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Build-A-Framework Workshop

Design an agile framework your organization actually needs.

In this hands-on workshop, you will design, test, and leave with a fully customized agile framework tailored to your team and organization.

  • Experienced Agilists: Learn a reliable way to design and launch custom frameworks that teams and leadership actually buy into.
  • Budding Agilists: Leave with a framework tailored to your team's unique needs and context, as well as a deeper understanding of what it truly means to be agile.

Session Schedule

Build a Framework (BAF)

Build a Framework (BAF)
 20
Fri Mar
thru
 20
Fri Mar
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
8.50 hours
One Day

Live Online / Virtual

Don Patti

CST | Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC6) | Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer | BSP | PMI-PMP | LSSBB

★★★★★ Testimonials

Build a Framework (BAF)
 2
Thu Apr
thru
 2
Thu Apr
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
8.50 hours
One Day

Live Online / Virtual

Don Patti

CST | Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC6) | Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer | BSP | PMI-PMP | LSSBB

★★★★★ Testimonials

Build a Framework (BAF)
 1
Fri May
thru
 1
Fri May
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
8.50 hours
One Day

Live Online / Virtual

Don Patti

CST | Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC6) | Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer | BSP | PMI-PMP | LSSBB

★★★★★ Testimonials

Want to bring a training to your team or organization?
Contact us to discuss options for private workshops.

Training Discounts

A variety of discounts to fit your situation.

Request your discount on the session (a class on date/time with a trainer) you want. If more than one discount applies explain in your comments.

You can pay in installments by choosing Splitit at checkout.

For Grow-Lean Alumni, log in or use your account email when registering, and receive an automatic discount. If you also qualify for another discount, request it, and, if your email matches, we know you are an alumni.

If you have a Visa or Mastercard credit card you can pay in monthly installments. There are no fees or interest if you pay on time! Your available credit must be enough to cover the full cost and there is a hold on your credit card for the amount that you have not paid.

For example, if your final fee is $999 and you choose three installments:

  • You would pay $333 today and have a $666 hold placed on your credit card.
  • The following month your credit card would be charged another $333 and the hold would be reduced to $333.
  • Your final payment would be $333.

If you are not familiar with the term "hold" this is similar to what hotels do when you check in, to cover extra expenses you may incur including the mini bar.

The benefit to you is that you do not pay any interest or fees if all payments are on time.

Find Session

Find the session you want on the class list, then click "Discounts" link. Early-bird discounts do not need to be requested.

Choose Discounts

You will be on the discounts tab for the class.

Select Discount

Choose the appropriate discount then click the link for it. Not all discounts are available for all sessions.

Enter & Submit

Provide the requested information then click "Submit".

Early Bird
Early Bird

Combines With: Everything

Able to register in advance?

The Early Bird discount is available on many of classes.

There is no need to request it. Simply register while it is available.

If you receive another discount it will combine with the Early Bird.

Out of Pocket
Out of Pocket

Combines With: Alumni, Early Bird

Paying yourself and won't be reimbursed?

The Out of Pocket is for you if you won't be reimbursed. If you are unemployed, a military veteran, or a student request the appropriate discount.

Choose a specific session (class on a date with a trainer), click on Discounts, and complete the request form. If you are not sure of the date, choose a session and explain in the comments.

Group & Private
Group & Private

Combines With: Early Bird

Bringing friends or colleagues to one or more sessions or want a private session?

The Group and Private Discounts are for sending three or more attendees to one or more events or for private events (i.e. just for your team).

To request, choose a session (class on a date with a trainer) you are interested in, click the Discount Link, and when filling out the form describe your situation.

Our Training Team will reach out to you.

Alumni
Alumni

Combines With: Early Bird, Hardship, Out of Pocket, Student, Veteran

Get 5% off for each public session, over $225, you took with us, up to 20%.

The Alumni Discount provides you discounted rates to future Grow-Lean training.

For each Grow-Lean session* you take with us, at a rate of $225 or above, you accumulate another 5% off of a future training, up to 20% off*.

* We have a small number of partner events where the alumni discount does not apply.

Hardship
Hardship

Combines With: Early Bird, Alumni

Suffering an economic hardship and able to provide an unemployment notice or separation agreement?

