Note: Live Seminars and Discussion Groups will be conducted at 2 separate times on the dates below, 8am Pacific Time Zone or 4pm Pacific Time Zone. Individuals must attend one of these 2 options for each date. No make-ups, no sessions will be recorded.
Lesson assignments (reading materials, quizzes, and videos) are all self-paced and should be completed prior to the next live seminar.
Schedule of Live Seminars and Discussion Groups (all students)
- March 27: Registration deadline 5pm Pacific Time Zone
- March 31: Online access to introduction and initial course work available to students, 10am Pacific Time Zone
- April 2: Lesson 1 deadline, Live Discussion, Course Intro and Ground Rules (1 hour)
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April 9: Live Discussion (1 hour)
- Lesson 2 deadline, What Agile Taught Us: The Empowered Organization
- Lesson 3 deadline, What Makes Agencies Different
- April 16: Lesson 4 deadline, Live Discussion, Basics of Scoping and Estimation – Part 1, Context (1 hour)
- April 22: Lesson 5 deadline, Live Discussion, Basics of Scoping and Estimation – Part 2, Roadmaps (1 hour)
- April 23: Lesson 5, Live Practice Session, Roadmapping (1 hour)
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**April 30: Live Discussion (1.5 hours)
- Lesson 6 deadline, Basics of Daily Productivity and Noise
- Lesson 7 deadline, Intro to Check-in Meeting (Stand-up) and Kanban
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May 7: Lesson 8 deadline, Live Discussion, Retrospectives and Wrap-up (1 hour)
*AgencyAgile reserves the right to adjust the schedule.
**Indicate lessons only to be attended by employees of agencies/organizations that have been trained on Levels I and Levels II or III.
Schedule of Final Lesson (all students)
- March 27 Lesson 8, Live Seminar, Intro to Retrospective and Wrap-up.
Bootcamp Syllabus
Below is a course syllabus with some expectations of your participation and time commitments.
Note: assignments (links to articles, videos, quizzes) will be shared on a weekly basis in advance of the mandatory live seminars.
Lesson 1. Course Intro and Ground Rules
- Initial assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: case studies and welcome video (1 hour, self-paced)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
Lesson 2. What Agile Taught Us: The Empowered Organization
- Initial assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: article and software agile video (1 hour, self-paced)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
Lesson 3. What Makes Agencies Different
- Initial assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: articles, 3 videos (1 hour, self-paced)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
Lesson 4. Basics of Scoping and Estimation – Part 1, Context
- Initial assessment quiz (Context methods, Ignorance Gap, VAK) (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: Ignorance Gap article and video (1 hour, self-paced)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Discussion Group: Context method in practice (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
Lesson 5. Basics of Scoping and Estimation – Part 2, Roadmaps
- Initial assessment quiz (Roadmaps) (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: Empowering Questions article, Roadmap Basics video)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Discussion Group: Roadmap methods in practice ((1 hour, choose from 2 times)
Lesson 6. Basics of Daily Productivity and Noise
- Initial assessment quiz (productivity and interruptions, cost) (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: System 1&2 article, Interruptive Noise video, assignment (documenting interruptions)
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Discussion Group: Low-hanging fruit on Noise (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
Lesson 7. Intro to Check-in Meeting (Stand-up) and Kanban
- Initial assessment quiz (purpose and process of Check-in and Kanban) (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: Humble Inquiry, Check-in and Kanban basics videos
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)
- Discussion Group: Check-in and Kanban practices and roles (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
Lesson 8. Intro to Retrospective and Wrap-up
- Initial assessment quiz (purpose and process of Retrospectives) (10min, self-paced)
- Reading Materials and Video Lessons: Retrospective basics video
- Live Seminar (1 hour, choose from 2 times)
- Formative assessment quiz (10min, self-paced)