Agile for Non-Agile Teams: Better Ways of Working Without the Jargon Training Course
Agile is often seen as something for software teams, full of unfamiliar terms and rituals. Yet its core ideas – making work visible, focusing on what matters most, planning in short cycles and improving continuously – help any team. This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level teams and managers outside IT who wish to work faster and more transparently without adopting full Scrum.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
• Apply the Agile principles that help any team and leave out the ones that don't fit.
• Make work visible and limit overload.
• Plan in short cycles and adapt to changing priorities.
• Work better with internal customers.
• Improve continuously with simple, regular team habits.
Format of the Course
• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Practical exercises in teams.
• Each team designs its own board and working rhythm.
Course Customization Options
• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
This course is available as onsite live training in Australia or online live training.Course Outline
Introduction
• What Agile really means outside software – and what it does not
Making Work Visible
• A team Kanban board for everyday tasks
• Limiting work in progress: why doing less at once delivers more
Planning and Rhythm
• Short planning cycles: weekly priorities instead of fixed annual plans
• Simple rituals: 15-minute stand-ups, reviews with internal customers, retrospectives
Working with Others
• Internal customers: clarifying needs, priorities and feedback
• Agile in strict processes: deadlines, approvals and regulation
Practice
• Each team designs its own board, cadence and first improvement experiment
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
Prerequisites
• No prior knowledge of Agile is required
Audience
• Teams outside IT: operations, finance, HR, marketing, legal and back office
• Teams in public administration
• Team leads and managers who want their teams to work faster and more transparently
Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.
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