Overview

This half-day briefing is designed to be an informative overview of agile methods. It focuses on the most widely-adopted approaches to agile, exploring the principles and practices, whilst highlighting the benefits, risks and impacts of agile adoption. The briefing includes tips for introducing Agile into an organisation and identifies the support available.

Duration

This is a half-day briefing.

Prerequisites and evening study

There are no pre-requisites for the course.

Register for this free briefing

Limited Places are available, so please book early to avoid disappointment. You can secure your place by adding the event you wish to attend to your basket from the Dates / Booking area, and then completing the standard booking process. Alternatively, you can contact us and one of our team will be happy to help.

Course Objectives

This course will enable delegates to:

• Understand the reasons for introducing Agile
• Recognise the common features of agile methods
• Recognise the benefit and risk profile of agile projects
• Recognise the elements of planning, estimating and control of agile projects
• Understand the approach to introducing agile methods into an organisation

Who Should Attend

Those who are considering a move towards Agile and wish to evaluate agile approaches, including:

• Project Sponsors
• IT Managers/Directors
• Project & Programme Managers
• Business Managers
• Product Owners
• Senior Project Personnel
• Quality Managers

Course Content

Background to agile methods, including The Spiral Model, Scrum, DSDM Atern, Feature-Driven Development (FDD), eXtreme Programming (XP) and Lean
The Agile Manifesto
Why use Agile?
Agile philosophy and principles
Agile techniques
Characteristics of highly-effective teams
Stakeholder priorities and roles
Agile Leadership
The Agile project life cycle
Project Vision
Project chunking strategies for early ROI
Assessing project complexity
Approaches to estimation
Key control parameters in Agile
Avoiding late design breakage
Tracking project progress; velocity; cost of change
Timeboxing and control
Project sponsorship
Engaging stakeholders and empowering teams
Risks and benefits of Agile
Injecting agility into a PRINCE2 / ITIL environment
Understanding organisational change; overcoming resistance
Creating and sustaining an agile culture
Tips for introducing Agile
Finding agile resources and support

Do you want:

• a training course run on your premises (reducing accommodation and travel fees)?
• a course written or tailored specifically for your staff?
• a standard course run just for your staff?

Do you have:

• four or more people to train?
• a definite time at which the training needs to be provided?

Then you're probably looking for "in-house" training.

We can run any of our standard courses just for you. If you require something special, or a combination of several courses, we can discuss this with you and tailor an event designed to meet your needs. These courses can be run at a time convenient to you, either on your premises or at a separate venue. The location can be specified by you or we can recommend a suitable venue if you prefer.

Need more help?

We can advise on combinations of training courses which typically prove the most effective. We can, if you wish, perform a full training needs analysis of your staff, to help you to identify training needs, and the programmes of training to put into place to meet both your current and future needs.

What to do next...

• Decide what you want from this training - what are your objectives?
• Decide which course(s) you need, or whether something tailored is required;
• Decide approximately when you would like the training to be run;
• Ascertain when your people can be available and how many people in total you need to train.

Then please contact us to discuss your needs.