How do you effectively scale skill-based, quality training across your organization? Over the years, I’ve experimented with different ideas/models to scaling skill-based training across an organization. In the last 4 years, I’ve pretty much settled down on the following model. Its very useful when mentoring teams on skills like Test-Drive-Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Product Discovery, Writing User Stories, Evolutionary Design, Design Patterns, Problem Solving, etc. I’ve successfully implemented this model at some very prominent fortune 500 enterprises.

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Train-the-Trainer Model
3. Pair
★ Potential trainer will get
an opportunity to pair (in-
person and remote) for
8 hours with AgileFAQs
trainer on their project.
★ In the following 2
weeks, while working on
their projects, potential
trainer can ask questions
or clarify their doubts via
live video conferencing or
email from AgileFAQs
trainer.
1.Attend
★Two potential trainers
from your company
attend a class thought
by AgileFAQs trainer
2. Present
★ Before a sub-sequent
training, the potential
trainer picks any two
topics from the
training, which they
present during the
next training.
4. Co-Teach
★ In a sub-sequent
training, the potential
trainer will co-present
with AgileFAQs trainer
★ Potential trainer can
access to AgileFAQs
training material (labs,
code examples,
presentation etc.)
5.Take-Over
★ If the potential
trainer and AgileFAQs
trainer feel confident,
potential trainer can
take over and run the
course on their own.
AgileFAQs Trainer
Potential Trainer
Other Students * This model assumes that the potential trainer has first-hand working experience on the subject to be trained on.Also we
assume they have the basic skill required for effectively delivering any training.We are mostly focusing on building on those
2 basic skills to help them deepen their subject matter expertise and enable them to effectively impart their knowledge.