Agile Fundamentals

As Agile practices are now part of the mainstream, more and more teams are attempting to run before they walk. Managers often wonder – do my teams really know what is needed to be successful.

This Agile Essentials course gives managers and teams the knowledge of how Agile teams operate, and provides them with the knowledge and competencies they need, through practice and discussions, to achieve the success that is so widely advertised.

This session focuses on agile concepts for any type of environment, including non-technical.

This dynamic course provides participants with the information and practice they need to get started with a solid Agile foundation and is meant to be a beginning, not an end, of their Agile journey.

Who Should Attend

• New and experienced agile team members

• Project managers

• Business analysts in agile environments

• Product Owners, senior managers in agile environments

Participants Will Learn To

• Explain the key components and principles of Agile and various agile approaches and “flavors”

• Build a model for Team success based on shared learning within a common context

• Communicate successfully with Team members and customers

• Agile planning and estimating

• Go through an Iteration Zero

• Adapt the Agile process to reflect continuous improvement

• Identify and alleviate common impediments to Agile success

Course Outline

What is Agile?

• Agile adoption goals of the team and the organization

Why Agile?

• The goal of Agile

A World of Approaches

• Various Agile methods and how these differ from traditional approaches

• Lean development principles—eliminating waste

Scrum Framework

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum values

• Core Scrum meetings

• The Scrum Team

• Scrum Artifacts

• Scrum Backlogs

Agile Planning and Estimating

• Levels of Agile Planning (Including Vision, Roadmap, Release, Iteration, and Daily)

Agile Planning: The Vision

• The Product Vision

• The Roadmap

• Release Planning

• Product Backlogs and User Stories

• Estimating

• The Road to Sprint Planning

• Capacity vs. velocity

Transparency and Information Radiators

• Radiating information and increasing project transparency

Continuous Improvement

• Changing incrementally: Where THE team and organization is at and where to go next

Impediments

• Recognizing impediments and anti-patterns that may inhibit success with Agile

Methodology

This course combines discussions, activities, and case-driven exercises, along with practical real-life examples.