AGILE: What Is "Real" Agile? Part 1: Understand "Real" Agile

AGILE: Begin Your Journey To Understanding What Agile Really Is!

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Jun 2021
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What you will learn

The beginnings of the foundation for agile software development.

What Agile Is Not.

What does the Global job/career market look like.

Industry Credibility for Agile..

The difference between traditional software development and agile software development.

Description

** IMPORTANT** "This Free Tutorial on Udemy is all about an introduction to Agile. It does not cover the depth of Agile. Please keep in mind that a free tutorial must be under 2 hours. There is no way one can learn and understand Agile in a course that is less than 2 hours. All we can do is give you an introduction.

Our intent is to give a first step in setting the foundation for Agile. Keep in mind that nothing can stand without a proper foundation. Agile is no different. That is what we are doing here. We are giving as much away for free that we can, and still be able to set the first steps of building a firm, Agile foundation."

THE COURSE:

At the turn of the century, a new wave began to move through the product delivery Arena. This wave that began as a ripple in 1986, and then entered the arena of information technology in 1993, has now become a tidal wave, sweeping through our businesses. It is known simply by the term "Agile".

Our major focus within this course is to look at the delivery of products, especially in the arena of Information Technology. In this arena we call I.T., the agile philosophy is making a world of difference in areas such as commercial off-the-shelf software implementation, software-as-a-service implementation, platform-as-a-service implementation, and infrastructure-as-a-service implementation. Especially, major differences are being seen in the area of custom software development. It does not matter whether you "rent", "buy", or "build" software, agile will increase the chances of success greatly.

However, let us take a step back here with some explanation of what has driven me to prepare these courses. As I journey from company to company, and organization to organization, I continually hear the statement "we are agile". When asked by what is meant within that particular organization by the term agile, I hear many different definitions and interpretations of what the word "Agile" really means.

What is troubling with all of this, is that many of these organizations are failing in their attempts to deliver products developed in, as they say it, "agile". In my journeys, I continually hear the words, "agile does not work for us". When I ask why it doesn't work, I hear the statement, "we tried it, and it was no different from what we traditionally have done. When I ask, "explain to me what you mean by agile, and how you have implemented it within your organization", I am astounded by what I hear. It is in no way agile but some combination and permutation of a traditional approach, usually waterfall, with one or two techniques that are used in Agile thrown in the mix.

Therefore, with that said, our intent with this first course is to clarify what this Arena called Agile is really about. What does it really mean? We want to ensure that everyone is working from a level platform.

In Part 1, we take a bit of a different approach. We begin the 2 part series on what Agile is, by explaining to you what it is not. This will be eye-opening to many of you who take the time to go through it all.

As you progress through the courses that we present, the importance of this first course is that it begins to lay the foundation for success in Agile, which comes from a true understanding of what Agile really is.

Key Concepts Covered Here:

  • Industry credibility.

  • Organizations that use Agile.

  • Jobs available with Agile

  • What Agile is not.

  • Continued to Part 2

Sit back and enjoy what you are about to discover. It will change your life!

We Are AGILE!

Content

The Beginning

Where It All Began.

Introduction To The Key

Professor Introduction
Course Content Introduction

Industry Credibility

Applying Context To Agile
What Industry Governance Tells Us

Agile Today

Who Uses Agile

Agile Jobs/Positions Today

Supply vs. Demand

Agile What Is It?

What People Are Saying Agile Is
What Agile Is Not

What Is Agile? Part 1 Summary

Agile vs. Waterfall

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Reviews

Chandra
March 14, 2023
The content of what is Agile and what it is not is covered well, but there is no single practical example covered. This course is a generic motivational course on how to think in the direction of Agile, however I would like to take a complete end to end practical Agile implemented project based on JIRA taught by Prof Ed. Thanks and I loved this course, all the best....
Rishi
December 11, 2022
Slow paced, less on content. The course didn't seem to put into practice the agile philosophies. Tutor's intention towards students succeeding, greatly appreciated.
Sandra
November 12, 2022
I just want to say thank you to my friend who talked me into taking this Part 1 course first. I have already enrolled in Part 2, but then went back to part 1, and I am so glad I did. This free tutorial gives a foundation to this area of Agile. I now see that I will much better understand part 2 because I have this foundation set for me. thank you professor.
Joy
November 11, 2022
A great context setting for Agile. I thought I understood this whole area but now realize some of my context was wrong. Thank for sharing this professor and setting me straight.
Nancy
November 11, 2022
A very good introduction to Agile. Thanks for giving this to us as a free tutorial. Now the second part which I took first comes together. I wish I had taken this course first. Thanks!
Vlad
November 9, 2022
This is a course aimed to get you "hyped up" and serve a sales tactic, without providing much value. If you ever watched those 1 hour long ads on how to get rich that never tell you how.. well this is it :)
Vahan
November 12, 2021
I really like how Ed talks. You can feel that he has lot of experience and understanding of what Agile is. This part is a prelude for the Part two. As someone who understand more or less what leadership is and how agile is part of its philosophy I can say that Part 2 is what I need. I am curious what Part 2 Agile course is.
Aurelija
September 27, 2021
the beginning a bit too long - talking to much about the same things. Anyway, the course gives you the basic understanding what is the Agile.
Andres
August 10, 2021
I feel great at this point because I agreed that fundamentls are the base to build real agile orgs and communities
Sanchita
August 2, 2021
Didnt get much details on Agile and was more of historic info, speaker was quite experienced hence expectations were more.
Susan
November 8, 2020
Started a bit slowly to be honest. I almost missed the bits a I need to focus on. In the end very pleased I stuck with it.
Edward
August 20, 2020
Ed is obviously a great communicater and comes across very well. This course laid out the groundwork now for me to progress into Course 2. I know that I am now ready to do that "deep-dive" into what agile really is. Thank you Professor Ed for a great course that has whet my appetite for more.
Kommisetty.
August 15, 2020
Great course. The contents explained are very basic, but they delivered with right impact. Mr. Ed Rubuliak's way of delivery is excellent. Thank you sir.
Ernesto
August 11, 2020
It's great to hear about the vast experience of the professor in the technology industry. I think I have a lot to learn with him.
SIDHARTH
August 6, 2020
This is a nice course and very fundamental. If we do not know the fundaments, we would never learn the bigger things. Thank you Mr Ed.

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