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Martine Devos' Agile Release Planning & Kanban (AGILE-PROJECT-MD-01-03)

CODE: AGILE-PROJECT-MD-01-03 DURATION: 3 DAY/S

In this 3-day Agile Release Planning & Kanban course you will learn to facilitate agile Software Projects that adapt to change & discovery, improve collaboration, drive innovation and deliver business value.

Is Agile capable of planning? Can we have fixed milestones? Can we make longer term plans? In this course, you will learn how to do release planning, risk management, road mapping, dependencies, without having to fall back on cristal balls....

We will also learn how to report progress in a lean and agile way. That means without creating extra work/waste in lean terms), but using the information we gather and need to work as a self-organising, self directing and highly productive team.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster. This includes a two-year Scrum Alliance membership, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information is available.

We'll explore concepts from:

Agile Estimation and Planning – Cohn
Agile & Iterative Development – Larman
Agile Project Management – Anderson
Extreme Programming – Beck
Lean Software Development – Poppendieck
Retrospectives – Kerth
ScrumBan – Corey Ladas
Scrum – Schwaber & Beedle
Adaptive Software Development

LEARN HOW TO:

Create more realistic plans and expectations
Understand software that survives change (adaptive software)
Change your style from a 'Plan-Hope-Driven' model to an 'Envision-Guide-Realise' model
Leverage time-boxed, feasibility targeted iterations to guide architectural evolution and manage technical risk
Manage risk based on proactive analysis and visibility instead of reacting when it is too late
Scaling Agile projects beyond Scrum, without increasing communication/coordination costs
Use classes of service to prioritise work
Implement a culture of continuous improvement (Kaizen)

PROGRAMME

Through interactive discussions, group exercises, case studies and workshops, we will cover:

Control Work in Progress (queuing and control systems)
Distinguish bottlenecks as capacity constrained resources or non-instant availability resources (specialists)
Understand transaction and coordination costs (important for offshore development)
Work with release and input cadence for a Kanban system
Use Metrics and Reporting to drive continuous improvement (short and long term)
Establish policies to prevent abuse and gaming of the Kanban system

Agile Planning at multiple levels
Monitoring and tracking Project status using Agile techniques like Burn Down Charts and measuring Velocity
Limit Work in Progress
Balance Demand against Throughput
Prioritization
Kaizen Culture
Identifying bottlenecks
Working with specialist and limited capacity resources
Scaling Agile and Lean Methods
Dependencies, Issues and Blocked Work items
Reflection - Should you use Kanban or Scrum
What is a Kanban system in practice– examples

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Martine is a persuasive and highly passionate communicator, public speaker and published author focused on Agile methods
More about Martine Devos

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCRUM ALLIANCE

IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?

If you are a ScrumMaster, XP coach, Product Owner, Sponsor, Project Manager (open to Agile) or a Prince2 Geek who wants to learn about Agile Release Planning, agile estimation, risk management and kanban, this course is also for you!

COURSE PREREQUISITES

To benefit from this course, you should have an open mind to ideas and practices and be experienced as a project member

COURSE LABS & EXERCISES

This workshop is a inspiring combination of class interaction, case studies, group exercises and workshops. Each is designed to allow you to easily grasp new concepts and techniques.

You will receive a copy of Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn. You will also receive a CD with further articles, references and slides.