Fundamentals of Collaborative Product Development

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• Virtual Delivery of this Course is Available

This ICAgile accredited course reinforces Agile as a mindset, not a methodology. The curriculum is interactive, covering concepts such as value-driven development, adaptive planning, frequent feedback and continuous improvement. These lessons provide firsthand experience to avoid common pitfalls and to understand how Agile can maximize value for your organization. Whether you are new to Agile or an experienced practitioner who recognizes the need to “be” Agile rather than “do” it, this is where your journey begins.

Learning Topics - 21hrs

Session 1
BASICS OF THE AGILE MINDSET

 

» Shu Ha Ri – How we learn

» The Agile mindset

» The history of Agile

» XP (eXtreme) programming basics

» Scrum basics

» Kanban basics

» Embrace Minimal Viable Product

» Agile planning and delivery

» Frequent feedback reduces risk!

» Balancing flexibility, risk and stability

Session 2
TEAM BUILDING &

WORK ESTIMATION

» Goal of team building

» Communication, communication and more communication

» Working agreements

» Distributed teams and co-location

» What are story points and why to use them?

» White elephant story sizing

Session 3
AGILE PLANNING

 

» Five levels of Agile planning

» Managing change

Session 4
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT &

TEAM COLLABORATION

» Continuous improvement

» Retrospectives

» Root cause analysis

» People/self-organizing teams

» People/communication

» People/knowledge sharing

» Collaboration and shared understanding

Session 5
TEAM BUILDING & WORK ESTIMATION

 

» Product canvas vision

» Personas

» Prioritization

» Developing user stories

Session 6
PROGRESSIVE ELABORATION

 

» Journey mapping

» Product quality

» Acceptance criteria

» Progressive elaboration

» Continuous delivery

Session 7
DAUGHERTY POV ON AGILE

 

» What is an Agile leader?

» Integral Agile & organizational readiness

» Achieving sustainable results with Agile

» What are the typical pitfalls?

» Daugherty journey accelerators

Session 8
AGILE ICP WORKSHOP

 

» Agile in everyday life

» Product vision board

» Feature estimation

» Roadmap & release planning

» Progress metrics

» Sprint planning

» Sprint execution

» Sprint review

» Retrospective

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