Agile for Everyone

Traditional Classroom: 1-day
Virtual Instructor-led: Two 3-3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour sessions

More and more workplaces are adopting an agile mindset when it comes to managing projects, whether they are technical or non-technical. Traditional project management is not always the right choice, especially when projects are innovative, complex, or when requirements are uncertain. This course will provide a basic understanding of agile practices and terminology. Participants will apply common agile techniques to a non-technical project in order to become fluent in agile terminology and understand the flow of an agile project. This course focuses on agile from all the various roles, not just the team point of view, so participants leave with a fuller understanding of planning and executing in an agile environment.

Target Audience

Individuals who will benefit from this course include those with little or no understanding of agile project management, those who work with teams that are actively using agile project management, and those who want to understand agile on a basic level.

Learning Objectives

Define and use agile terminology.
Describe and practice a variety of agile processes.
Define some of the differences between agile and traditional waterfall project management.

Course Outline

Module 1: Foundation

History of Agile: Agile Manifesto and Principles
Overview of Agile Methodologies
Benefits of Agile

Module 2: Visioning

Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Stakeholders, Team
Product/Project Vision and Objectives
Create User Stories
Define Relationship Between: Features, Themes, Epics, User Stories, and Tasks

Module 3: Planning

Creating Product Backlog
Time Estimating of Tasks: Poker, T-Shirts, Affinity
Estimating Effort & Sequencing
Prioritizing with Stakeholders
Plan Work, Sprints or Other Ways
Minimum Viable Product
Release Planning

Module 4: Execution

Sprints
Creation of Kanban Boards
Daily Scrum Meetings
Adjusting to New Priorities
Sprint Review Meetings vs Sprint Retrospectives
Determine Velocity

MDP593 Course Code

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Practice Area

Agile and Scrum