Agile Team Bootcamp

This hands-on training is targeted at teams looking to change their way of working by adopting Agile practices. Product managers, team leads, or program managers interested in exploring how Agile ways of working could benefit their teams use this bootcamp to setup pilot teams in their area or roll-out Agile ways of working for all their teams (if their pilot was successful)

The Agile Team Bootcamp introduces teams to what is Agile, and how teams can work in an Agile way. This will involve introducing an Agile team-level framework (typically Scrum or Kanban), and then going through the different roles, events, artefacts, practices, and tools teams use in this way of working. Regardless of the team-level framework chosen, this will involve creating team working agreements, creating / refining a product backlog, visual management, roles & responsibilities, and alignment and continuous improvement routines. By the end of the bootcamp, the team will have the necessary knowledge, skills, and setup work done to change to the new way of working.

The Agile Team Bootcamp can be done in both in-person and online formats. It can last between 1-4 days (depending on the context and starting point of the team). The bootcamp is a combination of teaching, reviewing case studies / examples, and practicing concepts. Teams will bring in their actual work items, current agreements and artefacts, and will update those during the bootcamp.

Yes. Since the idea is to kick-off a new team, some pre-conditions have to be met. You should have a goal or product in mind for the team, people assigned to the team (ideally full-time, though exceptions exist), a product owner or business lead assigned to the goal and team (and available), and the key stakeholders need to support the kick-off of the Agile team and be willing to learn about their role in this new way of working (which can be covered separately or in the bootcamp, if they can attend at least some parts).