Agile 360

1.1 Explain the increasing pace of change and increasing role
of technology, including VUCA and the Tech-shift

1.2 Explain how Agile fits in a complex and large business setting:

1.3 Recall the definition of key Agile concepts:
a) Agile Principles
b) Agile Manifesto

1.4 Explain key Agile Approaches:
a) Scrum
b) Extreme Programming
c) Lean
d) Kanban
e) Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM)
f) Feature Driven Development (FDD)
g) Crystal

1.5 Explain Value-Driven Delivery in Agile Practices

1.6 Explain some key Value-Based Prioritization Techniques

2.1 Explain the need for some Agile Practices;
a) Developing an environment where everybody adds value
b) Tailoring agile approaches
c) Building collaborative teams
d) Plan to be flexible and adaptable
e) Agile Leadership Styles
f) the relationship between team size and the complexity of
communication

2.2 Recall some principles and practices:
a) Involving Stakeholder Involvement
b) Engaging stakeholder
c) Challenge the status quo
d) Agile and Project Management Office

e) Explain the concept of tailoring

3.1 Explain the aspects of Agile Planning

3.2 Explain the activities within an iteration:
a) iteration planning
b) stand-ups
c) value demo
d) iteration retrospective
e) cancelling an iteration

3.3 Recall the definition of the following tools and techniques
a) customer story
b) epic
c) relative estimating’ (including t-shirt sizing and story
points)
d) task list
e) road map

The Agile360 course will enable candidates to:

• Understand Agile basic concepts, guiding principles, and terminologies
• Know-how value is delivered in Agile as compared to other approaches
• Know how to participate in an Agile team – roles and responsibilities
• Understand and apply Agile estimation techniques
• Understand how backlogs (both product and sprint) are managed
• Adopt the ethos which underpins Agile;
• Demonstrate why transformation is important;
• Recognize ways of working that could be incorporated into any transformation;
• Be empowered to make small incremental improvements that will combine to create the wider change that the organization requires.

The target audience for the Agile360 course is any employee of an organization that intends to adopt Agile.
Examples of candidates include:

• people who will become champions of the new working practice;
• employees from any part of the business who will contribute to the incremental improvements that will make up the wider change the organization requires.