Government Agile Delivery Manager Training
Two-day Delivery Manager training for civil servants in the role or moving into it, aligned to the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework.
About This Course
This two-day course is for Delivery Managers in government and for people who want to become one. It is aligned to the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework. By the end you’ll be able to apply Scrum within the constraints of government: spending approvals, GDS assessments and ministerial priorities.
Every exercise uses a real government scenario.
What You’ll Learn
By the end of the two days you’ll be able to:
- Explain what a Delivery Manager does in government and how the role differs from project management
- Run Scrum and Kanban and choose the one that suits your team
- Use facilitation skills to run ceremonies, workshops and retrospectives
- Manage risks and dependencies in a government setting
- Work with product owners, service owners and senior leaders
- Handle delivery governance: service assessments, spending approvals and reporting
- Build a high-performing team and keep it performing
Course Agenda
- Day 1: The DM role in government, Scrum in depth, facilitation skills, practical exercises
- Day 2: Kanban and flow, risk management, stakeholder engagement, governance and assessments, capstone exercise
Who This Is For
- Delivery Managers working in UK government and people who want to become one
- Scrum Masters moving into civil service roles
- Team leads who are responsible for delivering a digital service
- Anyone preparing for a GDS service assessment
The course suits people at Associate to Senior Delivery Manager level in the Capability Framework.
What’s Included
- 14 hours of live virtual training across 2 days
- Digital course materials and reference guides
- A Mural workspace with delivery templates you can reuse
- Certificate of attendance
- Email support for 30 days after the course
- An optional PSM I (Professional Scrum Master) exam voucher, available separately (£150+VAT). The course content is aligned to the Professional Scrum framework and prepares you for the independent assessment if you choose to go for certification.
GDaD Alignment
The course is aligned to the GDaD Delivery Manager role at Associate, Delivery Manager and Senior Delivery Manager levels.
Format
We run open sessions live on Microsoft Teams and Mural. For a private group we can teach face to face at your premises. Open dates appear on this page when we set them, and we run the course for your team alone on a date we agree with you. A private cohort costs £6,950+VAT for up to 12 people.