Introduction to Agile
Agile in a Day: See What’s Possible
One day to understand agile and take the first steps toward working differently.
- Quickly learn the principles that make agile work.
- Understand the practices teams use to deliver value faster.
- Leave with the clarity to decide if agile is right for you.
What You'll Be Able to Do
Run short, timeboxed iterations and see how they deliver results.
Recognize how agile roles and responsibilities shift on a team.
Use backlogs, planning, reviews, and retrospectives to start experimenting with agility.
Why Begin with Introduction to Agile?
If you want to see whether agile is the right path, this one-day course is the fastest way to find out. You’ll learn the principles, experience the practices, and leave equipped to begin experimenting. It’s a safe, practical way to test the value of agile before committing further.
If you decide to go further, you’ll have the foundation to take the next step with courses like Working on a Scrum Team.
A Unique, Interactive Learning Experience
Team Home is a collaboration platform that we designed for our courses. It is optimized for live, online training. Participants benefit by collaborating in ways beyond what is possible with generic whiteboard software such as Mural or Miro. Instructors can observe activity across all rooms, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of exercise debriefs.
Access Our Resources, Planning Poker® and AI Toolkit
Expanded access to MGS Essentials, included with your trainining, is your toolkit for doing agile better, with resources that help you and your team move faster, plan smarter, and deliver more value.
Access live events, video lectures, and a powerful set of tools including online Planning Poker®, the Elements of Agile assessment and AI tools for coaching, story splitting and backlog item generation.
Upcoming Public Training
Course Includes:
Course Outline
Overview of Agile
- Principles
- Leading Agile Approaches
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Extreme Programming
- Scaling Frameworks
Working in Iterations
- Timeboxed
- Collaboration
- Done Every Iteration
Roles on an Agile Team
- Product Owner
- Coach or Scrum Master
- Developers
- How Existing Roles Change
The Product Backlog
- A Good Product Backlog Is DEEP
- User and Job Stories as Backlog Items
- Backlog Refinement
- Adding Just Enough Detail Just in Time
Iteration Planning Meeting
- Purpose
- Two General Approaches
Iteration Review Meeting
- Who, When, Why?
- Agenda
Iteration Retrospective
- Who, When, Why?
Daily Meetings
- Purpose
- Troubleshooting Common Problems
Challenges Introducing Agile
- What Challenges Do You Anticipate?
Your Instructors
Mountain Goat has handpicked instructors that share our training values. These are people with deep experience, who are leading teams with agile today and can give you real-world answers about what does and doesn’t work.
Brian Milner
Starting out as a developer, Brian worked up through management layers, then transitioned to Scrum Master, then Coach and now Certified Scrum Trainer. His practical experience in both waterfall and agile organizations helps him clarify what works and what doesn’t, plus he has many years’ experience helping teams transition to agile.
Read more...Brian also brings more than 20 years of software development experience to his classes. People remark on his ability to answer even tough questions with ease, enthusiasm, and insight.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CAL-Educator, CAL-1, A-CSM, A-CSPO, CSP-CM, CSP-PO, Path to CSP Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
Lance Dacy
As a Certified Scrum Trainer, Lance has trained and coached teams through many successful Scrum implementations since 2011, from Fortune 20 companies to small start-ups. Lance is also experienced in showing agile coaches and managers how to help cross functional, self-organizing teams deliver high value for customers as early as possible by using Scrum.
Read more...Lance is a true evangelist for Scrum, having founded the successful DFW Scrum User Group in Dallas as an outlet for professional networking and a community sounding-board for Scrum. He has a fun and generous personality, and shares his passion for Scrum in every course.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CAL-1, A-CSM, A-CSPO, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, Path to CSP Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
Cort Sharp
Cort has degrees in physics and computer science, as well as experience coding and QA testing. If you’ve taken a live, online course with us you may have seen Cort in his producer’s role, making sure things run smoothly and students have a great experience. He also acts as Scrum Master for the team of producers, making sure that they have the support needed to do their work with confidence.
Read more...“It’s awesome being able to end a 2-day class with people shocked at how quickly it went by and how engaging and fun it was.”
In addition to his love for agile, Cort is also a serious swimmer and has been coaching swimmers for 5 years. He once met Michael Phelps and a wingspan comparison ensued. Cort’s was longer, but it is believed Phelps was gracious about the defeat and no longer holds it against Cort.
Got a Question?
What happens when you contact us?
- We’ll get back to you within a day.
- Answer your training questions and discuss any custom needs.
- Recommend the best agile training path for your teams and goals.
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