Agile 101 Workshop Syllabus

Here is a suggested coaching syllabus to acquire a foundational understanding of Agile.

Topic	Learning Objectives	Activity
Agile Framework	Scrum, Kanban and their application	Build Your Scrum Framework Build Your Kanban Framework
Agile Roles	Differences between traditional and agile roles Cross functional and self organising teams	Scrum Roles Exercise
Agile Manifesto	Principles and values of the Agile movement	Agile Manifesto Discussion (Small Group)
Scrum Values	Values of the Scrum Framework
Traditional vs Empirical control methods	Prediction vs experimentation
Iterative and Incremental delivery	How to work with iterations and increments
Sprints, Iterations and Flow	Limiting the work in progress Working with constraints Agile events and activities	The Dice Game
Iteration Planning	Generating impact with iterations Capacity planning
Product Backlog Refinement	Adapting, learning and responding
Daily Scrum / Daily Standups	Inspecting progress towards the goals Adapting in the moment Self organising and self managing teams	Daily Scrum From Heaven
Sprint Review / Iteration Review	Inspecting and adapting the iteration / Sprint output and outcomes
Sprint Retrospective / Kaizen	Inspecting and adapting the process Continuous process improvement	Quadrant Retrospective Plusses & Deltas Retrospective Mood Thermometer Retrospective MDA Retrospective Lego Retrospective Sailboat Retrospective Story Cube Retrospective I
Definition of Done	Delivering quality Improving focus
Artefacts	Product Backlog Items Increments Backlogs
Agile Estimation	Estimation and metrics techniques Making decisions	Agile Metrics Workshop

See Also

• Scrum Framework
• Kanban Framework
• Lego Island Project Sim
• Scrum Master Coaching Syllabus
• Product Owner Coaching Syllabus

References

• Scrum Foundations Learning Objectives, accessed 21 Jan 2019