Introduction to Agile

In this 1 day Introduction to Agile training course, you will put the skills, tools and techniques you are taught to work. Your instructor will answer questions with real-world experience, as all of our instructors have Agile experience “in the trenches.” You will leave the class with practical knowledge and a clear roadmap for success.

Course Topics:
Agenda:

• Waterfall vs Agile
• An Intro to Agile Process
• Agile Flavours
• Agile Project Delivery
• The Product Backlog
• Release Planning
• Planning & Estimation
• The core tenets of Scrum
• Advanced Scrum Topics
• Agile Adoption
• Kanban

Course Features:
Learning Objectives:

• Structure a team with generalising specialists so the team can develop working stuff incrementally.
• Practice and maintain a regular cadence when delivering working stuff potentially each iteration.
• Follow the team approach; start as a team, finish as a team — and focus on delivering value to the organisation.
• Gain knowledge and understanding of Agile principles and why they are so important for each team.
• Embrace the five levels of planning and recognise the value of continuous planning.
• Build a backlog of prioritised and estimated user stories that provides emergent requirements for analysis and foster customer engagement and understanding.
• Engage in more effective estimating (story points) and become more accurate by being less precise.
• Create accurate Agile release plans that connect you back to business expectations – including hard date commitments and fixed price models.

Who can Attend?
Anyone