This one-day course presents a step-by-step approach to Agile for managers and 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 insights 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. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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.

PREREQUISITES:
There are no prerequisites for this course. 

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

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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.