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Agile Fundamentals

Overview

For many organizations, business success and even survival hinge on embracing an Agile mindset. Continuous delivery of value, an unwaveringly customer-centric perspective, and adaptive change management characterize many of today’s best-performing organizations. The Agile Fundamentals course provides a solid foundation for anyone seeking to develop fluency in Agile concepts, terms, and practices. It teaches the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto, as well as the values of key Agile frameworks and methods, including Scrum. This course equips participants with the tools and knowledge to adopt a holistic Agile approach toward achieving organizational goals.

Offered through a cooperative relationship with United Training, courses are taught by world-class instructors who are certified subject matter experts. Courses are highly participatory and focus on the project management environment and understanding the best tools and techniques for bringing projects to a successful completion.

This is a one-day course - recommended for 8 PDUs

  • PDU’s – 8
  • CEUS’s – 0.8

+ Features

  • Understanding what types of projects are ideal for applying Agile practices
  • Crafting a product roadmap that is focused on delivering a consistent value stream that is recognizable to the customer
  • How to become more accurate at estimating work and delivering on commitments
  • How to manage an evolving product backlog with changing requirements
  • How to write better requirements using user stories and acceptance criteria that best represents the voice of the customer
  • How to create and interpret "Information Radiators" and make timely decisions that impact the success of a project
  • How increasing customer interaction and transparency will better ensure that the product being delivered delights the customer
  • How to employ Agile practices that improve quality, reduce defects and speed up delivery time

+ Authorized Training Partner

George Mason University is a PMI® Global Registered Education Provider.
PMI, PMP, PMBOK, and the PMI Registered Education Provider logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

+ Requirements

100% Attendance Required

+ Prerequisites

None

+ Designed For

This course is intended for employees at any level of the organization seeking to integrate the culture, principles, and practices of Agile.

+ Agenda

  1. Agile Foundation
  2. Agile Fundamentals
  3. Agile Methodology
  4. Communications
  5. Agile Estimating
  6. Agile Metrics and Product Quality
  7. Agile Leadership
  8. Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles

 

 

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