The Agile Inception Deck (Udemy.com)
How to set your Agile project up for success before it begins
Created by: Jonathan Rasmusson
Last updated March 2020
What you will learn
- How to successfully set expectations around their Agile projects
- How to set their Agile projects up for success before they begin
- How to look like a pro when delivering their Agile project
How it compares
Against the other 133 rated Udemy courses in Agile & Scrum on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 19% of them
- Reviews64#133 of 134 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 92% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2020earlier than 97% of them
Course Description
Most projects get killed before they even get out of the starting blocks. This is mostly for two reasons:
• They fail to ask the right questions.
• They don’t have the courage to ask the tough ones.
The Agile Inception Deck is a powerful project management expectation setting tool that ensures you get the right people on the bus, headed in the right direction, long before the first line of code ever gets written.
How does it work?
Agile Project Management is great, but the one thing it is silent on is project chartering. It doesn't really give you any guidance on how to set your project up for success before you begin.
That’s why my colleagues at ThoughtWorks created the Agile Inception Deck. Ten exercises you would be crazy not to answer before the start of any Agile project.
Why Are We Here?
Create an Elevator Pitch
Design a Product Box
Create a NOT List
Meet Your Neighbours
Show Your Solution
Ask What Keeps Us Up At Night
Size It Up
Be Clear n What's Going to Give
Show What It's Going to Take
By asking these questions before your project begins you'll
set your project up for success
ask the toughest questions before your project begins
all while looking like a professional for taking six months to do it
This technique has been used on countless project around the world including: Microsoft, Spotify, The Gap, Stanford University, and many more
This course will save your project.
This course will boost your career.
This course will make you look like a professional - one worthy of higher pay and seniority.
Sign up today. Kickstart your career in Agile Project Management. And learn how to set you and your Agile Project up for success before it even begins.
Who am I?
My name is Jonathan Rasmusson. I am a Professional Agile Project Manager with over twenty years of Agile project delivery experience. I am the author of The Agile Samurai, a top ten selling book on Agile. And I have spent much of my career delivering Agile software projects, while teaching others along the way how to do it.
I am also the instructor for another top selling course here on Udemy: The Agile Samurai Boot Camp.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
64 Reviews
Jonathan Rasmusson
Jonathan is an experienced software engineer who has helped some of the world’s most innovative companies ship software.
As a Software Engineer at Apple, Jonathan helps developers around the world learn how to build compelling apps on Apple platforms.
While working for Spotify in Stockholm Sweden, Jonathan was a part of the team responsible for bringing Spotify to the Sony Playstation as well as car with BMW, Ford, and Telsa.
While at Microsoft, Jonathan worked with the Progressive Architecture Team to develop a Microsoft Smart Client Architecture Guide and Application Block.
And while working as a consultant at ThoughtWorks, Jonathan helped companies in the energy (British Petroleum), finance (AMP Capital), and automotive (Toyota) industries all take their first tentative steps into Agile software delivery.
Jonathan is the author of three top selling books: The Agile Samurai, The Way of the Web Tester, And Competing With Unicorns.
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Reviews
By 藤原 大(Dai Fujihara) on 3/22/2024
日本でも広く使われているインセプションデッキですが、『アジャイルサムライ』を読むだけでなく、その著者の解説も聞きたくでコースに参加しました。 書籍を読むだけではわからない内容も含まれており、講師の考え方やツールの思想を深く理解できたように思います。 Thanks Jonathan.
By MD Krause on 5/11/2023
Very easy to follow along and love the fact that Jonathan walks through each of the 10 questions with real examples and encourages you to fill out a "mock" deck! I have heard about the Agile Inception Deck, but never felt comfortable presenting it to my stakeholders until now! Thank you!
By Erik Alan Álvarez Aguirre on 11/14/2022
I would like to see with a real or example exercice
By Shim Young woo on 4/26/2022
enjoying how to approach and align Stakeholders requirement
By Amaresh Jois on 6/12/2021
Yes, it was good to know about Elevator pitch
By David Liebefinke on 3/28/2021
This is really a great methodology for sketching an agilge project from every important point of view.
By Alejandra Rodríguez Borja on 9/2/2020
Práctico y eficiente. Muy bien explicado.
By Pawel Dolega on 8/2/2020
Not bad but lacks some more tangible examples. I'd also wish there were more practical tips about particular sections, how to form the answers properly, how to extract knowledge from stakeholders etc.
By Daniel Sommer on 5/21/2020
This was a great follow-up to the Agile Samurai Bootcamp course; it presented a framework for one of the hardest parts of any project --- getting started. The instructor broke down the material into manageable sections. The essence of each topic was conveyed concisely and paired with short, but meaningful, examples. Would love to see more courses on Agile by this instructor.
By Bernard Aebi on 5/11/2020
Yes, very helpful. Not entirely new, but that's even better - giving me confidence of being on the right track
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