TOPICS

Course Outline
1. The Reality of Agile Projects
Taking an Agile view
Tolerating ambiguity and uncertainty
Where traditional practices fall short
2. Managing Constraints
Strategically leveraging constraints
Managing tradeoffs to enhance quality
Managing risk
Managing budget, vendors, and contracts
3. Agile Team Performance and Metrics
Measuring team performance
Team productivity metrics
Determining the health of the project
4. Establishing and Empowering Teams
Establishing effective teams
Work with project and team charters and working agreements
Creating an empowered team
Servant leadership and building trust
Developing team members and managing resources
5. Maximizing Value and Agile Planning and Estimating
Adaptive planning
Leverage your plan to deliver quality and value
How much to invest up front
Progressive elaboration
Continuous planning, collaboration and transparency of estimation
Estimation techniques for an Agile team
Iteration and release planning estimation
6. Communication and Collaboration
Creating stakeholder engagement
Building community
Fluid communication planning
Open information and visible communications.