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Agile management practices embrace collaboration and change, putting in place processes that encourage inspection and adaptation, teamwork, self-organisation and accountability. It enables the rapid delivery of business value, whether in software or in other fields.
Agile fundamentals is a fun, practical course suited for anyone new to Agile or those who wish to get a better understanding of its principles.
Upon completion of the course, you will receive an International Consortium for Agile Certified Professional certification (ICAgile ICP).
This course covers:
- The difference between “doing” and “being” Agile
- The origins of Agile
- Differences between Waterfall and Agile approaches
- When to and when not to use Agile
- Introduction to three key Agile frameworks (XP, Kanban and SCRUM)
- Understanding the different roles on an agile project
- How user stories differ from requirements, and how they help you build what your customer actually needs
- How planning is carried out at release, iteration and task levels
- What a “retro” is and why it's important
- Is this just a software development thing? - Examples from other industries.
This is a fun, practical course, with exercises and group work, just like any good Agile project.
A key part of the course is an Agile project simulation where the participants work as a team to build a new product.