About this course
A preparation course for the Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1) certification from Scrum Alliance, with a timed practice exam of 40 questions in 40 minutes and an 80% pass mark, plus the Scrum Guide to study alongside it.
CAL 1 has no official exam: you earn it by completing a 16-hour live CAL 1 course with a Scrum Alliance-approved trainer, and there are no prerequisites. Use this course to prepare before it, to consolidate what you learned after it, and to get ready for leadership conversations and interviews.
The exam covers the CAL 1 learning areas: the case for agile leadership, leadership mindset and development, leading high-performing teams, organisational culture and structure, and leading change. Its 40 original questions are mostly realistic leadership scenarios, and none are taken from the free test.
Each answer has an explanation that says why it is right and why the tempting alternative is wrong, grounded in agile values and principles, the Scrum Guide 2020 and common leadership practices such as coaching, feedback, explicit delegation and incremental change.
You can retake the exam as often as you like, and your results are saved in your account. Questions are in English; explanations are also available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Italian.
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What you’ll learn
- Practise with a timed 40-question exam.
- Explain why agile leadership matters in complex, uncertain environments.
- Choose between teaching, coaching, feedback and delegation to grow others.
- Help teams become self-managing, cross-functional and high-performing.
- Spot how culture, structures and incentives help or block agility, and guide change in small steps.
What’s inside
1 lesson · 1 full practice exams