The Hardship Discount is for you if you are suffering an economic hardship and are able to provide an unemployment notice or separation agreement and are not being reimbursed.

Choose a specific session (class on a date with a trainer), click on Discounts, and complete the request form. If you are not sure of the date, choose a session and explain in the comments.

Student & Educator
Student & Educator

Combines With: Early Bird

Are you a full-time student or educator, with a .edu email address?

The Student Discount is for you if you are a full-time student or educator with a .edu email address.

Choose a specific session (class on a date with a trainer), click on Discounts, and complete the request form. If you are not sure of the date, choose a session and explain in the comments.

When completing the request tell us your major and expected graduation date or explain what you teach and where.

Military & Veteran
Military & Veteran

Combines With: Early Bird

Are you active duty military or a veteran?

The Military / Veteran Discount is applicable if you are active duty, reserve, or retired from the military.

Choose a specific session (class on a date with a trainer), click on Discounts, and complete the request form. If you are not sure of the date, choose a session and explain in the comments.

When completing the request tell us if you will be reimbursed or not.

Get the best value for your training dollar.
Competitive pricing, reputable provider, no hidden costs, and experienced trainer.

Who Should Attend?

Who Should Attend?

Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches

If you’re experienced: Gain a repeatable way to design and explain custom frameworks so teams and leaders actually buy in.

If you’re newer to frameworks: Learn how to understand, assemble, and evolve lightweight frameworks using proven patterns.

Team Leads & Managers

Who need agile approaches that work within organizational constraints — not despite them — and want a structured way to get there.

Product Owners & Business Leaders

Who want delivery processes aligned with business outcomes and teams working in ways that produce measurable results.

Teams in Transition

Who are moving beyond off-the-shelf Scrum to accelerate team performance.

Student Testimonials

Vetted reviews from class attendees

"Great way to think about building frameworks. Workshop was a lot of fun!"

December 20, 2025

"An excellent trainer with strong expertise in Agile objectively, particularly within the context of the RFB course, and is an outstanding facilitator."

December 19, 2025

"Loved the workshop!"

December 30, 2025

What You'll Walk Away With

  • A custom agile framework designed for your context
  • A repeatable method for building frameworks
  • A practical toolkit of agile patterns
  • Experience using AI to accelerate framework design
  • A simulation-tested framework you can apply immediately
  • Registered Framework Builder™ certification

Agenda

We cover four main topics to help you understand, build, adapt, and evolve a lightweight agile framework that fits your team or organizational context.
Each topic builds on the last. From understanding existing frameworks, to discovering patterns, to building and stress-testing your own. You leave with a framework, not just ideas.

The Beauty and Limitations of Agile Frameworks

Rose with thorns
  • Review common agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP with a focus on their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Understand why "one-size-fits-all" approaches rarely succeed in real-world organizational settings.
  • Identify opportunities to tailor agile frameworks to your team's unique context and goals.

Enter Agile Patterns!

  • Discover how agile patterns solve recurring challenges in a practical and reusable way.
  • Learn to recognize and apply patterns to improve flow, collaboration, and predictability.
  • Connect pattern-driven thinking to your day-to-day agile practices.

The Pattern Game

  • Participate in a collaborative game that makes learning agile patterns interactive and fun.
  • Work with peers to identify solutions to real-world challenges through shared experience.
  • Leave with practical strategies ready for immediate application in your environment.

Build Your Framework

  • Collaborate with teammates to design a customized team framework using Hive Maps and Framework Builder steps.
  • Incorporate insights and suggestions from artificial intelligence to enhance your framework design.
  • Test and refine your framework through multiple rounds of the Framework Builder simulator that build insight and adaptability.

Bonus!

  • Explore extended agile patterns that drive strategic alignment and scalability.
  • Learn how scaling patterns bridge team-level agility with enterprise outcomes.
  • Discuss business agility patterns that connect purpose, flow, and measurable value delivery.

Note: The agenda may be adjusted based on participant backgrounds and organizational context. All four topics are experience-driven. Exercises, not lectures, move the session forward.

