Agile Basics. Online Course

Ability to change quickly and develop instantly has become a cornerstone of personal and organizational competitive advantage. Agile approach includes principles, practices and values that improve quality and speed to market, increase productivity and customer satisfaction across many industries and functions.

We launch Agile Basics training for those business leaders and managers who want to get a clear understanding of the Agile mindset, values and principles, furthermore how these could benefit their own companies or projects.

If you have never heard of Agile or are just getting familiar with it, this course is a perfect match that will give you an understanding of why and how to implement this approach in your organization.

This course is your stepping stone to next level scrum master and Agile courses like scaling Lean-Agile in large organizations (LeSS, SAFe, etc), Agile Fundamentals with ICP Certification and other that require basic knowledge.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

• Owners.
• Team leaders.
• Managers.
• Business development managers.
• Analysts.
• Customer experience managers.
• Product owners.
• Coaches in different industries and functions.

TOPICS COVERED

• Agile origins and mindset.
• Traditional vs Agile delivery.
• Kanban and Scrum overview.
• Extreme Programming (XP) Practices.
• Velocity and Estimation.
• Creating and Managing Backlog.
• Overview of Format Writing for User Stories and Job Stories.
• Review and digitalization of the full product development cycle.

After the course you will

• Understand main Agile terminology and principles.
• Discover Agile benefits in comparison to traditional methods of workflow.
• Learn how to organize and plan projects in Agile manner.
• Get templates of user stories and job stories ready to use for your business or team.

Format

• Interactive tutorial led by certified expert.
• Practical exercises.
• Work in groups.

Meet the speaker

Olesia Prots

Certified Scrum Master, Certified SAFe PO/PM, Certified SAFe®4 Agilist, Management 3.0 certified

Passionate leader and manager in different domains within IT industry. Regular speaker at Agile events and a co-author of Advanced Facilitation Course. Passionate about institutional change, innovations in organizations and teamwork performance improvements and efficiency.