Agile Business Leadership

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1. AGILE METHODOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS

• Agile practices and principles
• What is iterative development?
• Why Agile?
• Agile benefits vs. waterfall
• What is Scrum- an overview of Scrum process flow
• Scrum Roles and responsibilities
• Traditional Management vs. Scrum

1. ALIGNING BUSINESS AND IT

• Why do Business and IT so often disconnect?
• Solving with increased visibility
• Solving with better scoping and accelerated business involvement
• Best practices in driving Business and IT alignment

1. DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH AGILE

• Setting expectations
• Managing through stories and sprints
• Managing backlogs
• Adapting to changing demands

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1. WHAT AGILE WON’T DO

• The problem of inadequate skills
• The challenge of politics
• Identifying unrealistic expectations
• Cutting corners and/or being faster
• Change management obstacles

1. NEXT STEPS

• Is Agile right for your organization?
• Which method should you adopt?
• Should every project be agile?
• What would the adoption strategy look like?

Where do you go from here?