Agile For Executives 1 Day Virtual Live Training in Phoenix, AZ

Course Description: This one-day course presents a step-by-step approach to Agile for Executives. The course provides you with overviews of key principles and benefits of applying Agile methodologies.

Defining the Challenges of Software Development

● Making the Case for Change

● What is the problem Agile is trying to solve?

Course Topics:

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

Learning Goals:

● Understand Agile Practices and Principles

● Obtain valuable information from industry surveys identifying compelling Agile benefits realized by companies worldwide

● Gain insight 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

● Glean knowledge of Agile team roles and where the Executive fits

Course Agenda:

Day 1

● Agile Overview

● Agile Basics and Practices

● Becoming Agile

who can attend?

This course is designed for anyone who is considering the use of an Agile method for software development, includingk● Project Managers

● Analysts

● Developers

● Programmers

● Testers

● IT Manager/Directors

● Software Engineers

● Software Architects

● Customers