Agile Foundations Training

This course takes a deeper dive into the topic of Agile Estimating and Planning at the Release level and at a Program (multi-team) level. Many teams struggle with the topic of ‘Just Enough’ upfront requirements, ‘Just Enough’ upfront sizing and design and ‘Just Enough’ planning so this course is dedicated to demystifying these concepts and walking through practical real world approaches.

This course introduces Agile Scrum as a way of managing projects. This will help bootstrap individual developer, Teams, Business Analyst or Project Managers to be effective players in their respective roles and increase the probability of success of project.

Behavior Driven Development (BDD) equips teams with practices, tools, and techniques to take their software development processes to the next level. This course provides a hands-on workshop to introduce BDD concepts and equip teams with practical experience in creating BDD feature files, scenarios, and complete working applications. You will learn BDD through a series of practical exercises utilizing Cucumber, Maven, and the Eclipse IDE.

Organizations are increasingly moving towards finding ways to cut waste and optimize their processes. More and more companies are adopting Lean and Kanban methods as part of their approach to work management.   Kanban works great for projects and initiatives, production support, or smaller initiative, or for team with constantly shifty priorities. This course will help you understand how Agile, Kanban and Scrum can be utilized to deliver value for your organization!

In this hands-on 1 day workshop for Agile Teams, Jira experts will lead you through setting up your first Jira Project, setting up your Team Board, entering work and tracking progress.

Facilitation training is often overlooked, but we all know that a cornerstone leadership element is the art of facilitation.It is estimated that 30 billion dollars is spent each year in the United States on unproductive or poorly run meetings.We have all experienced meetings that are never ending, have no purpose, or which never reach consensus. Even worse, meetings where the “elephant in the room” is never addressed.

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The Agile for Product Owners Essentials class is a full-immersion course intended for product owners, requirements analysts and business SMEs to learn in a collaborative environment the nuts and bolts of creating, managing and refining an Agile backlog. After doing a deep dive into the Product Owner role and responsibilities, participants will engage in learning prioritization techniques, breaking down epics, writing good stories and acceptance criteria.

Our Scrum Master Essentials offering introduces the concepts of agile project leadership using the Scrum framework. The course format is hands-on exercises and discussions with some lecture to define terms and concepts. Ample time is given to share the instructor's real-world experiences on a wide range of projects.

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.

Participants are given a comprehensive overview of the Agile essentials 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.

Do you need to strengthen your team's understanding of Agile concepts? Our Agile refresher workshops provide topics for you to choose the best fit your team's needs. These half-day classes provide a hands-on and interactive experience led by experienced Agile trainers, who can teach on-site or virtually.

Are you looking for an engaging way to virtually engage with your teams? Introducing the Pizza Game, a virtual process improvement game. In this engaging game, one or more teams work together to organize and develop processes to make a successful Pizza shop.