Introduction to Agility 1 Day (7 Hours)

Learning Objectives

After our 1-day Introduction to Agility you will:

• Understand why the agile values, principles & practises work and how to take advantage of the opportunities for Agile.
• Explore the Agile principles and how to build the discipline to support those principles in your everyday practice.
• Discover how to begin to map the transition of your existing team or enterprise-level processes, artifacts and forums to Agile.
• Appreciate the power of Agile teams through communication, collaboration and cadence.
• Uncover the pitfalls that teams will encounter in an Agile transition and understand how to overcome those challenges.
• Learn more about the Scrum meetings & ceremonies and how to facilitate them so they go well.
• Have knowledge of the most used Agile tools: Scrum et Kanban.
• Discuss the transition from command and control to empower and inspire style of leadership.
• Identify some of the common pitfalls Agile teams may encounter.

Program

Overview of Agile and Scrum Principles

• What is Agile?
• Agile Methods — Principles and Practices
• Agile Benefits — what you can expect
• Why Agile works
• Agile & Scrum Teams

Agile and Scrum Basics Concepts and Practices

• User Roles and Personas
• Definition of Agile Methods
• Agile Practices
• Sprinting: Agile Practices in Motion
• Product vision, roadmap and planning
• Product Backlog and User Stories
• Prioritization techniques
• Relative Estimating
• Agile's iterative approach

Becoming Agile

• Apply the Agile principles directly during the training. The participants will simulate a project through a LEGO© business game using all the Agile and Scrum elements to achieve this.

Who should attend?

This course focuses on the key values and principles of Agile & Scrum. An understanding of project management is beneficial but not a must.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this course.

Our Agile Fundamentals Workshop Includes

• Training by an experienced Agile Coach
• The course documentation
• The use of the business game during the course
• Coffee breaks and refreshments, lunch with your trainer, free wi-fi

This awareness course is not linked to a certification.