Agile Fundamentals Workshop

Price
$795.00 USD

Duration
1 Day

 

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

Course Overview

This one-day workshop provides a solid foundation for anyone seeking to develop fluency in Agile concepts, terms, and practices. It includes the values and principles articulated in the Agile Manifesto, as well as the values of key Agile frameworks and methods, including Scrum. Through discussion and hands-on practice of the most commonly used Agile techniques, participants will gain an understanding of the tools and an appreciation for the mindset needed to engage stakeholders and collaborate to move forward on your organization’s Agile journey.

Private classes on this topic are available. We can address your organization’s issues, time constraints, and save you money, too. Contact us to find out how.

Course Objectives

  • Understand and use Agile core terms
  • Explain key Agile concepts and their importance in achieving agility
  • Identify, engage, and leverage key stakeholders in an Agile environment
  • Apply common Agile tools and techniques
  • Embrace and advocate for an Agile mindset to benefit from an Agile approach
  • Select the best practices for a project and apply them appropriately to benefit the project and organization

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for anyone at any level of the organization seeking to learn and get hands-on practice of Agile techniques to help their organization benefit from the culture, principles, and practices of Agile.
  • Top-rated instructors: Our crew of subject matter experts have an average instructor rating of 4.8 out of 5 across thousands of reviews.
  • Authorized content: We maintain more than 35 Authorized Training Partnerships with the top players in tech, ensuring your course materials contain the most relevant and up-to date information.
  • Interactive classroom participation: Our virtual training includes live lectures, demonstrations and virtual labs that allow you to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow classmates to get real-time feedback.
  • Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
  • Private Group Training: Let our world-class instructors deliver exclusive training courses just for your employees. Our private group training is designed to promote your team’s shared growth and skill development.
  • Tailored Training Solutions: Our subject matter experts can customize the class to specifically address the unique goals of your team.

Learning Credits: Learning Credits can be purchased well in advance of your training date to avoid having to commit to specific courses or dates. Learning Credits allow you to secure your training budget for an entire year while eliminating the administrative headache of paying for individual classes. They can also be redeemed for a full year from the date of purchase. If you have previously purchased a Learning Credit agreement with New Horizons, you may use a portion of your agreement to pay for this class.

If you have questions about Learning Credits, please contact your Account Manager.

Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Agenda

The Agile Mindset

  • Agile Manifesto & Principles
  • Iterative vs. Incremental
  • Empirical vs. Defined Process
  • Definitions of Agile
  • When is Agile Appropriate?
  • Exercise: Applying Agile

Agile Environmental Factors

  • Servant Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Agile Environment – Team
  • Visibility and Transparency

Agile Methods, Team Members, & Stakeholders

  • Apply the Mindset
  • Agile Approaches
  • Agile-Hybrid Models
  • Agile vs. Scrum Concepts and Terms
  • Scrum Roles
  • Exercise: Scrum Roles Matching
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Scrum Events

Big Picture & Product Backlog

  • Workshop: Build a Product Backlog
  • Organizational Vision
  • Product Vision
  • The Project Charter
  • Story Maps
  • Definition of Done (DoD)
  • Agile Release (Product) Roadmap
  • DEEP
  • Workshop: Prioritizing the Product Backlog

User Stories

  • What and Why
  • INVEST
  • 3Cs
  • Personas
  • Workshop: Writing User Stories
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Workshop: Generating Acceptance Criteria

Backlog Refinement

  • Ordering the Backlog & Techniques
  • MoSCow
  • Story Mapping & Value Mapping
  • Workshop: Ordering User Stories
  • Estimating Techniques
  • Relative Sizing
  • Exercise: Relative Sizing
  • Planning Poker
  • Workshop: Planning Poker
  • Affinity Estimating
  • Refine the Backlog
  • Getting User Stories Ready
  • Workshop: Evaluate User Stories

Communicating in an Agile Environment

  • Information Radiators
  • Task/Kanban Board
  • Work in Progress (WIP) Limits
  • Workshop: Kanban Board
  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFD)
  • Burnup/down Charts
  • Reflecting Agile Values

Concluding Thoughts and Wrap Up

  • Course Retrospective
  • Summary
 

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