Introduction to Agile in Cambridge on 30th July

We are running our ever-popular and successful "Introduction to Agile Methods" one-day course in Cambridge at the St John's Innovation Centre on the 30th July 2008. Course fee is £200 but if you're the founder or one of the senior officers in a small company, it may be that you're entitled to a full refund of the cost of the course under a government scheme (one person attending has already qualified).

If you wish to book a place, please contact Mark Stringer on 07736 807 604 or email him at mark@agilelab.co.uk.

Special Early Bird Offer on our training in Bristol - Save 25%

We are offering a 25% discount for our October training course - "Introduction to Agile Methods" to early birds who book (and pay) before Monday 14th July.

Contact Mark Stringer at mark@agilelab.co.uk or ring 01237 726 030 to get your early bird discount now.

One Day Agile Training in Bristol

Introduction to Agile Training in Bristol, Wednesday 29th October 2008

Agile Lab are running our popular and successful one "Introduction to Agile Methods" course at the marvelous Watershed venue in Bristol on 29th October 2008. To make a booking please contact Mark Stringer.

email: mark@agilelab.co.uk
phone: 01273 726 030
mobile: 07736 807 604

Course Fee: £200 (Early bird fee - to 14th July, £150).

Agile Lab now offering three courses in conjuction with 01ZeroOne and NMK

Agile Lab is now offering three courses in central London at 01zero-one and in conjunction with NMK New Media Knowledge. The three courses are Introduction to Agile, Agile Methods for Managers and Technical Aspects of Agile - as detailed here in the course flyer.

A Matter of Principle

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I read this and thought it was a very appropriate response to the kind of objections we often get to Agile methods.

Many people's first response to hearing about how Agile is done takes the form of a quibble with a specific method. But Agile isn't really about the details of any specific method - or indeed any specific methodology XP, Scrum, DSDM. It's more about the principles: iterative development rather than big-design up front; short iterations; working code; writing tests first and tracking velocity. That's it. All the methods come from these principles.