Agile Process Overview

Course Overview
This course provides managers and developers an overview of agile methods and shows the relevance and practical use of them for software development. It will enable you to plan migration to agile from current practice or to understand existing agile projects. The course shows how agile approaches maximise feedback through all stages of development to ensure robust solutions are developed that meet stakeholders’ needs.

 

What will I learn?
Agile processes differ from each other in significant details but this course will give you an understanding the common elements of all successful agile methods – and the pitfalls that agile teams must avoid. Agile approaches can revolutionise the effectiveness of software development teams by providing continuous feedback to stakeholders on the scope, quality and velocity of the project. This course will give you the ability to plan and implement the agile process that is right for your own team and understand the benefits it should bring.
 
 

Course Style
This course is hands-on with practical exercises throughout. Hand outs will be provided to take back to the workplace

Course Contents

• Introductions

• Roots and motives for Agile

• Agile Processes/Principles/Values

• Three Sprints in 15 minutes

• Agile in practice

• Planning and Estimating

• Tips, Tools and Books

• Discussion
   

Prerequisites
A practical understanding of IT Projects

Recommended Follow-On Courses

• Requirements Management with Use Cases
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design

 

Duration
1 day

Cost £450  plus VAT

Recommended reading & follow on courses CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement, ISBN-10: 0321279670, ISBN-13: 978-0321279675, The Rational Unified Process Made Easy: A Practitioners Guide to the RUP, ISBN-10: 0321166094, ISBN-13: 978-0321166098 Testimonials   Who has been on this course before European Central Bank Fidelity Investments CCH Software JP Morgan HSBC TNT