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Introduction to Agile

In this powerful one-day course, you'll grasp the concepts, principles, and methods for Agile projects and become empowered to execute on your plans for incorporating Agile practices and techniques into your organization.

A common misconception is that Agility means lack of order or discipline. This is simply not the case. Those who try to incorporate an Agile methodology or practice with an expectation of shedding the discipline are on a path to failure. Agility requires strong discipline. In order to successfully create Agility, you must have a solid foundation in the practices and procedures you wish to adapt and learn how to follow those practices correctly while tying them to rigid quality goals.

This Introduction to Agile training will give you the foundation of knowledge and experience you need to begin. This course is a starting point for you to acquire the techniques, skills, and tools that enable you to build an Agile discipline.

In addition to defining Agile principles, we will cover the advantages of Agile development. Learn about organizing and participating in an agile team, and understand the practices of the most popular Agile technique. Understand and learn how to take advantage of the opportunities for Agile. Finally, gain an understanding and practice the collaboration and communication needed between customers and developers for Agile to succeed.

Duration

1 day/8 hours of instruction

Education Credits

7 PDUs

Public Classroom Pricing

$695(USD)

GSA Price: $585

Group Rate: $595

Private Group Pricing

Have a group of 5 or more students? Request special pricing for private group training today.

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Part 1: Why Agile

What are the factors driving business turbulence and need for agility.
Understanding the changing mindset
What a Burning Platform is and how it ties to the need for change.
Why change may be needed.
The difference between traditional delivery and Agile delivery.
Why implementing Agile provides benefits beyond traditional delivery.
Benefits of adopting Agile.

Part 2: Agile Foundations

The 4 Agile Values in the Agile Manifesto.
The 12 Agile Principles that guide how we do our work.
The Agile Mindset.

Part 3: Agile Teams

That an Agile team is a system.
Scrum Team Roles.
Levels of Team Maturity

Part 4: Agile Methodologies

The value of Lean and the relationship to Agile.
Differences between iterative and continuous flow work.
The work drives the method.
How Agile teams embrace Continuous Planning.
Products, Product visions and users
Key Scrum events for planning and execution.
Review User Stories
Understanding Minimum Viable Product
The 3 core Scrum artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment.
The importance of adapting and continuous improvement.
The benefits of conducting a Review at the end of each Sprint.
The Retrospective, your most powerful agile tool.
Differences between Scrum and Kanban, and complimentary capabilities.
The benefits of limiting the Work in Progress.
Stop starting and start finishing!

Part 5: Agile Adoption

Barriers to agile adoption.
Thinking about knowledge growth using Shu Ha Ri.
Realizing a suitable agile culture
Kotter Framework for organization change.
Ways to scale agile across large projects and portfolios.

This Introduction to Agile training course is designed for anyone who is considering the use of Agile Methods for software development or any other kind of work, including:

Project Managers
Program Managers
Analysts
Developers
Programmers
Testers
IT Manager/Directors
Software Engineers
Software Architects
Customers/Stakeholders
Product Managers
Or any business professional

Understand Agile values and principles, and how to build the discipline to support those principles in your everyday practice
Appreciate the history of Agile and how the collection of principles and practices came together to enable customer success
Examine Agile methods, including Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean Software Development, Kanban
Draw best practices from the various methodologies that will contribute to your team success
Talk the talk: learning the Agile terminology, roles and forums with their context
Walk through the processes that support Agile principles to enable the delivery of great products
Discover the power of Agile teams through communication, collaboration and cadence
Lay the foundation upon which you can build