TP3029 Agile Team Experience Training
Participants will experience agile practices, iterative delivery of value and relentless improvement from all perspectives within the team.
Participants are given a comprehensive overview of Agile and learn about the different Agile frameworks: Lean, Scrum, XP, and Kanban. This course emphasizes practical agile practices and focuses on demonstrating how Agile can be integrated into real projects. Our workshop uses a variety of unique hand-on teaching tools including, hands on demonstrations, participant lead instruction, videos, games and a whole lot of fun.
Teams learn how to successfully apply Agile methods to their projects and programs. Participants will learn the full Agile Development Lifecycle, how to lead teams through Agile ceremonies, and understand techniques and practices to successfully facilitate and execute on project deliverables. All while learning important Agile leadership skills such as Servant Leadership, Facilitation, and the Soft Skills necessary to make these roles a success.
Each class will review a sample Release Plan, Value and Cost burn up charts, task-boards, and key agile metrics. Attendees will gain insight on how to bridge the gap between traditional and Agile Project Management. This is a must have course for anyone transitioning to Agile!
Objectives
To ensure relevant and profitable learning occurs, attendees will kick off this course by brainstorming many of the real-world issues they face daily as members of a transitioning Agile organization. Participants use real-life projects to build Agile skills. This workshop is 40% lecture and 60% hands-on real-world exercises.
• Introduce Agile and provide examples on why an organization would choose to implement an Agile framework
• Understand the Servant Leadership style and why it is critical.
• Review Agile Teams Roles and Responsibilities
• Compare and contrast the common Agile Frameworks: Lean, Scrum, XP, and Kanban
• Demonstrate the Agile lifecycle
• Understand and demonstrate effective Story Writing and Estimation techniques
• Develop an understanding of the purpose of each Agile ceremony : (Release Planning, Backlog Refinement, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Demos and Retrospectives)
• Demonstrate facilitation of each Agile ceremony
Prerequisites
No Prerequisites
Duration
Three Days
Outline for Agile Team Experience Training
Agile Overview
Introductions
Overview of Agile
Why Agile
Agile Manifesto
Agile Principles
Activity: Mapping Principles to Manifesto
Agile Frameworks
Lean
Scrum
Kanban
Extreme Programming
The Agile Team
The Agile Team
Servant Leadership defined and expectations
Servant Leadership vs Command and Control
Defining Self-Organized Teams
Agile Roles – Product Owner
Agile Roles – ScrumMaster
Agile Roles – The Team
Activity
Agile Product Backlogs
Agile Delivery Process
Agile Requirements Levels
Progressive Elaboration
Effective User Stories
Work item levels: THEME \EPIC \ STORY
User Stories deep-dive
User Stories: Examples
Guidelines for User Stories
User Stories: I-N-V-E-S-T
Workshop: Correcting User Stories
Workshop (Online Real Estate) Part 1 – Writing User Stories
Story Mapping
Workshop (Online Real Estate) Part 2- Utilizing Story maps to generate stories
Acceptance Criteria\Test
What is Test Driven Development (TDD)
Acceptance Criteria vs Acceptance Test
Why Acceptance Criteria?
Documenting Acceptance Criteria\Test
The Gherkin Format
Definition of Done (DoD)
Workshop (Online Real Estate) – Writing Acceptance Criteria
Estimating
Estimating Techniques
Sizing Stories
Why Story Points
Facilitating Planning Poker
Activity (Thanksgiving Dinner) - Sizing Stories
Backlog Prioritization
Backlog Prioritization Techniques
Estimating - Business Value
MoSCoW Analysis
Value Risk (6 cell\9 cell models)
Workshop (Online Real Estate) – Prioritize Stories
Building a Release Plan
Building a Release Plan
Team Velocity
Release Planning
Sample Release Plan
Workshop – Create a release plan
Backlog Refinement
Backlog Refinement Fundamentals
Definition of Ready (DoR)
Decomposing User Stories
S-P-I-D-E-R Method
Facilitating Refinement Sessions
Workshop (Online Real Estate) – Refine the backlog
Iteration Planning
Iteration Planning
Break Down All Tasks
The Team’s Definition of ‘Done’
Capacity Planning
Facilitating Iteration Planning Sessions
Workshop Online Real Estate) – Plan your first iteration\capacity plan
Iteration Execution
Daily Standup
Task boards
Workshop – Managing Tasks
Iteration Demos & Retrospectives
Iteration Demo
Iteration Retrospectives
Creating, Monitoring, & Maintaining an improvement backlog
Workshop: Practice a Retrospective
Advanced Metrics
Metrics: Velocity Trends
Metrics: Forecast vs Completed
Metrics: Burn-up Charts
Metrics: Burn-Dow Charts
Lead Time\Cycle Time
How to use Metrics to achieve results