Agile has been accepted as a premier process in today's competitive world from process management, project management, and product development. In short, it has streamlined and simplified with most complex tasks and ultimately save companies dollars, time, and resources. As an executive or someone in a management role, adopting Agile methodologies will enhance and empower every project, task, and decision that takes place in your organization and in your day-to-day management. This one-day program will provide you the metrics, methodologies, and accepted, tried, and true principles of Agile management techniques that will transform and empower your position and your business environment.

What You'll Learn

• Agile practices and principles and how to incorporate into your day-to-day tasks
• Valuable information from industry surveys identifying compelling Agile benefits realized by companies worldwide
• Effective metrics for managing Agile team performance
• Dispel the myth that mid- and long-term planning are abandoned with Agile
• How teams and management can build trust more quickly
• Transition from command and control to empower and inspire style of leadership
• How to help teams to create a cadence that will enable them to succeed
• Tools and techniques for promoting transparency in communication at all levels
• Some of the common pitfalls Agile teams may encounter
• Learn from an instructor with day-to-day experience implementing Agile practices across multiple organizations
• Glean knowledge of Agile team roles and where the executive fits

Who Needs to Attend

project managers, department heads, company owners, IT manager/directors, sales managers, executive management, CEOs, COOs

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Follow-On Courses

• Agile Project Management
• Agile Boot Camp
• Collaborating and Communicating Agile Requirements

Course Outline

1. Agile Overview

• Why Agile?
• Agile Benefits: Including industry data, survey results, and personal experience
• Agile Principles
• Agile Teams

2. Process Framework

• Vision
• Roadmap
• Release
• Iteration
• Daily

3. Communication

• Transparency
• Main Path
• Team Level
• Across teams: Horizontal as well as vertical communication

4. Executive Role

• Empower and Inspire
• Remove Obstacles
• Measure Effectively
• Trust