Agile and Lean Development for Hardware

Overview

1 day

This practical, information-packed executive seminar summarizes the key research, business case, ideas, values and practices of agile and iterative methods, aimed at senior leadership. This is a high-impact guide for executives to agile and iterative methods: what they are, how they work, how to implement them – and why you should.

Using statistically significant research and case studies, agile thoughtleader Craig Larman presents a convincing case for agile methods. Larman offers a concise, dense summary of the key ideas that drive all agile methods, with a focus on the most popular agile method: Scrum. Where, appropriate, there will also be an emphasis on scaling agile methods to large (for example, a 500 person product) systems involving multi-site development, and on large enterprise agile transformations – as these are his specialties.

Methods of Education

Discussion, presentation, Q&A.

Audience

This exploration of modern software management best practices is appropriate for anyone guiding, managing, or in a software development team.

Level

Introductory: This course introduces concepts and techniques that the attendee will not apply during the session.

Prerequisites

course Agile, Lean, and Iterative Development: Management Overview or equivalent

Participants must read (available online), before the course:

• The Scrum Guide
• Scrum Primer or from Chapter 12 of Scaling Lean & Agile Development
• Feature Teams or the equivalent chapter Feature Teams in Scaling Lean & Agile Development

And these chapters, available in paper print or online at Safari. These following chapters are from Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Scrum (Larman & Vodde).

• Chapter 2: Systems Thinking
• Chapter 4: Queuing Theory
• Chapter 8: Teams

NOTE! Your company may have an online Safari account that you can use to read the book chapters online free. Please ask your colleagues if you have a Safari account.

Objectives

• Introduce Agile Methods and Lean Principles
• Analyze outcomes of projects that have used Agile Methods
• Convey the key principles in the new software development game

Outline

• Compelling evidence that agile and iterative methods reduce risk and increase ROI
• Frequent misconceptions
• Frequently asked questions
• Agile values and practices
• Scrum: the most widely used agile method
• Increasing alignment between R&D and customer; increasing value with Scrum
• From command-and-control management to servant-leadership
• Value-driven and feature-driven adaptive iterative development
• Increasing transparency and predictability with agile methods
• Lean Thinking in agile methods
• Short cycle time, small batches, low WIP
• Relentless improvement in Scrum
• Leading the transformation: adoption and rollout
• New management roles and skills in Scrum
• Organizational and team structure changes
• Agile product management and changes in planning
• Scaling agile methods for large, offshore, or multi-site system
• Estimation, scheduling, and fixed-price contracts
• Creating a deep learning culture through Scrum
• Scrum and CMMi

Maximum Participants

200

Environment - Room, Tools, Texts

Read this: Course Environment - Presentation Oriented