How Agile Practitioners Use Agile Methods Outside Technology Fields

Agile is often dismissed as a software-only method, but what it really addresses is uncertainty, and uncertainty exists in every industry. This course translates agile principles into plain, non-software language, shows how they apply in construction, marketing, and event planning, and explains where agile does not fit.

Who this course is for

• Practitioners in construction, marketing, event planning, and other non-technology fields
• Agile practitioners who need to introduce agile to teams put off by software jargon
• Leaders who want to test agile with a low-risk pilot before committing more broadly

What you'll be able to do

• Translate the Agile Manifesto values for non-software work
• Adapt practices by industry, such as pull planning, daily huddles, and the Last Planner System in construction, and backlogs and two-week cadences in marketing
• Run retrospectives, the one practice to adopt if you adopt only one
• Drop the jargon, focusing on four high-leverage practices: short iterations, daily coordination, a visual work management board, and regular retrospectives
• Lead a quarter-long pilot with a baseline, track cycle time, throughput, and satisfaction, and assign an internal champion so agile sticks

Complete the video and knowledge check to earn up to 1.5 PDUs, credited from your recorded learning time.