Agile Fundamentals

Why would you attend this course?

You would like to understand what Agile is and what the day-to-day activities of an agile team look like – how work gets done in a Lean/Agile environment. You are keen to see how agility can benefit you, the work you are involved in and the people around you. You also want to understand how your own role changes, whether you are an executor, a business person or a manager.

This course developed alongside our coaching and thus is hands-on and practical. You will walk out equipped to start changing the way you work. You will get a chance to explore the philosophy of Agile and Lean, learn about frameworks like Scrum, complete a mini release and understand why this approach is such a fundamental departure from traditional ways of working, especially from a people perspective.

Who will find it useful?

Anyone who forms part of an Agile team, leads an Agile team, interacts with an Agile team, whether from a business or technical perspective.

Anybody who wants to understand how their future looks given that Agile has been around for 20+ years and is here to stay.

Anybody who wants to understand how agility can benefit themselves, their team or their organisation.

What will you learn?

Agile as philosophy

The Agile mindset, values and principles

How Agile came about

How Agile is different from traditional approaches

Collaboration and engagement

How Agile teams are constructed and why it matters

Creating collaborative teams

The value of continuous improvement

Value-Driven development

What it is and why customers and business people are an integral part of Agile teams

How we handle risk in Agile

How Agile frameworks like Scrum focus on Value-driven delivery

Planning

Why we plan more in Agile and how it differs from traditional approaches

Sizing and estimation in Agile

Planning at different levels – product and project, release, iteration

Agile frameworks

The elements of Scrum

Kanban vs Agile

Events / ceremonies

Prerequisites

This workshop has no pre-requisites.

Certifications

Centre for Agile Coaching is a Member Organisation with the International Consortium of Agile (ICAgile) and have accredited the Agile Fundamentals class with them. ICAgile offers knowledge and competency-based certifications in the diverse disciplines needed to sustain organisational agility. They provide three levels of certification aligned to the various learning tracks, i.e. professional, expert and master. Professional-level certifications are knowledge-based, while the Expert-level and Master-level certifications are competency- and innovation-based. The ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) is an entry-level certification that signals intent to learn about agile and become a professional in the agile space. This certification is a pre-requisite to all other professional certifications through ICAgile.

Attendees of the Agile Fundamentals class are eligible for the ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) certification. Should a student miss more than one hour of class time, they will not be eligible for certification. Qualifying attendees are registered with ICAgile for certification on completion of the class. Registration carries a cost of $75 (USD), which is included in the course fee.

Class Logistics

Dates: 11 & 12 April 2023

Duration: Two full days (09:00 – 17:00 daily)

Method of delivery: In-person, facilitator led

Venue: Durbanville Hills Winery, Tygerberg Valley Road, Durbanville

Cost: R8814.75 (incl VAT) per person, excl costs

Costs include the following:-

Course Manual and handouts

Arrival snacks, lunch and beverages

ICAgile certification

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