Partner Alliances in our Ecosystem
We're proud to see even competing alliances working together to achieve something bigger than ourselves. All our partners are listed below in alphabetical order.
If you're a member of one of our ecosystem partners, check out the potential benefits.
Are you a local or global alliance / not-for-profit organization and interested to become part of our movement too?-Then contact Mirko Kleiner mirko.kleiner@me.com Thought leader & President of the LAP Alliance
About: The Agile Business Consortium is the not-for-profit professional body for business agility, and we are now in our 25th year. Our mission is to lead, promote and enable business agility worldwide. We are the brains behind AgilePM®, AgileBA®, AgilePgM®, and AgileDS™, as well as the originators of the Framework for Business Agility and the Agile Project Framework. Through our partnership with APMG International we have certified over 100,000 agile Project Managers around the globe. Based in the UK, we have members in over 30 countries around the world.
Purpose of Partnership: An exciting new partnership has been established between the Agile Business Consortium and the LAP Alliance to promote and drive the movement of Lean Agile Procurement and business agility through collaborative activities and joint initiatives. Partnering with LAP gives the Consortium valuable insights into the complex world of procurement, simplified by lean and agile practices and tools that the member community and network can avail of.
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price on all Certification LAP workshops
Contact / More: Radhika Jensen Radhika@agilebusiness.org / agilebusiness.org
About: Agila Kontrakt is a leading not-for-profit organization in Sweden that shows by example how procurement in public sector could be improved based on agile values & principles.
Purpose of Partnership: Spreading the word around agile in procurement, sharing stories form private & public sector and making a positive impact to society
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for Members of AK for all Certification workshops and the other way round is AK offering a 20% Special for LAP Alliance Members / Trainers (upcoming)
Contact / More: Radhika Jensen mattias.skarin@crisp.se /agilakontrakt.se
About: Scrum Inc - The company of Jeff Sutherland founded by Dr. Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum, has enrolled a new Certification body all around Scrum & Scrum at Scale.
Purpose of Partnership: SI is continuously extending their portfolio all around business agility to give the people and businesses guidance on their journey. The contents / education of the LAP Alliance are a great extension to the existing portfolio and of highly interest to their members.
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for SI members / trainers for all LAP Certification workshops and the other way round is SI offering a 20% Special for LAP Alliance Members, double credits for Scrum Master Classes in case the LAP Trainer is also an RST
Contact / More: Jessica Larsen jessica.larsen@scruminc.com / scruminc.com / https://agileeducation.org
About: The Agile Leadership Journey™ Program is led by a cooperative of globally respected education and coaching guides and their organizations. Our collective goal is to develop the awareness and capability of leaders in highly complex, uncertain and rapidly changing environments to improve their business outcomes. The Agile Leadership Journey Community is made up of experienced, passionate, and articulate guides who collaborate and co-create in the ongoing design, delivery and growth of the cooperative itself, the program offered, and the leaders in our community. The program is rooted in the Agile Leadership Program started in 2011 by Pete Behrens at Trail Ridge and delivered to over 5,000 leaders world-wide. This program served as a launching pad to the broader global leadership program.
Purpose of Partnership: Agile Mindset and especially agile leadership skills are essential in everything we do at the LAP Alliance. Imagine how has negotiation to change based on agile values?-The ALJ Program has awesome contents that are partially included in our LAP2 journey and LAP serves the ALJ Guides & participants with further application areas of agile leadership in commercial situations.
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for ALJ/CAL/LAP participants for each others Certification workshops, ALJ Guides / Certified LAP Trainers can join each others workshops to a special price
Contact / More: Pete Behrens pete@trailridge.team / agileleadershipjourney.com
About: The Business Agility Institute is a professional association that drives large-scale change by researching, informing, connecting, and celebrating individuals and organizations on the quest to thrive in the midst of change. At the Business Agility Institute, we believe in the power of transformation to grow a company into something better. We're here to cheer you on as you become more agile, innovative, and dynamic. We're here to advocate for you and share our knowledge and community. We're here to inspire you to usher in the future of business.
The Business Agility Institute consists of over 2000 members across 94 countries, nearly 300 volunteers, 11 research teams, and over 50 local communities (both informal meetups and formal NFP chapters).
Purpose of Partnership: Knowledge Sharing, Spreading the word & creating a positive Impact together
Member Benefits: Access to our Success Stories via BAI Library, FREE Learning & Exchange at Business Agility Meetups / Conferences
Contact / More: Evan Leybourn hello@businessagility.institute / businessagility.institute
About: The CIPS Foundation aims to support communities across the globe. Through procurement and supply best practice, we seek to make a difference and improve the quality of lives.
Purpose of Partnership: Changing the world of Procurement & Supply together, co-creation of new contents, extending the Chartered Education Program by the LAP Learning Journey (upcoming)
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for CIPS Members for all LAP Certification workshops
Contact / More: tbd. / cips.org
About: Project Management Institute Inc. (PMI) is a not-for-profit organization is the world's leading association for those who consider project, program or portfolio management their profession. In August 2019 PMI acquired Disciplined Agile Inc. and is now the source of the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit. The DA tool kit addresses business agility, including Vendor Management and Procurement.
Purpose of Partnership: DA is continuously extending their portfolio all around business agility to give the people and businesses guidance on their journey. The contents / education of the LAP Alliance are a great extension to the existing portfolio and of high interest to their members.
