Duration
2 hours
Overview
Grasp the concepts, principles and methods of Agile development and become empowered to execute on your plans for incorporating Agile practices and techniques into your organization. This workshop will give you the foundation of knowledge and experience you need to begin. It is a starting point for you to acquire the techniques, skills and tools that enable you to build Agile discipline.
In addition to defining Agile principles, we will cover the advantages and disadvantages of Agile development. Get first-hand experience by organizing and participating in an Agile team. Put the concepts you learn to practice instantly in the classroom project. Understand and learn how to take advantage of the opportunities for Agile. Finally gain an understanding and practice the collaboration and communication needed between customer and developers for Agile to succeed.
Benefits
- This information packed course will expose you to an array of ideas, techniques, tools and practices that you can incorporate immediately — all offered to help you successfully integrate Agile development techniques into your SDLC.
- Appreciate the history of Agile and how the collection of principles and practices came together to enable customer success
- 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
- Begin to map the transition of your existing team or enterprise-level processes, artifacts and forums to Agile
- Discover 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
- Lay the foundation upon which you can build a learning team and organization
Who Should Attend
- Project Managers
- Program Managers
- Analysts
- Programmers
- Testers
- IT Manager/Directors
- Software Engineers
- Software Architects
- Product Managers
Course Outline
All About Agile In this section we will explore the motivating factors for teams adopting Agile practices. Further we will examine the various Agile methods and the principles and practices they embrace. Agile success with real-world examples across many industries will be shared to highlight the benefits that Agile can bring to teams. Finally, we will explore the power behind Agile teams and how they differ from traditional project teams.
- History of Agile
- About Agile
- Agile Project Management
- Difference between Agile and Waterfall Methods
- Project Management Office
- Project Management Execution, Monitoring & Control
- Project leadership- what it means and why it is so important to delivery of projects
- Project success or project failure – it’s your choice!
- Benefit management – ensuring these are clear, managed and delivered
- Project governance – ensuring it works and works well
- Project board or steering group – its role in project success and delivery
- Project sponsor – their role in the overall success of projects
- Understanding change and its implications for project success
- The team and their contribution – managing the team and developing the team
- Developing a delivery culture
- Agile and Lean Values and Principles
- Agile Methodologies
- Agile Concepts
- What Agile is Not or Hasn't
- When to Use Agile and When Not
- Agile Life Cycle
NoteAll sessions contain group activities and case studies to strengthen the understanding of Agile Methodology and readiness to be applied at respective individual’s organization for Senior Level.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.