Lean and Agile Project Management using Scrum. Guerrilla Training
Lean and Agile Project Management Using Scrum is a course with Neil Killick from Iterative and Craig Brown from Tabar.
Supported by Projects’ Little Helper’s Guerrilla Training series.
Next course date: October 2013
Location: Melbourne CBD, VIC, Australia
Early bird price: From $499 including GST
- 50% discount for Not-For-Profit organisations (use code NONPROFIT)
- 10% discount for groups of 2 or more (use code GROUP)
- Limited spots available
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Overview
Scrum and Agile have been around for years, but organisations are still struggling to realise the potential benefits of using them. Much of this stems from the myriad of tools, frameworks, practices, methodologies and processes in the market that all claim to make your teams more efficient which, in turn, will lead to an Agile organisation.
The truth is that none of these things will achieve that. The only thing that will create a more effective, adaptive, proactive, productive, happy organisation is a genuine desire from the people of influence in that organisation to want better. A desire to remove tired old processes and procedures that do not exist because they are effective but because they have always existed. To optimise the whole, not the individual parts. To care.
Managers and executives need to jump on the continuous improvement train and start to create a more effective world of work for their employees.
Why this course?
This course will not certify you in any way. But it will provide what could be the most authentic Agile training in Melbourne, perhaps Australia.
Neil and Craig believe people are not being given the right information, or at least don’t know where to get it. But there are practitioners out there who can give it to them. Who know what works. Those in the know have an obligation to help people really understand how to improve their chances of getting genuinely outstanding results.
No one can guarantee results with Agile, because the desire to change has to come from within, but what we can promise is that we can help you significantly improve your chances of success.
The course is highly interactive, deals with real world situations that the attendees are facing, and provides concrete examples of how Craig, Neil and other highly respected Agile practitioners have addressed them.
Learning Outcomes
- How to nurture and coach highly effective Scrum teams by utilising the very best in Lean and Agile thinking
- The important differences between effective and efficient software delivery, and why you shouldn’t even think about the latter until your organisation is doing the former
- The importance of queuing theory for considering what work to do and when the work in progress might get done
- The benefits of limiting WIP, pull systems, visualising work and other Kanban principles on people’s effectiveness and well-being
- How to truly “iterate” in “iterations”, and why this is crucial for success
- How to skilfully manage cost and risk with timeboxing, iterating and work slicing so you can focus your efforts and decisions on value
- How to make software delivery in your organisation more predictable without making predictions
- Why less is more with software development, and higher output is often inversely related to value
- Introduction to Lean Startup principles and how they can and should apply to all user-facing software projects
- Useful metrics that help teams improve over vanity metrics (such as story point velocity) that will be gamed
- Benefits of cycle time forecasting over asking teams to estimate, both from a cultural and risk management point of view
- Using Product Backlogs effectively (evaluating evolving options over exhaustive to-do lists)
- Why coaching self-organising, autonomous teams is more effective than controlling and managing teams
You should attend if…
- You are a Project Manager, Product Manager, Iteration Manager/Scrum Master, Development/Delivery Manager or Executive already in an “Agile” environment
- You have some familiarity with Agile concepts, and see something unauthentic with the way it is being used in your organisation
- You see progress being made in your organisation with Agile but seek validation that you’re “on the right track” and don’t wish to get complacent
- You genuinely want to improve your organisation’s chances of successful software delivery and move beyond mediocre
- You have an agile mindset that is willing to try things, experiment, change ineffective processes, etc.
You should NOT attend if…
- You are looking for a course that only really says “here’s what Agile is” or “here’s why you should do Agile”
- You see Agile as just a methodology that can be taught and implemented
- Your goal is to “do Agile” or “become more Agile” rather than learn how to become more effective at reaching your real business goals
- You value certifications over mindset and practical experience
That’s our key differentiator from, say, a CSM course. Our course content and structure is not prescribed by an Agile or Scrum governing body – it’s completely up to us. We have carefully designed this course to cover only what works for real practitioners in real companies, large and small, and skip the rhetoric.
We can make you aware of, and help you avoid, the common Agile/Scrum pitfalls. We can teach you what it really means to be Agile.
Meet the Trainers
Neil Killick has over 18 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software, as well as leading, coaching, mentoring and managing development and project teams of various sizes and capabilities.
He is a passionate Agile and Lean thinker who knows the core practices inside out. But more importantly, Neil has deep alignment with the agile mindset, embracing principles, values and techniques that have achieved great outcomes time and time again in his career.
Craig Brown is an agile practitioner and community leader who thinks collaboration is where the money is at.
A principal at Tabar, an Agile management consultancy, and CEO of Happy Melly Australia, he is interested in how your business can increase its collaboration capabilities and customer connections.
Craig’s experience spans product management, project teams and program and portfolio management, all using agile practices, techniques and principles.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
If you aren’t satisfied with the training you received, contact us within 30 days to let us know why. We will do everything we can to rectify the situation to your satisfaction, including providing a 100% refund if that’s the outcome you want.
Either way, your feedback will help us get better for next time so is highly appreciated.
