Agile Software Development: Transforming Your Organization
1h 20mBeginner2023-06-20
Authors

Kelley O'Connell
Agile Trainer, Project Manager, Process Innovator
Course details
While many organizations today claim to be adopting the principles of agile software development, most remain unable to pull it off, let alone sustain it in practice over time. In this course, instructor Kelley O’Connell shares the essential ingredients to building a successful agile transformation, highlighting specific, practical techniques that you can apply quickly with ease on your team.
Discover the benefits of agile as well as some of the most common problems that organizations encounter when trying to adopt agile methods in practice. Learn how to draw in your internal customers, engage your external customers, and assess and prioritize customer requests. Explore strategies to develop an agile portfolio, transform your team from the top down, modify existing IT silos, and use metrics to keep tabs on your progress. By the end of this course, you’ll also be prepared to leverage technical DevOps resources and scaling models like Scrum@Scale, Scaled Agile Framework, Large-Scale Scrum, and more.
Discover the benefits of agile as well as some of the most common problems that organizations encounter when trying to adopt agile methods in practice. Learn how to draw in your internal customers, engage your external customers, and assess and prioritize customer requests. Explore strategies to develop an agile portfolio, transform your team from the top down, modify existing IT silos, and use metrics to keep tabs on your progress. By the end of this course, you’ll also be prepared to leverage technical DevOps resources and scaling models like Scrum@Scale, Scaled Agile Framework, Large-Scale Scrum, and more.
Skills covered
Agile Software DevelopmentBusiness StrategyDevOpsBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Ignite your teams with agile
1. Your Transformation
- 02 - Agile works
- 03 - Your current state
- 04 - Troubleshooting transformation
2. Your Customers
- 05 - Internal customer engagement
- 06 - External customer guidance
- 07 - Customer needs drive change
3. Agile Portfolio of Work
- 08 - Your portfolio today
- 09 - Portfolio management - Case study
- 10 - Apply portfolio management
4. The Agile Framework
- 11 - It's a mindset
- 12 - Overview of agile methods
- 13 - Selecting a framework that fits
5. Team Transformation
- 14 - Changing leaders' mindset
- 15 - Partner with human resources
- 16 - Start with your teams
6. Scaling Models
- 17 - What is scaling agile
- 18 - Scrum@Scale (S@S)
- 19 - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- 20 - Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
7. Technical Excellence
- 21 - Technical architecture and your portfolio
- 22 - Unlock DevOps
- 23 - Connect IT silos
8. Measurement and Growth
- 24 - Measure your transformation
- 25 - Measure portfolio agility
- 26 - Measure team agility
Conclusion
- 27 - Resources for your agile journey