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 business partners, Project managers, Operations coordinators, Transformation delivery managers, Project officers, Information analysts, Project support officers.
Do you:
- Have an awareness of Agile, but don’t really use it in your work?
- Need to find a way for large groups to collaborate on complex change projects and programmes?
- Struggle with projects getting bogged down and need a way to deliver change at pace?
- Need help understanding how to design services to meet your users’ needs?
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
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 split over 4 days
- Online
- 825 – 895 per attendee
- Accreditation: Public Service Transformation Academy
15th - 18th Sep 2025
4x half day sessions
9.30 am – 1 pm each day
16th - 19th Feb 2026
4x half day sessions
9.30 am – 1 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 Agile programme management, scrum, prototyping and self-organising teams.
- Lots of case studies from the public and social sectors.
- Know how to bring large groups together to collaborate on complex challenges.
- 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
Combining agile and learn to improve productivity
How to prototype
The roles within the agile framework
Agile commissioning & contracting to drive down costs & improve outcomes
SCRUM the methodology that underpins the agile approach
Using agile to engage stakeholders and co-design services
Practise running an agile project
Real examples of agile public services
Agile reporting
Planning your first agile project
Self organising teams
Your benefits
- Our training is co-designed with the public sector.
- The training mirrors a real life project within your organisation.
- All our trainers have lived experience of using Agile in public sector organisations.
- You get examples and guidance on how to adapt theory so it fits within your organisation’s culture and set up.
- 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.
Apply tomorrow
You leave the course with the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply Agile to your existing workload next working day.
More impact
Our Agile training equips your organisation to achieve better results, more social value, and crucially improve outcomes for your users.
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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