Fundamentals of Agile

This course is intended to introduce participants to an overview of Agile basics and how it is conceptually utilized for Software development projects. The course uses the more traditional waterfall approach to compare and contrast the different philosophies and to visually describe the concepts represented within each approach. The focus of this introductory overview will be to introduce to participants why Agile was created and the mindset that was established by the creators of the Agile Manifesto. This course is introduces the principles behind the Agile Manifesto, and what it now means to adopt the Agile way of approaching the software development lifecycle. Specifically, for those individuals who represent both the Business and the IT Stakeholder organizations. This course will serve as a pre-requisite for additional agile related courses that also supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI).