Agile For Managers: The Agile Daily Stand Up & Retrospective

Support Agile ceremonies in your team environment with improved behaviour & Agile leadership practices that build trust

Created by: Peter Alkema
Business | Technology | Self Development

What Will I Learn?

• Learn Agile practices and behaviour for managers in the daily stand up and sprint retrospective ceremonies
• The importance of respecting the safe environment required by Agile teams to be successful
• How the daily stand up and retrospective meetings work and why they are critical to Agile team success
• Your personal transformation from traditional manager to agile leader as part of an Agile journey in your organisation
• How you should avoid performance managing team members through what they share in a daily stand up
• How you should avoid "taking notes" in a daily stand up so that you can use it against people later on
• How you should actively solicit feedback about your own behaviour and contribution in a retrospective
• Key principles and concepts of Agile like scrum, ceremony, continuous learning, Agile principles and values
• The short cycles of Agile and how product development is iterative and continuous rather than phased

Requirements

• Your organisation could be on an Agile journey which you might be involved with
• You do not need to understand Agile principles in order to get practical value from this course

Target audience

• Managers and people with influence in team environments who want to understand how they can contribute better to Agile ceremonies
• Leaders of an Agile journey in an organisation who are looking for tips and techniques to help managers succeed and achieve their own transformation