• Introduction: Rationale - Why Agile Matters
  • The Two Values of Software
  • Clean Code - Why it Matters
  • The Four Design Smells
  • Impact of the Design Smells on Productivity and Quality
• Agile and Business
  • Agile and Product Quality
  • Agile and Release Schedules
  • Agile and Customers
• History and Overview over Agile Methods
  • Kanban
  • Lean
  • Scrum
  • Extreme Programming
  • DevOps
• Principles of Iterative Software Development
  • Iterative vs Incremental
  • Spiral Model vs Waterfall
  • Feedback, Inspect and Adapt
• The typical Agile project life cycle
  • Idea and Prototype Phase
  • Implementation Phase
  • Iteration Schedule
  • Events: Backlog Refinement, Planning, Daily Standup, Review, Retrospective
  • Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Epic, User Story, Task, Defect, Potentially Shippable Product Increment, Release
• Agile Requirements - Management Perspective
  • The User Story - INVeST
  • Definition of Ready
  • Definition of Done
  • Potentially Shippable Product Increment
• Understanding Agile Software Development
  • Software Craftsmanship - XP, Clean Code, Design Patterns, SOLID Principles, Pair Programming, TDD, BDD
  • Why Scrum is not enough - avoiding Flaccid Scrum and the Tractor Pull
• Agile in the Organization
  • Product Organization vs. Matrix Organization
  • How to Setup an Agile Team
  • HR for Agile Teams
• Managing Agile Teams
  • Tuckman Stages of Team Development
  • Leadership Styles: Command & Control vs. Servant Leadership
  • Staffing Agile Teams
  • Roles in Agile Teams

The course addresses the following questions:

• What is Agile?
• How much of my current work already is Agile?
• Is Agile good for me / my team / my organization?
• What are the benefits of Agile? What are the drawbacks?
• How do I "sell" Agile in my organization?
• How do I get an Agile team started?
• How will my role as a manager change?
• How do I support Agile team(s)?