Agile Team Facilitation Certification ICP-ATF
This certification course focuses on the mindset and skillset of an effective Agile Team Facilitator. Upon completion, learners will be able to design and lead engaging, purposeful meetings and workshops that foster collaboration and drive outcomes. Participants will gain practical experience with facilitation techniques that support self-organization, decision-making, and alignment within agile teams.
The course emphasizes the importance of presence, neutrality, and clarity when facilitating, and introduces frameworks to help navigate group dynamics and create inclusive, outcome-oriented environments. Whether facilitating retrospectives, planning sessions, or team discussions, learners will leave equipped to guide agile ceremonies with confidence and adaptability.
Agile Team Facilitators help teams reach shared understanding and collective ownership — empowering agile teams to thrive in complex, ever-changing environments.
This certification course focuses on the mindset and skillset of an effective Agile Team Facilitator. Upon completion, learners will be able to design and lead engaging, purposeful meetings and workshops that foster collaboration and drive outcomes. Participants will gain practical experience with facilitation techniques that support self-organization, decision-making, and alignment within agile teams.
The course emphasizes the importance of presence, neutrality, and clarity when facilitating, and introduces frameworks to help navigate group dynamics and create inclusive, outcome-oriented environments. Whether facilitating retrospectives, planning sessions, or team discussions, learners will leave equipped to guide agile ceremonies with confidence and adaptability.
Agile Team Facilitators help teams reach shared understanding and collective ownership — empowering agile teams to thrive in complex, ever-changing environments.
This certification course focuses on the mindset and skillset of an effective Agile Team Facilitator. Upon completion, learners will be able to design and lead engaging, purposeful meetings and workshops that foster collaboration and drive outcomes. Participants will gain practical experience with facilitation techniques that support self-organization, decision-making, and alignment within agile teams.
The course emphasizes the importance of presence, neutrality, and clarity when facilitating, and introduces frameworks to help navigate group dynamics and create inclusive, outcome-oriented environments. Whether facilitating retrospectives, planning sessions, or team discussions, learners will leave equipped to guide agile ceremonies with confidence and adaptability.
Agile Team Facilitators help teams reach shared understanding and collective ownership — empowering agile teams to thrive in complex, ever-changing environments.
Become the facilitator your agile teams need.
This certification course is designed to help you grow into a confident, purposeful Agile Team Facilitator. You’ll explore the mindset, stance, and techniques that great facilitators use to foster collaboration, spark alignment, and guide teams toward high performance.
You’ll learn how to design and lead effective meetings, workshops, and agile ceremonies that keep people engaged and focused on outcomes — whether in person or online. Throughout the course, you’ll gain hands-on experience with facilitation tools, models, and techniques while deepening your understanding of team dynamics, group decision-making, and inclusive collaboration.
Facilitators don’t just guide meetings — they help teams unlock their potential. This course prepares you to do just that, with confidence and clarity.
Jochen (Joe) Krebs is a certified Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum. org , an authorized trainer for ICAgile, and an Agile Coach with Incrementor. Joe has delivered Scrum courses and workshops for over 15 years to thousands of participants world-wide. He is the author of the book Agile Portfolio Management creator of the Agile Kata. He had hundreds of guests on his podcast Agile.FM over the past years . As a coach, Joe has led several large organizations and start-up’s alike through a successful agile transformation. Incrementor has offices in New York City and Amsterdam.
💬 What Others Say
“For those who are interested in further developing their agile coaching voice, Joe’s class is money well spent. In the past I have taken 2 different classes with Joe as the instructor and walked away energized and with coaching tools I could use immediately.”
— ROBERT LEGATIE , VANGUARD
“Agile transformations never end, and neither does an agilist’s learning journey! Thank you Joe Krebs for the inspirational training and for helping me take my agile coaching skills to a new level!”
— ADINA MALEAROV HEINEKEN
“I thoroughly enjoyed the course, loved the self-pace & online format!”
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— CHRISTINE CONNOLLY, MASSMUTUAL
“I really enjoyed the course and found it very informative. The curriculum presented was very well structured”
— BILQUISE SHEIKH, SWISSRE
“I LOVED the course! The content was thorough. Working through the several stances of a coach was very helpful. The breakout sessions were challenging and also enjoyable. Joe’s facilitation was outstanding and he kept us right on track, gave us insights from your own experience, asked good questions to get us thinking. I didn’t want the class to end!”
— SAM SNYDER, CHUBB
“Very engaging and I really enjoyed it. Can’t wait to implement the activities we practiced to coach. Great course! ”
— JASMINE JONES, CAPITAL ONE
🔍 Key Learning Outcomes
Develop the mindset and presence of an Agile Team Facilitator
Design and facilitate effective agile meetings and ceremonies
Apply group facilitation techniques to guide team collaboration
Adapt your facilitation style to meet different team needs and dynamics
Foster participation, inclusivity, and shared ownership
Create structures for group decision-making and consensus
Guide teams through conflict, stuckness, and divergence
📚 Topics Covered
The Agile Facilitator Mindset
Designing and Preparing Agile Meetings
Facilitating Collaborative Conversations
Facilitating Agile Ceremonies (e.g., retrospectives, planning)
Navigating Group Dynamics
Adapting Your Facilitation Style
Handling Conflict and Dysfunction in the Moment
👥 Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for:
Scrum Masters and Agile Facilitators
Agile Coaches and Team Leads
Product Owners and Delivery Managers
Anyone who wants to lead more effective meetings and agile ceremonies
🎓 Certification
Attendees will be awarded the ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) credential. The certification fee is included in the course price. There is no exam or additional assessment required.
In addition, you will receive the ICAgile Micro-Credential in Coaching Conversation, earned through a short self-paced module that complements this course.Prerequisites
Approximately 1 week before the live-instructor part of the course begins, we will send you a voucher to start the course in our agile campus Ideally, the self-paced learning are completed prior to the start of the live-instructor part but is not a requriement.