Agile for Everyone - Working smarter for non-geeks v2
Learn what Agile is and how to apply it in your own work and life. For non-IT folks who want more from their lives.
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What You Will Learn!
- Explain Agile in a conversation
- Know when to use Agile and when not to use it
- Convey to your peers and stakeholders how Agile can help and what it is like to apply it
- Have a feel for what makes Agile effective and thus, which parts of Agile are applicable to your specific situation
- Know how to use Agile's ceremonies (planning, stand-up, review, retrospective).
- Convey to your peers and stakeholders how the process will work and what they can expect from it
- Obtain additional help form the author via email, as part of this course
Description
This course is designed to inform non-geeks about Agile and how Agile can help to substantially improve
- the outcome of what you do for our customers, stakeholders, friends and families
- your own work and life balance
- your work productivity and quality
- how you perform in and how you are regarded in a team
Agile for Everyone includes email consultation and conversation with the Author for up to 30 days from the date of purchase. This is subject to availability and demand. The Author may require more time to respond but will advise individually if that is the case.
The course can be consumed in consecutive chunks or as a whole. The estimated time to complete is one hour if consumed in a single session.
In "Beyond Agile - Agile for non-Geeks", the Author shows you how the underlying principles of Agile, its roles, ceremonies and cadence apply in the non-IT world, the world most of us live in. Examples of what we will cover are
- Why Agile works and what of Agile has the most application outside of software application development
- So-called Agile ceremonies such as Sprint, Retrospective, Show & Tell
- Blending of traditional progress tracking with Agile Reporting, including the six best metrics to track
- Subtleties of Agile - how things are connected and why
- Common misconceptions about Agile
- What kinds of work are best and which are not so well-suited for Agile
- How to begin using Agile in your everyday work and life
Who Should Attend!
- Any knowledge worker working in an enterprise, company or group who wants to improve personal or group productivity, achieve satisfaction at work or get promoted faster
- Anyone who wants to learn what Agile is and whether it applies to you
- Any line manager who is interested in improving team output, quality and responsiveness
- Anyone who suspects that a chunk of their work is not appreciated or useful
- This course is not for software engineers. That is, the course is not geared to software development.
- This course is not designed for software engineers. It is substantially geared towards the needs of non-geeks - not that all software engineers are geeks, of course :-)
