Agile For Managers

As a manager, you’ve probably heard the word agile being bandied about. But how can it make a real difference to your organisation? And more importantly, how can you make it work for you?

Agile delivery is the way of the future, and the present, with a greater emphasis on delivering on time, on budget and to the satisfaction of the customer. Our Agile for Managers program is a highly practical one-day workshop that explores what agile is, how you can benefit from an iterative and collaborative approach, and what it can do for your business. It covers methods including scrum, XP and kanban, and it will help you to prepare for the change that agile brings.

You'll gain

This course will contribute 7 PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs) towards your chosen certification (7 technical hours).

You'll learn

During this workshop you will learn about:

• The background and key motivators for adopting agile across the organisation
• The core practices and philosophies behind a number of agile approaches
• The dynamics of an agile culture within the business
• The benefits and ROI for agile
• What type of support agile requires
• The typical failure/struggle/anti-patterns in organisations adopting agile
• Modern agile disciplines, success factors and base patterns
• The implications and changes that might be required in your organisation for agile to succeed.

Great for

Managers in organisations that need to quickly obtain an overview of agile concepts and how they can be applied.

You'll need

There are no prerequisites for this course.