Advanced Agile Review and Assessment
Course description:
This one-day or two-day training is for those teams that have been previously trained on Scrum and Agile best practices and have been practicing Agile for at least 6 months. The course will use both a lecture and exercise-based format to promote an interactive dialogue about the current state of Agile maturity and help craft a plan for improvement.
Course Objectives:
- Review key Agile and Scrum foundational concepts to generate discussion around the organization’s application of best practices.
- Reflect on the current state of the organization’s Agile maturity in regards to Agile processes, and team development.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Course Agenda:
| Team Building Exercise |
| Agile Maturity Assessment Review – Where are we now? |
| Scrum Roles Best Practices |
| · Scrum Master |
| · Product Owner |
| · Team |
| Team Development Exercise – What level are your teams at? What will it take to get to performing? |
| Best Practices for Scrum Events |
| · Sprint Planning |
| · Daily Scrum |
| · Sprints |
| · Backlog Grooming |
| · Retrospectives |
| · Sprint Reviews |
| Scrum Events Exercise – What improvements to Scrum Events could you apply in the next Sprint? |
| Agile Planning Review and Best Practices |
| · Roadmaps |
| · Release Planning/ Minimum Viable Product (MVP) |
| · The Product Backlog |
Participants receive a course workbook that covers the details of each topic to assist during the course and serve as a tool for future reference and taking action when returning to the workplace.
