Courses
Sustainable Projects, Scrum and SAFe® with certification
Learn how to implement sustainability with Scrum, SAFe® in projects
Get a deeper understanding of the nature of sustainability and how to integrate this into the initiatives.
As awareness of environmental and climate issues increases and legislation in the area is sharpened, it is imperative that organisations adopt sustainable ambitions if they wish to remain competitive and attractive.
Such ambitions open new opportunities to create innovative business models, risk reduction and promote responsible investments.
With our approach you will learn how best to create the sustainability change, your organisation’s strategy lends itself to.
This course was designed especially for experienced professionals within projects or product development. Here you will learn how to transition from waterfall /Agile projects to sustainable projects. From Scum to sustainable Scrum and from SAFe® to sustainable SAFe®.
Join us and become a force for future sustainable development!
- 2-day Courses
- Copenhagen, Aarhus & Online
- Official Certificate
- 12.999 DKK ex VAT
- The course is included in the Financial Competence Pool. Participants from the financial sector can participate without the employee or employer having to pay for it.
Scheduled Courses
- 23.-24. June 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
- 6.-7. August 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
- 29.-30. September 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
- 30.-31. October 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
Sara Buhl, Strategic Business Advisor hos BETTERBOX og Forandringsleder
About the course
Content
At the course we work with:
- What is sustainability and why is it relevant?
- How the legislation increases the need for reporting on sustainability. How it increases the need to understand sustainability impacts throughout any supply chain or investment opportunity and how to prepare for its implementation.
- The methodological ‘plug-in’, which makes it possible to move from traditional project management or product development – Agile or not – into their sustainable versions. Our ambition is to make the ‘plug-in’ as efficient and manageable as possible.
- How to realize the sustainability ambitions of your organisation – project by project.
- How to determine which effect and which deliverables will result from various projects or product development initiatives.
- How to promote and communicate the sustainability gains inherent in your project/product development.
We do not cover basic disciplines in project implementation nor product development.
Benefit to the participant
- The urgency of sustainable projects. A greater understanding of the timeliness of sustainable projects and product development, as the legislation has already increased the need for them.
- The ability to implement sustainability in projects and product development. A deeper understanding of the nature of sustainability and how to integrate this into the initiatives.
- Learning how best to report on the sustainability impacts of a project.
- From business drivers to project/product impact. Knowledge of how business drivers impact strategy and how projects and product development can be focussed to deliver the desired impact. E.g., traditional earning potential combined with CO2-reduction, equality, or any other sustainability goal in the deliverables, at investment candidates and/or throughout the supply chain.
- The ability to adapt quickly and efficiently. Clarification of how to frame the project/product development and how to react when a deliverable takes longer to complete than estimated.
- Sustainable agility ensures market adaptability. Enhanced adaptability to adopt to a changing market by integrating sustainability and Agile project management, allowing employees to adjust deliverables based on market conditions or investor expectations.
Benefits to the organisation
- Ability to convert sustainability ambitions into impact. The course will give the participant a thorough understanding of sustainability and how to systematically deliver the required sustainability impact in projects and product development.
- Improve sustainability numbers. This course will teach the employee how to activate and optimise the sustainability impact in projects and product development already scheduled.
- Increased impact in sustainability initiatives and in “normal”. The participant will learn how to maximise the sustainability impact in both projects and product development designed to make a sustainability impact – as well as in all your “normal” initiatives.
- Green working processes. After the course, the participant will understand how to work in a sustainable manner during both projects and product development.
- Balanced impact focus. The participant will understand how your organisation can divide efforts between Prosperity, People, Planet, Peace, and Partnerships in a data driven and highly adaptable manner.
- Enhanced adaptability to meet the evolving needs of a dynamic market. By integrating sustainability and Agile project management, employees can adeptly adjust project deliverables to evolving market conditions, ensuring competitiveness and appealing to sustainability-focused investors.
Target group
This course is relevant for Project Managers, Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Scrum Teams, Release Train Engineers, and those who work in sustainability, team leaders, project participants, PMO members, middle management, and anyone else who are interested in how to ensure sustainable dividends in projects and product development.
Having a certification and updated knowledge of project management (Agile or Waterfall) or product development (e.g. Scrum, SAFe®, Scrum@Scale of LeSS) is a requirement to participation.
Certification
This course prepares you for the Sustainable Agile Certification, which is included in the cost.
Teaching format
Before starting the course, we ask you to ensure that your knowledge of project management or product development is up to date.
We use state-of-the-art conference equipment to ensure benefit to online participants. All courses may be followed online. However, certification does require physical attendance.
Experienced or new user?
Do you need a refresher or are you new to Agile Project Management? Feel free to use our video materials which cover all aspects of the Agile method. The spoken word, written material and certification are in English.
Price and duration
Included in the price:
- A two-day course.
- The Sustainable Agile certification.
- Teaching materials, exercises etc.
