Willem van den Ende

I organize this one day course with one or more other coaches participating in Agile Systems Benelux.

Introduction

Agile Software Development lets organisations deliver valuable software early and continuously. An increasing number of organisations is using or exploring Agile approaches to software and business development.

Goal

After this one-day course participants will have a basic understanding of several agile methodologies, sufficient to make small improvements in their workplace. Participants will know how they and their organisation can benefit from agile principles and practices.

Audience

Managers and programmers who want to gain know-how about Agile Software Development principles and practices through dialogue with experts and peers, as well as practical exercises.

How the course works

We will provide a one hour overview of Agile Software Development. Based on this overview, participants will vote on topics for the remainder of the day. Our experienced team of agile coaches has a range of topics and formats available to choose from.

Topics

• Principles and Practices: Test Driven Design, Defect prevention, Requirements Management, Refactoring, Design Patterns, Planning, Tracking, Project evaluation (retrospectives), Process customization, Scaling Agile.
• How to get started with Agile Software Development: Which practices or process is appropriate for my environment?, How does agile compare with other software development approaches?, Agile experience reports .

If you would like other topics to be added, please don't hesitate to ask, as we can make more topics available.

Formats

• Presentation with dialogue
• Game (e.g. XpGame, Systems Thinking Ballgame )
• Interactive Demonstration (e.g. test driven development)
• Practical exercises
• Group discussion
• Retrospective

Hosts

• Marc Evers, Nynke Fokma, Pascal van Cauwenberghe, Peter Schrier, Rob Westgeest, Vera Peeters, Willem van den Ende
• Our hosts are experienced Agile Software Development Coaches and session organizers.