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Agile Overview Workshop
Agile Overview Workshop is a one-day course that dissects and de-mystifies agile product development. An instructor with extensive experience will guide discussion from the theory and history behind agile to concrete practices that foster a more agile way of working. This will be facilitated through a combination of lectures, candid discussions, exercises, and demonstrations.
Full Course DescriptionAgile Overview Workshop Course Details
Agile - you’ve heard about it, read about it, or even tried it out. You likely still have questions and are wondering if you are applying agile practices the right way or if it’s even a fit for your organization or your particular initiative. Is Scrum the right choice? What about Kanban? Can they be used together?
This workshop will clear up a lot of these questions so that you can make more informed decisions during your agile journey.
Agile Overview Workshop Learning Objectives
Agile Overview
History
Theory
Popular Agile Practices (XP, Kanban, Scrum, etc)
Scrum Overview
Why Scrum?
Scrum Roles & Responsibilities
Scrum Events & Artifacts
Kanban Overview
Why Kanban?
Kanban Practices
Kanban Measures
Agile Planning
Forecasting
Release Planning
Measuring Value
Agile Requirements & QA
Communicating Requirements
User Stories
Agile Testing
Common Challenges
Distributed Teams
Scaling
Adoption Anti-Patterns
Who is the Agile Overview Workshop For?
This course is tailored to the specific audience. More or less time will be spent on certain agile topics based on whether the participants lean more toward management, the business side, or the delivery side.