The price pr. participant is DKK 12,999 ex VAT.
Should you wish an introduction/refresher to our course in Agile Project Management, it is possible to purchase video access for a period of up to 2 months before and after the course for DKK 999 or DKK 2,490 pr. annum (prices are pr. pax and not including VAT).
Instructors
Lasse Borris Sørensen
Lasse Borris Sørensen is Sustainability Project Coach & CEO at Plan A ApS. Lasse spearheads Sustainable Agile Project community as well as the Danish branch of Green Project Management®. Lasse has worked with Sustainable Agile projects and Agile projects as well as Scrum for more than 20.000 hours and has implemented Agile project models in several major companies. Lasse has taught 3000+ people and has certified 800+ in (Sustainable) Agile project management.
Guest lecturer Ann Rosenberg
Ann Rosenberg, EVP of Strategy and Global Expansion at SustainableIT.org, has over 25 years of leadership experience in high-growth companies such as SAP, EY, and Wood, as well as in pioneering technology firms like ChainlinkLabs and cBrain. She has extensive expertise in AI, particularly in the private and public sectors, with a focus on AI for permitting. Ann is a dedicated advocate for the AI for Good movement, chaired by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and is an active member of the UN ITU Working Group on Open-Source Generative AI for Public Services.
Ann began working with Web 3.0 and AI in 2017 and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Blockchain by Onalytica. In 2022, she was included in Mission Impact's Top 100 Women of the Future for her contributions to AI and Web3 in climate and sustainability solutions.
As Co-Founder of the UN SDG Ambition, Ann plays an active role in promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Digital Compact, working to drive sustainable and responsible digital transformation.
Furthermore, there will be an external presenter, who will speak about the sustainability needs in his/her part of the world. Thus, introducing a more diverse and comprehensive perspective.
Location
Copenhagen, Aarhus & Online. The exact address will be announced well before the course starts.
Some courses are held at Edison, Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen S.
More info at the registration form.
Registration
Fill out our form here or call us at +45 21 43 43 22.
Company course
PLAN A OFFER COURSES FOR THE WHOLE COMPANY
Do you have more employees who have used for a 2-day course within Sustainable Scrum, SAFe® and Projects?
Then company courses might be just the thing for you. We tailor company courses to your needs.
Company courses give your company the opportunity to:
✓ Educate more employees simultaneously with a focus on operational tools that enable you to increase the agile content already the day after the course.
✓ Create a common language for the employees and the company as a whole.
✓ Get a tailored course adapted to your specific needs.
✓ Get an internationally recognised agile certification administered by Agile Business Consortium (ABC) in England. ABC has worked with agile project management since 1994.
✓ Get training in Danish or English.
Does that sound like something for your business?
Call +45 21 43 43 22 or fill out our form here
Small print
If for some reason you are not able to participate in the course, you are more than welcome to give your spot to a colleague. Simply let us know by sending an email to info@planaprojects.com.
If you cancel your registration four weeks or less before the course starts, 50% of the fee plus VAT will be charged. If you cancel your registration two weeks or less before the course starts, the full fee plus VAT will be charged.
Cancellation must be done in writing by sending an email to info@planaprojects.com. If we do not receive your written cancellation at info@planaprojects.com, the full fee plus VAT will be charged.
We reserve the right to turn away rival companies and persons at our courses and other events.
Register and become certified in
Sustainable Projects, Scrum and SAFe®
- Copenhagen. The exact address will be announced well before the course starts.
- 23.-24. June 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
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6.-7. August 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
Edison, Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen S - 29.-30. September 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
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30.-31. October 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
Edison, Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen S - 3.-4. November 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
- 15.-16. December 2025 (Copenhagen & Online)
Sustainable Scrum, SAFe® and Projects with certification
Provider: Plan A ApS – Trainer: Lasse Borris Sørensen and Ann Rosenberg.
Sustainability
The 17 SDGs of the UN were designed to help nations increase sustainability. To ensure that corporations are also able to contribute to this goal the UN has established SDG Ambition.
As projects most often take place within an organisation, we use SDG Ambition as one of our primary frameworks for sustainability together with ESG.
Traditionally the most important considerations in undertaking a project or a product development have been financial. Now, the introduction of the UN sustainability goals has expanded these considerations to include environmental, social, financial, partnerships and peace goals.
It is no longer enough to consider the final delivery day as the end of the focus. A large part of the environmental impact is generated by the products delivered. The environmental focus of this course makes it clear that a much more inclusive definition of value, as well as a longer time horizon, is needed.
This wider understanding of impact and the increased time frame increases the number of contributing variables considerably. It is therefore crucial, that the used approach can adapt quickly and efficiently.
Agile Frameworks and Waterfall
This is precisely what Agile frameworks are designed to do. Therefore, we recommend an agile approach like Scrum, Agile Projects or SAFe® for projects and product development. The concept of this course can be used in combination with the above-mentioned agile frameworks as well as waterfall projects.
