Agile Advanced Session - Agile Planning

Who Should Attend/Prerequisites

Advanced sessions are for those who have a background in agile project work and have experience being on agile teams. They are intended to help experienced agile practitioners focus on the difficult challenges of tuning aspects of agile implementations. If you have no background in agile then this course is not recommended.

• Project Managers/ScrumMasters who want to integrate Agile plans with their organization's traditional project management needs
• Product Managers/Product Owners seeking better visibility into the strategic view of their product being developed
• Scrum course students desiring a "deep dive" into planning
• ScrumMasters who wish to improve their team's sprint planning effectiveness
• Agile development team members who want to work better as a team

Class Size Limit: 21

COURSE CALENDAR

date	location	trainer
To be announced

Course Overview

Prior to the session, attendees will receive a detailed background packet on the problem domain used for the session - just as if they were starting work on an initiative at their own workplace. While the domain will be familiar to all attendees, it does not consist of "toy problems," and participants should be prepared to use the skills they depend on in their professions.

The work product produced by the end of the session will be an actual Agile project plan, robust enough to start a sprint or iteration, yet flexible enough to avoid the problems associated with Big Design Up Front. The experience which participants will take away from creating this plan will foster deep skills which they can apply to their unique work situations.

As a take-away, attendees will have access their Agile plan, loaded in a read-to-go status tracking spreadsheet after the session. The tool aids in tracking user stories & tasks, as well as generating the infamous Burn-down and Burn-up charts. This tangible product of the session will continue to serve as a personalized example of good Agile planning as participants apply this experience back to their jobs.

Agenda

During the session, participants will be coached in the use of key agile planning concepts to gain practical experience in:

1. Performing agile analysis in a strategic context, guided by release vision and sprint goals
2. Determining the traits of an effective Product Owner
3. Committing to the appropriate amount of work based on accurate calculation of the Team's capacity
4. Eliminating waste by allowing designs and architectures to emerge, driven by priority business value
5. Facilitating a team's ability to work incrementally and in a self-organizing manner
6. Keeping the focus on deliverable product and avoiding "analysis paralysis"
7. Writing work backlog items with clear value and useful time estimates
8. Loading the perfect status tracker with sprint backlog items (Burn-down + Burn-up = Agile-V)

Cost:

$225 per attendee.

Early Bird Registration - By Aug 2, 2007 $175 per attendee