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for DA Members / instructors for all LAP Certification workshops, double credits for Scrum Master Certification in case the LAP Trainer helds a DA Trainer Certification
Contact / More: Scott W. Ambler Scott.Ambler@pmi.org / pmi.org/disciplined-agile
About: Founded in 2010, ICAgile is a leading global agile accreditation and certification body that helps organizations design learning experiences that cultivate an agile mindset and enable sustainable organizational agility. ICAgile provides world-class learning tracks to guide organizations in the development of their curriculum. ICAgile’s approach is not tied to any specific agile methodology, thus giving people the flexibility to blend flavors in a way that makes sense for their reality.
Purpose of Partnership: Collaborating with ICAgile on the development of Learning Outcomes that support agile learning for Procurement & Supply. Most recently, we collaborated with ICAgile on the development of the ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Finance (ICP-FIN) Learning Outcomes..
Member Benefits: open source learning objectives
Contact / More: Shane Hastie shane@icagile.com / icagile.com
About: Procurement & Supply Australasia (PASA) is an events, training & publishing organization in Australia / New Zealand that specialises in the professional Procurement sector. It offers to their members tailored formats such as CPO-Round-tables, conferences and leading edge training programmes as well as a free news & information stream about all things procurement.
Purpose of Partnership: Helping the procurement & supply profession in Australia & New Zealand address long-standing issues through a more AGILE approach – this includes the co-creation of new content and extending the education programme of PASA with the LAP Learning Journey
Member Benefits: Special Price for PASA members for all LAP Certification workshops and, vice-versa, PASA is offering a -20% discount on all procurement training for LAP Alliance Members
Contact / More: Jonathan Dutton jonathan@pasa.net.au / procurementandsupply.com who is based in Melbourne, Australia – or the PASA team based in Queensland, Australia through Lesley Wardropper lesley@pasa.net.au
About: The Personal Agility Institute is a not-for-profit organization that drives is a simple visual framework for organizing yourself that helps you figure out and focus on what really matters. Unlike other approaches, the primary goals are for you to be effective, and for you, your family and your stakeholders to be happy with what you have accomplished! The Personal Agility System teaches to you to apply Personal Agility to be more effective at work. You get good at doing what matters for you and your stakeholders. You can set and hold a course towards your desired outcomes to fulfill your commitments. You can benefit from trustful and effective relationships with your customers, suppliers and stakeholders. And you’ll enjoy more fun and purpose in your work!
Purpose of Partnership: As every change starts with yourself is personal agility a fundamental topic for everybody that likes to start his/her LAP learning journey. Together we create a more positive impact not just in procurement and change even lives!
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for PAI members / guides for all LAP Certification workshops
Contact / More: Peter Stevens peter@saat-network.ch / personalagilityinstitute.org
About: Based on the principles of Scrum, Scrum.org provides comprehensive training, resources, assessments and certifications to help people and teams solve complex problems. Throughout the world, our solutions and community of more than 340 Professional Scrum Trainers teach the same content empowering people and organizations to achieve agility through Scrum. Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum, founded Scrum.org in 2009 as a global organization, dedicating himself to improving professionalism.
Purpose of Partnership: SO is continuously extending their portfolio all around business agility to give the people and businesses guidance on their journey. The contents / eduction of the LAP Alliance are a great extension to the existing portfolio and of highly interest to their members.
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for SO members / trainers for all LAP Certification workshops, double credits for Scrum Master Classes if the LAP Trainer helds a PST
Contact / More: tbd. via Simon / www.scrum.org
About: The Swiss Sourcing Group is a not-for-profit organization all around improving procurement in Switzerland, that focuses to 3 pillars exchange, education and community events.
Purpose of Partnership: Together we wanna create a positive impact for the members and business of SSG in all 3 pillars.
Member Benefits: Special Price for SSG members for all LAP Certification workshops offered internally, 20% Special to all LAP Alliance public workshops and the other way round is SSG offering a 20% Special for LAP Alliance Members (upcoming)
Contact / More: Bertil Strub Bertil.Strub@softwareone.com / swiss-sourcing-group.ch
About: The Sourcing Network focuses on forging successful collaborations between the client and supplier. We assist organisations that outsource their IT activities in selecting a suitable supplier. A transition period to implement this choice is of course inevitable. This is why we take responsibility for getting the collaboration off to a successful start.
Purpose of Partnership: Spreading the word around agile in procurement, sharing stories form private & public sector and making a positive impact to society
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for TSN members / trainers for all LAP Certification workshops and the other way round is TSN offering a 20% Special for LAP Alliance Members
Contact / More: Addie Korsten addie.korsten@thesourcingnetwork.nl / thesourcingnetwork.nl
About: The WorldCC is a not-for-profit organization and the global leader if it comes to dealing with shared interests from buyer AND supplier side.
Purpose of Partnership: Changing the world of Contract & Commercial Management together, co-creation of new contents, joint community & member events, extending the Education Program of WorldCC by the LAP Learning Journey (upcoming)
Member Benefits: 20% Special Price for WorldCC participants for all LAP Certification workshops and the other way round is WorldCC offering a 20% Special for LAP Alliance Members
Contact / More: Tim Cummins tcummins@worldcc.com / worldcc.com