Duration
2 days
Overview
Increasingly intense competition in fast-changing markets is forcing organizations to find better ways to develop new products and bring them to market – faster, better, cheaper. The traditional phase-gate, or “waterfall”, approach was proven ineffective in dealing with the creative, dynamic and complex nature of new product development. This development approach often results in failure and a high degree of waste.
By far the most popular development framework based on Agile thinking is Scrum. Scrum is a simple framework that enables organizations to learn how to work in an Agile manner. Scrum follows an empirical process model by having work done in short iterations (i.e. sprints); with opportunities to learn and adapt from each iteration, so that the highest value can be created in the shortest time. Embracing Scrum well can be tremendously helpful in enabling organizations to surface problems, as well as opportunities, so that they can be addressed to the great benefit of the organization.
Scrum is a framework with a few roles, events, artifacts, and the rules that bind them together. The elegant simplicity of the Scrum framework belies its profound implications for the organizations that adopt it, especially with regard to changes in management thinking required for an organization to thrive in a rapidly-changing world. Agile and Scrum represent a paradigm shift not only in product development, but also in organization development. As such, they are often misunderstood; and most Scrum implementations fail to generate the intended benefits. A key requirement for a successful transformation is good education to ignite the necessary mind-set change of the individuals in the organization. This workshop aims to be thought-provoking to help participants develop the right understanding of Agile and Scrum to apply in their work.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, participants should be able to articulate the following:
- What Agile is, what it is for, and why.
- The difference between traditional and Agile development approaches.
- What type of projects are Agile/Scrum applicable.
- What is Scrum, where it comes from.
- The details of the Scrum framework – the roles, artifacts, events and values – what they are, why and how to apply them.
- A few other practices that are not part of Scrum, but complement it.
- Common pitfalls to avoid, and how to get the most out of using Scrum.
- A new perspective of their own organization; how it might need to change to become more Agile.
COURSE OUTLINE
- The Agile approach
- What problem are we solving
- Why projects fail
- Complex work
- Agile Manifesto – values, principles
- Defined vs. empirical process models
- Scrum at a high level
- Origin of Scrum
- Scrum values and attributes
- Scrum framework
- Scrum overview
- Scrum artifacts
- Product Backlog and product backlog items
- Sprint Backlog and tasks
- Potentially Shippable Product Increment
- Other increments
- Estimation
- Velocity
- Release planning, release burn-up
- Scrum roles
- Team
- Product Owner
- ScrumMaster
- Scrum events
- Sprint planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Product Backlog Refinement
- Sprint simulation – experience delivering value incrementally and iteratively
METHODOLOGY
Participants will engage in active, experiential learning about Agile and Scrum concepts through interactive exercises, lectures, discussions and simulations.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Leaders of organizations/companies; CEO’s, presidents, vice presidents, directors, managers
- Project, program managers
- Product, engineering managers
- Functional managers; business analysis, development, test, QA, deployment managers
- Product Owners
- ScrumMasters
- Product development team members; business analysts, system analysts, architects, developers, testers
- Anybody who is involved in product development or any sort of complex work
PRE-REQUISITE
None required. However, participants may be required to complete simple pre-work before the workshop.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.