Course Prerequisites

Prepare for AI-enabled activities

In order to participate in the "Build-A-Framework" Workshop's AI-enabled activities, students must set up an account with one of the following Generative AI tools:

PLEASE set up an account. An unpaid account is acceptable. However, if you do NOT set up an account, you may find your AI use restricted/throttled by the AI tool.

What you will be able to do differently

Break Free from Off-the-Shelf Agile

Construct a framework that matches how you and your team work, maximizing flexibility and speed of delivery.

Design & Tailor Your Own Framework

Draw from a library of agile patterns to target your team's specific challenges, then keep evolving your approach as your context changes.

Faster and Better with Gen AI

Use Generative AI to identify patterns and build your framework faster and better!

Unlock High Performance with Intent

Build a fluid agile framework that continuously improves your team and unlocks higher team performance.

What Sets This Apart

A framework lab, not a framework lecture

Most agile courses teach you what a framework is. This workshop teaches you how to build one. Instead of explaining Scrum or summarizing Kanban, you spend the day discovering how patterns work, mapping your context with a Hive Map, and assembling a framework through live rounds of the Framework Builder simulator.

You leave with something concrete: a draft framework tailored to your team, a set of patterns ready to use immediately, and a repeatable process for evolving your approach as your team grows.

This is the only workshop built specifically around the skill of designing agile frameworks, not just following them.

Choose an Experienced Trainer


Don Patti

CST | Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC6) | Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer | BSP | PMI-PMP | LSSBB

A co-creator of the “Build-A-Framework” Workshop and related framework-building techniques, Donald Patti is a seasoned agile trainer, coach, and consultant, renowned for his robust business acumen and software development expertise. He has successfully implemented agile techniques across a diverse range of industries, teams, and organizations. As an entrepreneur, Don has founded and grown three businesses and provided consultation to numerous well-respected organizations. His deep understanding of lean principles, the foundation of agile, enables him to impart the intrinsic meaning of his teachings.

With a long-standing career in education, including many years as an adjunct professor and agile trainer delivering online training, Don's background in lean, agile, education, and online delivery equips him to convey information in an easily comprehensible manner.

Don devotes much of his time to coaching teams applying agile at scale and providing targeted coaching to clients. His vast real-world experience enriches his classroom instruction, where he delivers practical, reality-based agile training.

Certifications and Education

  • Certified Scrum Trainer (CST / Scrum Alliance)
  • Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer (RS@ST / Scrum, Inc.)
  • Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT / Kanban University)
  • SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC6 / Scaled Agile)
  • Registered Framework Builder (RFB / Scrum, Inc.)
  • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM / Scaled Agile)
  • SAFe Agilist (SA / Scrum, Inc.)
  • Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM and CSP-PO / Scrum Alliance)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO / Scrum Alliance)
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM / Scrum Alliance)
  • Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF / Scrum Alliance)
  • Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner (RS@SP / Scrum, Inc.)
  • Registered Value Stream Management (RVSM / Scrum, Inc.)
  • Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP/ Balanced Scorecard Institute)
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP / Project Management Institute)
  • ITIL v3 Foundation/IT Service Management Certification – EXIN
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) – Moresteam University
  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) – American Society for Quality

Benefits

What you gain from the Build-A-Framework Workshop

By the end of this workshop, you will have a customized framework designed for your specific context, along with the skills to evolve it over time. You will understand how to balance structure with flexibility and create sustainable practices that your team will actually use.

Custom Framework Design
Leave with a framework tailored to your team's unique needs and context.
Hands on and Live
Interactive workshop with practical exercises and real-world application.
SEUs and PDUs
Claim continuing education credits.
Implementation Toolkit
Tools and templates to roll out your framework with your team.
Alumni Discount
Take a qualifying training and get 5% off your next session. Stack up to 25%.

Why Learn with Our Expert Trainers

Experienced practitioners who've built and evolved frameworks in real organizations

Our Build-A-Framework trainers bring years of hands-on experience designing and implementing custom agile approaches across diverse industries and organizational contexts. They've seen what works in practice, not just in theory, and will guide you through the process of creating something that truly fits your needs.

If your current agile approach feels like a constraint rather than a tool, this workshop gives you the skills and confidence to change that.

Student Testimonials

Vetted reviews from class attendees

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