Course Description

Agile Fundamentals is designed for agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and senior managers looking to acquire a firm grasp of the agile approach to new product development using agile practices. You will learn what is needed to be successful on Agile projects in your organization, from project visioning through planning and iterative development of the product. Application of the fundamental models of the iteration review and iteration retrospectives are also included, as well as the concepts of inspect and adapt, self-assessment, and continuous improvement. 

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 

• Compare the agile and waterfall project management approaches to determine which methods are best suited to your project 
• Apply the basics of agile team organization 
• Use agile chartering and high-level estimating principles to initiate a project 
• Create personas, user stories, and perform story level estimation 
• Create and manage a product backlog 
• Use low-tech, high touch team communication methods on projects 
• Apply the principles of servant leadership 
• Plan and conduct a basic iteration review and iteration retrospective 

Target  Audience

This course is designed for Agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and senior managers, this course offers project managers a firm grasp of the Agile approach as it relates to new product development. 

Course Benefits

• Gain an understanding of the Agile Team basics 
• Learn how to apply the fundamental models of Iteration Review and Iteration Retrospectives 
• Learn to utilize the concepts of Inspect and Adapt 

Course Duration

2 days (14 hours)

Course Outline 

• The Agile Value Proposition 
• The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles 
• Agile Delivery Teams 
• Building High Performance Teams 
• Project Initiation 
• Servant Leadership
• Release Planning
• Inside the Iteration
• Overview of Agile Methodologies

Course Materials 

Students will receive the following material with the course attendance: 

• Agile Fundamentals Workbook 

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