Training Class Outline: Agile Overview
This is the outline for our training class "Agile Overview".
Purpose
This is a hands-on introductory training for Agile Software Development. Basics of Agility will be communicated to understand the ideas and concepts behind Agility, how it affects software development and business, and what are the differences between classical approaches (e.g. waterfall) compared to Agile approaches. The training shows Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and explains, why they are considered Agile. Thus, making the next potential steps within their own company more tangible for the attendees.
Target Audience
Everyone - this training has no preconditions since it starts from scratch. Background in IT is helpful, but not necessary.
What will participants get out of this session?
- …overview of the basics of Agile Software Development and the latest Agile methodologies,
- …ideas about what the introduction of Agile means in their own organisation and
- …hands on experience about making decisions the Agile way.
Agenda
The training class is structured around the following agenda points:
- Agile
- What is Agile? or The Umbrella and the Rock
- Values and principles
- The Agile Onion - layers of Agile methodologies
- Inspect and Adapt
- Devil’s Square
- Scrum
- Scrum Flow (meetings, artefacts, roles)
- Roles and responsibilities
- Kanban
- Practices and principles (tickets, board, WIP limits, pull, lead time, kaizen, policies)
- Pull vs. push
- Agile Development Skills (ADS)
- Concept and origin of ADS
- Core skills (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, collaboration, Emergent design)
- Agile Management Innovations (AMI)
- Agile and the organisation
- Change: environmental vs. personal
- Selection of AMIs in detail (e.g. slack, open space technology, etc.)
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Characteristics and Special Features

- …the training mechanics, where we use techniques from Training from the Back of the Room (TftBotR) to emphasise learning instead of just listening;
- the lifelong class material, which means that you will always have access to the latest training material;
- the flexible agenda, which enables the attendees to influence the training class so they get the best out of it.
v0.7 last edit 04/07/2014

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