Agile Courses

About Agile

Agile is a methodology that is used by development teams all over the world. Originally Agile practices were used for software development, but that’s rapidly changed over the past few years and now Agile software development has expanded into a kind of global movement that’s far beyond the original Agile manifesto.

The Agile methodology now allows team members to work together to enable continuous change to respond to a customer-driven market where needs change constantly in a kind of customer collaboration – hence the idea of companies being “Agile”.

Some companies were “born Agile” – i.e. they used Agile practices from the start, like Spotify, who constantly updates their working software depending on customer feedback. Product development is based entirely on the end-user and the feedback loop and is sometimes seen as a kind of extreme programming.

Other companies have chosen to develop Agile project management or scaled Agile framework in specific areas of the organisation or development process.

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Why Study Agile?

Completing a course in Agile is helpful for lots of people, including a product owner, human resources professional, software developers, and people expecting to work in cross-functional teams.

Lots of people are introduced to Agile at work when working on an Agile project, but a course can give you more comprehensive documentation and understanding of Agile development and how it can work in your workplace.

Agile project management and other Agile courses can also be incredibly helpful for those starting their own businesses as it will give you a good understanding of the Agile approach and Agile processes and how to apply it to get maximum returns for your company. In a course you may learn:

• The history of Agile and its manifesto for Agile software development
• What continuous integration is and why it’s important
• What a scrum master is and how to become one
• All about iterative development
• Alternative and complementary styles like DevOps
• User stories and famous senior Agile users and creators like Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, Jeff Sutherland and Jon Kern
• How to use Agile development in your own company and apply it to working software

How to Study Agile

There are lots of ways to study Agile. You can learn about it in a more comprehensive course that teaches a variety of tools including Lean Six Sigma for self-organising or software development teams.

You can also study a more specific high-quality Agile course, perfect for those already on Agile teams who want to deepen their understanding or become an Agile practitioner.

Courses are often available part time or full time, and some can be done via online learning.

Whatever and however you want to learn, stand up and start your future by browsing our Agile courses today!