The Art of Agile Planning

Course Information: October 11-12, 2010 – 9:00am – 5:00pm Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE MLK Blvd, Portland, OR 97232 Price: $795 Register Now Take both, this course and The Art of Agile Delivery Price: $1795 ($195 savings) Register Both

Instructors James Shore & Diana Larsen James is a thought leader in the Agile software development community. He believes that great software development teams consistently deliver market success, technical success, and personal success for team members and stakeholders… Learn More About James >> Diana is a specialist in the human side of software development. Diana consults with leaders and teams to create work processes where innovation, inspiration, and imagination flourish… Learn More About Diana >>

Overview

Taught by James Shore, highly-respected author of “The Art of Agile Development”, and Diana Larsen, chair of the Agile Alliance and co-author of the acclaimed “Agile Retrospectives,” this training course provides knowledge you need to accelerate the adoption and practice of agile development. This is not a sit-back-and-listen course. Participants form cross-functional teams and plan a real project. The practice planning sessions are interspersed with interactive workshops to ensure practical application to experience and remember what is taught. Participants learn how to build the best foundation for their software projects and continue to maximize their value through the delivery process.

Prerequisites

Intended Audience

This course is designed for project managers, product managers, coaches, ScrumMasters and team leads. Anyone involved in planning agile projects will benefit from this course.

Course Outline

Why You Need This Course:
This course gives you the hands-on experience and builds the skill set you will require to thoroughly understand and then utilize the real-world fundamentals of agile planning. You also will learn to accelerate and enhance your adoption and practice of agile development within your organization. The instructors bring their vast subject matter expertise in agile planning and development to lead you through a time-tested mix of content introduction, instruction and skill-based practice to reinforce learning and application.

Training Objectives: What You Will Learn

• Work consistently and reliably using iterations/Sprints
• Reliably release software on a regular basis
• Meet your commitments, even when things go wrong, by managing risks
• Take advantage of opportunities by adapting your plans
• Create, estimate, and prioritize minimum marketable features and user stories
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and product vision
• Get to “done done!”

Agenda:

This is a hands-on course with a heavy emphasis on doing, not watching! Topics include:

• Estimating
• Story writing
• The infrastructure outsourcing continuum
• Iteration/Sprint planning
• “Done Done”
• Release planning
• Adaptive planning
• Risk management
• Vision
• Working with stakeholders