Introduction to Scrum and Other Agile Frameworks – Fall 2014
15 Middlesex Canal Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
USA
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA
Speaker: Greg Tutunjian, Principal, Scrum Doc, Inc.
By Oct 15:
Members: $220
Non-Members: $240
After Oct 15:
Members: $240
Non-Members: $280
Decision: Friday, October 17
Prerequisite:
Not required. A basic understanding of (or experience with) Scrum or another Agile Framework and experience on a solution delivery team would be very beneficial. You do not need to be using Scrum (or another Agile Framework) to benefit from this course. You do not need to be “technical” to benefit from this course.
Targeted For:
This course is intended for individuals who want to explore the most widely used Agile Frameworks and how to effectively utilize them. Solution delivery practitioners in these roles are typical participants: Business Area Owners, Engineering Directors and Managers, Team Leads, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Practitioners, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts and other Agile/Scrum Team Members. The frameworks covered are team-centric and enterprise-centric. Scaling an Agile Framework (especially Scrum) has proven to be a challenging (and often frustrating) task. We’ll explore three team-centric Agile Frameworks and two enterprise-wide Agile Frameworks and contrast them, too.
Course Description: This 8-hour course consists of 4, 2-hour increments. Each increment amplifies the previous one in addition to introducing new material to further the participant’s insight into the effective use of Agile Frameworks. We will cover these Agile Frameworks:
• Scrum
• Extreme Programming (XP)
• Crystal
• Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Participants are highly encouraged to bring Agility and related challenges and questions from their current work assignment for analysis and discussion each week. Time will be available at the beginning of each increment for these discussions, and the identity of a participant’s employer need not be shared.
Course Objectives – What you will learn:
How to effectively adopt and adapt an Agile Framework within the appropriate context. We’ll move fairly quickly through each team-centric framework (with ample time for Q&A) to reach the enterprise-wide frameworks (where most of today’s challenges within organizations attempting Agile Adoption and Transformation reside.)
The key differentiators between each of the team-centric frameworks and why one team-centric framework can be much more effective for a project (or for a program) than another team-centric framework
How each of the enterprise-wide frameworks are complementary yet still unique and where the focus of each enterprise-wide framework resides
Why Agility matters, and how an in-depth understanding of an Agile Framework complements and accelerates Agile Adoption and Transformation (AKA Agile Culture)
Where to find additional support and guidance within the Agile Community and within related communities.
Handouts:
This course includes weekly handouts for in-class use plus additional material for reading and review to prepare for the next increment. Some of the reading and review material will be labeled as optional (as a participant’s guide to exploring a framework or a related topic in greater depth than we will explore during the course.) All material distributed is eligible for in-class discussion.
For more info:
For additional information about the course or the instructor: http://www.scrumdoc.com/
Speaker’s Bio:
Greg Tutunjian has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Northeastern University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Boston University. Greg’s professional career includes hands-on software and hardware engineering including simulation and systems integration. Greg’s first formal Agile training and experience was in the Summer of 2000 when his group hired Ken Schwaber for a 6-month engagement. Ken introduced Agility by modeling effective Scrum within our enterprise-wide program, by facilitating our Scrum of Scrums and by sharing his commitment to effective delivery. Ken guided our transformation to Agility as a team-based culture and as a daily practice.
Since that engagement, Greg has continued to focus on Agility as a team-based culture and as a daily practice. Greg continues to lead and facilitate the development and delivery of complex systems solutions. Greg has successfully introduced and applied Scrum and Agility in organizations ranging from a 5-person technology startup to several companies in Fortune Magazine’s Top 25. These projects and programs have included enterprise-wide infrastructure build-outs in multiple data centers, an enterprise-wide analytics platform including data transformation, a high availability ATM content management solution, a new distance learning product for a leading academic institution, and a new suite of data management applications for a leading research and treatment institution. Annual operating budgets for these projects and programs have been as high as $13M. Greg is often engaged to diagnose, re-plan and deliver challenged projects and programs. Greg’s approach to remediation and delivery always emphasizes people, process and product (in that order): Greg tailors Agility to complement all three and to ensure a healthy outcome for individuals, teams, organizations and customers.