Register to join our upcoming ‘Agile Fundamentals: What you need to know to transform your ways of working’ training.
Date: 3rd & 4th of May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:30
Address: Jean Nouvel Tower, Stasinou 6, Nicosia 1511, Cyprus
Cost: €390 + VAT per person
*The training might be eligible for 12.5 CPDs
There is an accelerating rate of change - Customer behaviors shift fast, there is an increasing need to come up with the new latest ‘thing’, competition is becoming stronger and technology trends are reshaping the future of all industries. Organizations need to become flexible, efficient and customer centric. This is why there has been an explosive drive towards agile ways of working.
During the 2-day training, Stefanos and Daniella will deep dive into the Agile fundamentals of the main Agile frameworks, to enhance your Agile ways of working understanding, and help you to successfully perform the roles of an agile team. They will guide you on how to become a value driven organization, and on how to transform your ways of working and mindset.
The course will equip you to:
- Understand the fundamentals of agile ways of working and the benefits of being agile
- Enhance your understanding of the agile roles and how responsibilities differ throughout the agile lifecycle
- Apply Design Thinking principles in defining and prioritizing the right work
- To set up agile teams to forecast and deliver work more efficiently and at a higher quality
- Understand the concepts of Agile in the context of your role
- Share ideas and network with like-minded people and agile practitioners
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Agenda:
Day 1
Lesson 1: Agile Fundamentals
· Why use agile now – the need for agility to remain relevant
· What is Agile and the principles – The Agile manifesto
· The benefits of being agile through case studies
Lesson 2: Agile Frameworks
· The most common Agile Frameworks and their principles
Lesson 3: Agile team roles in the product lifecycle
· The agile roles and responsibilities within a delivery team, and their interactions
· The agile ceremonies & artefacts in Scrum
Lesson 4: Defining the Product backlog
· From strategic vision to implementation
· Defining the work: Epics, features and user stories
· Focusing on customer centricity through Design Thinking
Day 2
Lesson 5: Refining and estimating the backlog
· Backlog refinement: Prioritizing the right work using the product backlog
· Effort estimation: best practice
Lesson 6: Sprint planning
· How to effectively run sprint planning
· Ensuring business and IT alignment
Lesson 7: Daily stand up
· How to effectively run a daily stand up
· Ways to visualize workflow
Lesson 8: Sprint Review & Retrospective
· How to effectively run a sprint review and retrospective
· Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
Lesson 9: Agile at Scale
· How multiple agile teams can work and plan together
· Creating transformation roadmaps
· Aligning the objectives between teams such as business and IT
Target audience:
· Product Owners, Product Managers, Product Line Managers, Business Owners, Scrum Masters and Business Analysts
· Solution Managers, Portfolio Managers, Program a.liassi@cy.ey.comManagers
· Developers, testers, UX designers, members of development or product teams
· Anyone interested in becoming a Product Owner, Scrum Master or learning more about agile ways of working
· New agile teams
· Service or program delivery function members
No previous relevant experience is required.
Preparers/Facilitators:
- Stefanos Michael - Director, Transformation and Technology Consulting Services
- Daniella Chrysochou - Enterprise Agile Coach, Transformation and Technology Consulting Services
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