Course Summary
Agile has caught the attention of business leaders globally as a means of managing change, reducing time to market, eliminating waste and attracting and retaining customers. The question is – what is Agile Project Management and how does it differ from traditional waterfall? What are the roles, skills and competencies required?
This two-day foundation course is concerned with the use of Agile practices in projects, product and software development.
The course is designed to ensure the delegate has suitable knowledge of the core concepts of Agile practices, the Agile values and principles, across a breadth of Agile methodologies. It is not aimed at preparing delegates to implement a specific Agile approach.
The course includes the following syllabus areas:
Rationale & Benefits of Agile
History of Agile
Empirical and defined processes
The pillars of the empirical process
The waterfall approach
The iron triangle of project constraints
Working with uncertainty and volatility
Agile myths
Empirical models for improvement and change
Business culture and Agile
The economic case for Agile
The lifecycle of product development
Individuals and their Interactions over Processes and Tools
Motivated and Talented Individuals
Emergent design from Self-Organising Teams
Working Systems over Comprehensive Documentation
Satisfy the Customer with Continuous Delivery of Value
Deliver Working Systems Frequently
Working Systems as a Measure of Progress
Technical Excellence and Good Design
Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiations
Business People and Developers Must Work Together
Face-to-face Communications
Reflect and Adjust Regularly
Responding to Change over Following a Plan
Embrace Change
Sustainable Pace
Simplicity – The Art of Maximising the Amount of Work Not Done
Common Agile Roles
The Role of the Customer
The Role of the Team
The Role of the Agile Leader
The Role of Stakeholders
The Agile Mindset
Common Agile Techniques
User Stories
Acceptance Criteria and Scenarios
MoSCoW Prioritisation
Estimation using Story Points
Agile quality assurance and testing
Common Agile Practices
Short Feedback Loops
Focus on Quality
Emergent Documentation
Visual Boards
Team Synchronisation Meeting
Show and Tells
Retrospectives
Continuous Improvement
Relevant Methods and Approaches for Agile Teams
Scrum
XP (Extreme Programming)
DSDM Atern
Kanban
Lean Software Development
Lean Startup
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