Course Overview:

This one-day course presents a step-by-step approach to Agile for Executives. The course provides you with overviews of key principles and benefits of applying Agile methodologies.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Agile Practices and Principles
• Obtain valuable information from industry surveys identifying compelling Agile benefits realized by companies worldwide
• Gain insight into effective metrics for managing Agile team performance
• Dispel the myth that mid and long term planning are abandoned with Agile
• Appreciate how teams and management can build trust more quickly
• Discuss the transition from command and control to empower and inspire style of leadership
• Explore how to help teams to create a cadence that will enable them to succeed
• Understand tools and techniques for promoting transparency in communication at all levels
• Identify some of the common pitfalls Agile teams may encounter
• Learn from an instructor with day-to-day experience implementing agile practices across multiple organizations
• Glean knowledge of Agile team roles and where the Executive fits

Agenda:

• Defining the Challenges of Software Development
• Making the Case for Change
• What is the problem Agile is trying to solve?
• Defining the Agile Proposition
• Why Agile
• The Agile Paradigm
• Agile Basics
• Agile Manifesto and Principles
• Agile Methodologies
• Five Levels of Agile Planning
• Agile Benefits — including industry data, survey results and personal experience
• The Path to Agile Adoption
• Dealing with Barriers to Agile Adoption
• An Agile Organization
• Driving Investment Decisions with Agile
• The path to successful Agile adoption

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Materials:

Students will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for anyone who is considering the use of an Agile method for software development, including:

• Project Managers
• Analysts
• Developers
• Programmers
• Testers
• IT Manager/Directors
• Software Engineers
• Software Architects
• Customers

Examination:

There is no exam for this course.

Technical Requirements:

For eBooks:

• Internet for downloading the eBook
• Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)
• Adobe DRM supported software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)
• eBook download and activation instructions