototype solutions and implement changes.
- See how to organise your programmes, governance systems and teams to make the most of agile.
- Leave with ways to get peers, leaders, and partners excited about the potential of agile.
Here’s a bird’s eye view of some of the things we cover:
Background to agile
Agile to organise change and saving programmes
Test and learn processes
SCRUM the method that underpins the agile approach
Using agile to engage stakeholders and co-design services
Agile to design new services and solutions
Real examples of agile in public services
Agile governance and reporting
Planning your first agile project
Collaborating with stakeholders
Agile methods and roles
Agile for one
Your benefits
- Our training is co-designed with the public sector.
- The training gives you practical tools you can use to implement change immediately.
- All our trainers have lived experience of delivering change projects and realising savings.
- You’ll learn a sustainable change approach that shares the load - it's not all on you.
- The training is far from ‘talk-over slides’. We combine the depth, substance and rigour of an academic qualification with fun, collaborative and creative workshops.
Expert trainers for government transformation
Rebecca Roberts
About me
Rebecca has spent 10-years lovingly delivering and improving this course. Incorporating our learnings from projects and feedback from alumni so that our course is relevant, impactful and fun.
She enjoys working with delegates to make sense of agile and how to adopt it in their work.
Matt Barnaby
About me
Matt is one of the three people who translated the principles and practices of Agile from the world of software so that it is meaningful for Public Services.
Having applied this approach in his work, he developed this training so that others can learn and apply it.
Dennis Vergne
About me
Dennis uses his expertise to enable lasting transformational change.
As one of the pioneers of adapting Agile for Public Services, he has helped over 1,000 graduates apply this thinking in practice, revolutionising how public services operate.
Joe Badman
About me
Joe has 15 years of experience solving messy problems in the public sector by applying agile and service design on change and transformation projects.
His expertise in applying agile in tough situations empowers participants to confidently apply these skills in their own contexts, solving problems and driving progress quickly.
What the training gives you in practice
Thorough knowledge
You gain a thorough working knowledge of the Agile approach, quickly, through solving real challenges and applying learning in a safe environment.
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You’ll quickly build a practical understanding of the approach through NHS case studies, interactive exercises, and service-relevant theory, all within a safe, supportive learning environment.
Get accredited
You’ll get accredited. This programme is the only agile training programme designed with and for the public and social sector, and is accredited by the Public Service Transformation Academy
Free community
Join our Agile community of practice with hundreds of members for free. To exchange experiences and keep your Agile knowledge up to date.
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Proven success
Our courses are proudly accredited by the Public Service Transformation Academy
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