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The DSDM Agile Project Management Framework for Scrum
Course Rationale: Scrum, from a process perspective, is both simple and elegant. However, many larger, more complex organisations trying to adopt Scrum struggle to make it fit into a corporate context. Scrum's light touch in terms of process, combined with self-directing teams, often clashes with the corporate needs for robust project management, increased certainty and governance.
DSDM, the Dynamic Systems Development Method, evolved in the corporate environment and from the beginning, recognised the necessity of balancing corporate governance needs with both business and software development agility. In 2001, represented by Arie van Benekum, the DSDM Consortium worked with the founding fathers of similar approaches to shape the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
Within the diverse family of methods now known as ‘Agile’ there are some approaches that emphasize Agile software engineering – the strongest of which is eXtreme Programming – some that emphasize Agile product delivery – the strongest of which is Scrum – and some that emphasize Agile project management – the strongest of which is DSDM.
The DSDM Agile Project Management Framework for Scrum brings together the strength of DSDM at the project level with the streamlined simplicity of Scrum at the delivery team level.
Who will be delivering the course? Andrew Craddock – the lead author for the white paper that first publicised the DSDM Agile Project Framework for Scrum. He is the Technical Director of the DSDM Consortium and a Partner at nlighten. As a practitioner, trainer, coach and consultant in Agile methods Andrew has 15 years of experience training and leading DSDM and Scrum implementations at a multitude of organisations.
Overview: This two day course is designed to bring together both Scrum and DSDM in a way that emphasizes both their individual strengths and their collective power. It will appeal to Scrum Team members, ScrumMasters, Product Owners, Project Managers and Governing Stakeholders who will learn
- How Agile Project Management can help rather than hinder Agile Software Development
- How to help the Project Manager support the Team in getting their job done
- How Agile software development really works and why
- How to harness and influence the power and discipline of real Agility to ensure that projects are successful
- How the full potential of Agile Software Development can happily exist with governance processes within an organisation
Course Benefits: By attending this course you will gain an understanding of Scrum focussing on
- The process control that underpins Scrum
- The power and effectiveness of self-directed teams
- The process, roles, events, artefacts and values that Scrum Teams embrace
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An understanding of the flexible and configurable DSDM Agile Project Framework
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The project lifecycle and Agile financial governance and control
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Project roles and responsibilities within and beyond the core of the Scrum Team
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Techniques and associated artefacts that can be used to demonstrate real control
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Mechanisms to demonstrate compliance with industry regulations governing both the product and the way it is developed
- An understanding of how the two approaches work together to be a truly effective approach to project and product delivery in a corporate environment
Pre-requisites: None, delegates of all levels of knowledge and experience will benefit from this course.
Content:
A brief introduction to Agile
An in depth look at Scrum
- The Scrum Values of: Focus, Openness, Commitment, Respect and Courage,
- The Scrum Process, Artefacts and Events
- Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
- The fundamentals of Empirical Process Control
- Transparency, Inspection and Adaption
- How this works in a Scrum context
- Considerations for adapting Scrum in a corporate context
An in depth look at the DSDM Agile Project Framework for Scrum
Other Information: Strong practical exercises are included to demonstrate the value of the most important aspects of the course. For onsite training this course can be tailored specifically for your needs. Please call for further details.
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