First Steps Towards Agility: Implementing Agile Practices in Waterfall Environment - 2022902

Saturday, February 26, 2022
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

What are the effective first steps toward transforming your organization into an Agile environment? Many people struggle with the crucial first steps toward agility. For many, the most arduous part of transitioning to Agile happens at the beginning—in the uncertainty of how to put the initiative into motion. In this presentation, strategies and best practices to begin incorporating Agile practices are revealed. Real-world experiences working with existing project teams to begin incorporating Agile practices and ceremonies are shared. By initiating practices, teams start to understand Agile principles and mindset and become better prepared to take the next steps on their Agile journey. Specific Agile practices, and how to adapt each one to a traditional environment, are covered.

Based on his experience with Enterprise Agile coaching and leading Agile transformations in organizations, RefineM lead instructor and CEO NK Shrivastava will share examples of successful first steps toward agility. Best practices will be discussed, including daily standups, retrospectives, and many other key Agile practices that can be utilized for success even on teams not using Agile. By initiating these practices, teams start to understand Agile principles and will be better prepared to take the next steps in their Agile journey.

After completing the course, you will be able to

• Develop a strategy to introduce Agile in their organizations.
• Understand the first steps toward agility based on real-world examples.
• Learn Agile practices that can be utilized in a Waterfall environment

This course is ideal for project/program managers, PMO leaders, and project team members who have been managing/leading projects and are looking for agile techniques to strengthen their project management and improve their teams’ outcomes.

Earn 4 PDUs (2 Technical PDUs + 2 Strategic PDUs) 

Instructor

NK Shrivastav

Biography

CEO of RefineM and Enterprise Agile Coach @ IBM, NK is a pioneer in Agile transformations. In last 10 years, he has helped thousands of professionals, in companies large and small, learn and implement Agile practices. In the past 4 years alone, he’s trained more than 4,000 team members at Fortune 50 and other companies, helping to create self-managed empowered Agile teams with enhanced time-to-market capabilities.

NK is a seasoned and engaging trainer and speaker. He enjoys sharing his learnings at international, national, and regional conferences and training engagements. His speaking resume includes the PMI Global Conference, PMI Seminar World, PMI chapter professional development events including a keynote presentation, and numerous RefineM public courses and corporate engagements. A natural storyteller, he draws from his decades of experiences to help audiences absorb and retain concepts and leave feeling inspired to tackle specific action items to lead change in their organizations.

When

Saturday, February 26, 2022
8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Registration

$229 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (discount rate)
$279 --- Non-member (standard rate)

*** Early Bird Discount Through Saturday, February 15, 2022 ***

Save $50!

$179 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (discount rate)
$229 --- Non-member (standard rate) 

PDUs Earned  

Technical: 2 / Leadership: 0 / Strategic and Business Management: 2

Location

Virtual

RSVP by Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Please note that walk-ins on the same day as class are not allowed. Registration must be completed on-line in advance of RSVP date provided in course description. 

* For additional information on the event, please call 919-924-1013.