Agile Business Leadership

Part 1 – Agile Business Leadership Overview (half-day)

1. Agile Methodology Fundamentals

• Agile practices and principles
• What is iterative development?
• Why Agile?
• Agile benefits vs. waterfall
• What is Scrum- an overview of Scrum process flow
• Scrum Roles and responsibilities
• Traditional Management vs. Scrum

2. Aligning Business and IT

• Why do Business and IT so often disconnect?
• Solving with increased visibility
• Solving with better scoping and accelerated business involvement
• Best practices in driving Business and IT alignment

Part 2 – Agile Business Leadership Deep-dive (half-day)

3. Delivering Business Value through Agile

• Setting expectations
• Managing through stories and sprints
• Managing backlogs
• Adapting to changing demands

4. What Agile Won’t Do

• The problem of inadequate skills
• The challenge of politics
• Identifying unrealistic expectations
• Cutting corners and/or being faster
• Change management obstacles

5. Next Steps

• Is Agile right for your organization?
• Which method should you adopt?
• Should every project be agile?
• What would the adoption strategy look like?
• Where do you go from here?