Join ThoughtWorks, renowned as one of the pioneers and leaders in the evolution and practice of Agile Software Development, as we present the 'Agile Fundamentals workshop'. In this 1-day workshop, you'll learn not just the principles of Agile, but gain a core understanding of the thinking behind the terms. Participants will come away with a solid grasp of the values, principles, and practices that have led Agile Software Development to be seen as the next, more successful, generation of software development practices and methodologies. Attendees will also have a chance to discuss their burning questions at the Open House session.

Refreshments, coffee and lunch will be served during breaks.

Register below.

Agenda

• Why Agile?
• Agile Manifesto
• Core Principles of Agile
• Survey of Terminology and Practices
• Team Roles & Responsibilities

10:00am - 10:30am | Key Concepts of Agile in greater depth

• User Stories
• Estimating
• Collaboration

10:30am - 10:45am | Q&A + Break
10:45am - 11:15am | Engineering Practices

• Pair programming
• Test Driven Development / TDD
• Refactoring
• Generalization
• Continuous Integration

11:15am - 12:00pm | Quality

• What is quality?
• Traditional testing vs Agile testing
• Acceptance criteria
• Testing collaboration
• Automation
• Metrics
• Who is responsible for quality?

12:00pm - 1:15pm | Q&A + Lunch
1:15pm - 2:00pm | Planning and Managing

• Adaptive planning
• Releases and Iterations
• Team structure and management
• Showing progress

2:00pm - 2:15pm | Q&A + Break
2:15pm - 4:15pm | Open House (Suggest topics, ask questions, get answers)
4:15pm - 4:30pm | Wrap-up

Cost of attending: £99 + VAT (UK rate @ 20%)

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