Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF)
Guide people through any type of interaction at work, fostering collaboration, effective communication, and dynamic problem-solving.
Get Certified in Facilitation
What is facilitation?
Facilitation supports groups of people as they collaborate, create, and make decisions. The Certified Agile Facilitator course provides training for anyone interested in developing their facilitation mindset and knowledge while learning from experienced agile practitioners.
Learning objectives:
- Discover what a facilitator is and what they do
- Practice the mindset of a neutral facilitator
- Learn how to facilitate teams through conflict
- Understand the needs of different teams
- Apply the skillset before, during, and after a facilitation event
See the complete CAF Learning Objectives.
Who should take CAF?
Make sure all voices are heard. Establish psychological safety. Create better meetings. If you’re passionate about facilitation, CAF lets you follow your passion so you can make a real difference. Many careers, industries, and teams need people who know how to facilitate.
Any professional involved in collaboration can benefit from the skill set covered in this course. Facilitation skills support your ability to contribute to meaningful conversations and interactions at work, ultimately helping your team and organization tackle complex problems.
- Anyone who wants to build highly relevant facilitation skills to have more impactful conversations, meetings, and interactions at work
- Scrum masters, product owners, scrum team members
- People leading teams
- Professional facilitators
- Current and aspiring agile coaches
- Agile consultants
- Agile team members
- Certified Scrum Professionals (CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSP-D), especially those seeking to validate an important skill set on their journey to certified agile coaching
Benefits of CAF
Facilitation is about so much more than meetings. With these skills, you can increase the impact and efficiency of any conversation or collaboration. Have better one-on-ones, guide large meetings with competing stakeholders, and make sure you're showing up for your team whenever you meet. It's all possible with strong facilitation know-how.
- Support innovation with effective facilitation in any interaction
- Receive a globally recognized certification to prove your skill set
- Save organizations time and money by guiding focused, productive collaboration
- Guide groups through conflict and varied opinions to reach creative solutions
- Increase a group's commitment and buy-in by ensuring diverse voices and perspectives are included and valued
Earn the high demand skills employers want most
Agile acumen is in high demand by today's top employers. Completing Certified Agile Facilitator is another step toward a comprehensive, well-rounded skill set that will set you apart from other job candidates. CAF introduces you to practical agile capabilities you can apply to any organization.
Learn more about the skills employers want most—download the latest skills report for free.
Certifications with substance
Choosing Scrum Alliance means you will earn a certification badge that is recognized by employers and recruiters globally.
Established in 2001, Scrum Alliance provides certifications with substance: Once you earn the badge, the renewal requirements include proof that you've continued to grow your knowledge—by reading books, watching webinars, attending events, etc.
Earn Scrum Education Units with every learning opportunity you complete. SEUs are required for certification renewal every two years. Instead of a one-and-done lifetime certification, you'll have a badge that proves to employers your commitment to continuously growing, evolving, and expanding what you know.
Testimonials from our members
"Although I already had facilitation experience, the training allowed me to expand my knowledge and develop new skills. It was informative, practical and inspiring."
“The design of the training…is excellent. Learned so many aspects & tools of facilitating; will be of immense help for the day-to-day activities as a scrum master.”
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Earn a world-class certification in facilitation and unlock new possibilities in your career.
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This course offers:
- A deep dive of an in-demand skill that goes beyond technique alone and explores the mindset of a facilitator
- Live, immersive facilitation practice
- Scrum Alliance-approved agile trainers delivering the material
- Membership with a global organization
See the CAF Learning Objectives.
Certified Agile Facilitator not only builds your knowledge but also provides the opportunity to practice facilitation live in class. Afterward, you'll determine how to improve a real-world facilitation plan based on your experience.
You'll have more to offer yourself, your team, and your organization when you build facilitation skills. Especially for professional roles involving a lot of teamwork and collaboration, good facilitators support more effective interactions, ultimately helping groups of people to make decisions, balance priorities, plan their work, and reach strategic goals.
Facilitation is one of those skills that you should possess in just about any role. Whether you are called on to facilitate or participate in an interaction, facilitation skills support your ability to navigate through conversations, contribute, and consider all opinions and voices.