ICAgile Certified Agile Fundamentals
Course Description
This IC Agile Certified Agile Fundamentals course, delivered by our certified partners in Expleo Academy is designed to immerse attendees into an agile mindset. “Being agile” is the foundation for team and organisational success in “doing agile”. Attendees learn the required values, principles, and foundational concepts, to achieve a solid first step on their agile journey. Attendees will be able to apply the learning objectives of this course to their own work environment, and to any future training in agile practices and techniques. The collaborative learning environment offers opportunities to learn from interactions with co-attendees, apply newly learnt perspectives, and hear first-hand examples of agile enablement from Expleo's internal team of practitioners.
Five half days online
€1350.00
Session Details
Online sessions are run over five consecutive mornings.Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites. Prior experience of working in an agile environment will be an advantage, but is not a requirement. Attendees are advised that the course is designed to facilitate continuous learning cycles. Attendees will be expected to prepare for each training session by completing short pre-training assignments to support their own learning.Who should attend?
This foundation certificate has a broad target audience, including members of any project team, leaders, coaches, and anyone who wants to understand the true meaning of an agile approach. The content is equally applicable to software development teams as it is to teams engaged in any form of business change, and any individualsHow certification is earned
A post-course assessment will be part of the certification process. Attendees are asked to submit their work up to 6 weeks after the course for review, to be considered for certification. This process will involve additional coaching / mentoring from the instructors to support successful outcomes for attendees.Course Objectives
On completion of this training, attendees will be able to:Understand the agile mindset, its origins, and its ongoing evolution through application of modern methods
Recognise the importance of creating shared understanding through interactions, and know tools and techniques that can help achieve this
Identify the meaning of value-driven development, and the necessary supporting concepts
Recognise the implications of frequent interruptions and “Work in Progress” in different aspects of technical and non-technical work
Identify and categorise user/customer types and obtain their feedback
Demonstrate progressive elaboration, and estimation in the face of uncertainty
Apply retrospectives and feedback cycles to deepen their team’s continuous learning
Relate lessons learned to their own context and experience, and identify areas for individual growth
History & Mindset
Origins of AgileAgile Manifesto
Agile beyond software development
Understanding the Agile Mindset
Establishing the Agile Mindset
Agile in context
The Hero’s Journey
Individuals and Interactions
Developing soft skillsUnderstanding communication barriers
Cultural considerations
Sharing knowledge
Physical work environments
Collaboration techniques
Techniques for shared understanding
Shifts in Roles
Value-Driven Development
The BA GameIncremental development
Value-based work
Retaining quality
Work-in-Progress (WIP)
The Coin Game
The Agile Curve
MVP
Change level control
Continuous Integration
Cost and Benefit of frequent delivery
Retrospective
Customer & User Involvement
Defining the CustomerUser involvement
User feedback
Change Requests
Planning and Adapting
User StoriesPlanning
Estimation techniques
Relative estimation
Status
Process adaptation
Complex adaptive systems
Collaboration and self-organisation
Experimentation
Product adaptation
Balancing anticipation and adaptation
Emergent design
Vanity metrics
Active Learning Cycles
Retrospective
The Final Review
Final questionsAssessment explained
Agile Myths
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