What we do - Agile Training

Our "Introduction to Agile Methods" training course has been improved considerably over the last year. We've added several new activities - the Romeo and Juliet activity which helps people understand the concepts of "working software" and "minimum iteration".

We've also worked hard on our explanation of "stories" which seemed to be the concept that caused the most trouble for people who attended our course.

Then, when we're getting near the end of the day and most of the main Agile concepts have been introduced, we do our stand-up meeting exercise. This is always an interesting experience. As with many of the activities that we do through the day, even though it's only "pretend", people get very involved! As much as you could in a training course, people get a feel for what it's actually like to use Agile methods.