Introduction

The objective of the course is for attendees to learn and apply the techniques needed to work effectively on an agile team. They will practice approaching a project using the terminology, principles, techniques, and foundational concepts from the most popular Agile Frameworks: Scrum and Kanban Method, within the Lean-Agile philosophy. At a higher level, this course impresses upon students what Agile really is: a mindset, not a methodology.

Students who demonstrate understanding and application of the course materials will receive the ICAgile ICP Fundamentals certification.

Objectives

At the end of this course students will be able to:

• Understand the basics and principles of Agile
• Plan and manage projects using Scrum
• Understand the new way of working that agile entails and its application in the day-to-day
• Apply new ways of working to create effective teams
• Prepare, manage, and/or participate in the iterative cycles of agile teams
• Use techniques and tools to tackle management using agile frameworks
• Apply techniques for visual work management
• Understand value management and outcome-based thinking

Student Profile

Anyone who wants to understand the agile mindset and ways of working, including team members, anyone who plays a supporting role for a team, all levels of leadership, and members of the Human Resources department who need to understand how they can support new ways of working.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course but it is recommended that students have experience working on projects as a team member.

Course Materials

In order to follow the course, students will receive documentation prepared by Netmind.

Methodology

Engaging and interactive course. Our instructors teach all course materials using the demonstrative method; the participants learn new concepts through exercises and real application practices. We encourage students to keep an open mind to new ideas and approaches, then discuss how they might apply them. Students track the most important ideas and critical skills in an action plan to be implemented after class.

Certification

Students who demonstrate understanding and application of the course materials will receive ICAgile’s Agile Fundamentals (ICP) certification. This certification is at the core of the Agile Delivery Learning Roadmap. Netmind is accredited to certify students in both the in-person and live, virtual environments. Learn more about ICAgile.

Additionally, students will earn 21 credit hours for their attendance.

The conditions of the additional certification services are subjected to the terms of the license owner or the authorized certifying entity.

Accreditation

A certificate of attendance will be issued to students who attend the course for at least 75% of the duration.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

• Working agreement
• Build objectives

2. What is Agile?

• Why agile
• History of agile
• Agile Principles and Values
• Agile as a mindset

3. Agile in practice

• Iterative & incremental work
• Agile planning basics
• Outcomes over outputs

4. Product Definition

• Product Vision
• Personas
• User Stories
• Acceptance Criteria
• Value Management
• Prioritization Techniques

5. Estimating in Agile

• Relative estimating
• Team estimating

6. The Scrum Team

• Pillars of Scrum
• Scrum Values
• Scrum Team Characteristics
• Scrum Roles
• Distributed Agile Teams
• Scrum Events
• Sprints (iterations)
• Project Inception
• Sprint Planning
• Daily Scrum (Daily Stand-up)
• Refinement
• Sprint Review/Demo
• Product Adaptation
• Definition of Ready
• Definition of Done
• Sprint Retrospective

7. Artifacts in Scrum

• Product Backlog
• Sprint Backlog
• Product Increment
• MVP – Minimum Viable Product
• Project Roadmap – User Story Map
• Product Roadmap
• Agile Planning
• Frequent Delivery
• Continuous Integration

8. Scrum Metrics

• Velocity and Planning
• Burn-down and Burn-up charts

9. Visual Management

10. Kanban

• Basics
• Introduction to the Kanban Method
• Work Items in Kanban
• Examples of Kanban
• Kanban Terminology

11. Kanban Method and Metrics

• Flow of Work
• Dealing with Multitasking
• Pull versus Push
• Throughput
• Work in Progress
• Lead Time
• Cycle Time
• Capacity
• Resource Efficiency versus Flow Efficiency
• Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams

12. Closing

• Review Learnings
• Build an Action Plan

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