Agile Animated: Scrum & Kanban for any Business Environment (Udemy.com)

The more our brain is stimulated the better we learn. This training is designed to enhance your learning experience with visual metaphors, engaging games, and process simulations.

In this course, you will learn the following:

• Importance of connecting values, principles, and practices

• Range of applications for agile frameworks

• Common issues in project and task management

• Methods/principles for achieving good flow and high performance (Pull, WIP limits, VA/NVA (value-adding/non-value-adding steps), batch size/single-piece flow)

• Agile ceremonies and artifacts, Scrum Cycle

• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

• Agile roles & responsibilities

• Scrum vs Kanban (differences and commonalities; the focus is on the freedom of using any elements (which originated from Scrum and Kanban) to achieve the best workflow and high performance regardless of your framework choice).

• Team rules, acceptance criteria, task hierarchy, and effort estimation

• Setting up a Scrum/Kanban board

What are people saying about this course?

"A lot of information in just 1 hour. I picked up several things I can leverage in my daily work right now. Good examples covering various use cases. - Josh Hinz"

"This was an excellent match for me in my line of work. Even though I consider myself an experienced agile practitioner, the course brings together several relevant and new topics that I'd not thought about before. It does so in an accessible, understandable way. - Greg Skinner"

"Background, term definitions, and examples were at the right level of detail and relevance. Key points were reviewed throughout the course, which enabled better absorption. Concepts were reinforced in a clear, impactful manner through the use of animation, easy to understand language and high quality, concise content. Lesson sequence and pacing was spot on. Humor incorporated into the course enhanced my overall enjoyment. As a non-IT professional, I appreciated the examples provided, specifically the example used to demonstrate batch size and single-piece flow concepts. This course proved valuable and worth the investment! - Brittany Daniels"

"Best course on agile I've taken so far! Extremely useful and alive visualization is enhancing thinking process. Thanks for the adequate pace - easy to follow. Waiting for continuation! - Stepan Zaponkin"

"As a member of an Agile team in a process environment, this training is spot on to explain the system and methods. The time spent with this course will definitely expedite your effectiveness on an Agile project - well done! - James Knight"

"This course was particularly helpful for explaining the terminology that is frequently used out of context by those unfamiliar with the value proposition of Agile. Without this background, the terms and methods associated with Agile/Scrum/Kanban might seem faddish and silly. This course is very useful for getting the key messages across so that the value of these techniques is much more obvious. The material was delivered efficiently and it was also kind of fun. - Brent Eilerts"

"I got sucked in from the very first minute. During the entire course kept applying acquired knowledge to my field of expertise. Ten out of ten!                - German Anashkin"

"This course was helpful to get a fresh overview of Scrum and Kanban processes without being too overwhelming as more traditional training courses are. - Carlos Avila"

What’s included in the course?

Course enrollment grants you lifetime access, with no expiration, to all the course lectures and 2 short quizzes. In addition, you’ll also receive 1-on-1 support for any questions or uncertainties that come up. You can also get in touch with me, after completion of the course, as you work on putting some ideas into practice.  I am a practitioner passionate about applying a systematic approach to process discovery, problem-solving, and getting team members motivated in reaching common objectives so I'll be happy to hear about your real-life issues and situations.

And this all comes with a money-back guarantee. You have nothing to lose but a lot to gain.

Have fun and learn!