Agile Engineering Practices Certification
Master True Agile Engineering
Rediscover the core technical practices essential for genuine software agility and delivering sustainable value, moving beyond superficial 'Agile' rituals.
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Agenda: Agile Engineering Practices - The Missing Core of Agility
This training cuts through the noise of the "Agile Industrial Complex" to focus on what truly makes software development agile: solid engineering practices. We delve into the practical skills and mindset shifts required to build high-quality, adaptable software, moving beyond agile ceremonies.
1. Why are engineering practices important in Agile?
At its core, Agile is about uncovering better ways of developing software. That means we can’t separate agility from good engineering. Practices like TDD, refactoring, and continuous integration aren’t just technical luxuries — they are what make agility sustainable.
2. eXtreme Programming (XP) Fundamentals: The Bedrock of Technical Agility
- Revisiting XP: A holistic set of practices for software excellence.
- Core Practices Overview: Test-Driven Development (TDD), Refactoring, Simple Design, Collective Code Ownership, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration, Small Releases.
- Why XP's emphasis on technical practices is crucial for sustainable agility.
- How these practices interact and reinforce each other.
3. Test-Driven Development (TDD): Design and Confidence Through Tests
- The TDD Cycle: Red-Green-Refactor.
- Writing effective unit tests: What to test and how.
- TDD as a design tool: How tests drive better software architecture.
- Benefits: Improved code quality, reduced bugs, better design, and a safety net for refactoring.
- Hands-on TDD exercises.
4. Refactoring: Continuously Improving Code Health
- What is Refactoring and why is it essential?
- Identifying "code smells" and opportunities for improvement.
- Common refactoring techniques (e.g., Extract Method, Rename Variable).
- The relationship between refactoring and TDD: Safely evolving your codebase.
- Practical refactoring exercises.
5. Simple Design, Collective Ownership, and Small Releases
- Simple Design: The art of YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) and avoiding over-engineering.
- Collective Code Ownership: Breaking down knowledge silos and improving code quality through shared responsibility.
- Small Releases: Reducing risk, getting faster feedback, and delivering value incrementally.
- How these practices support adaptability and reduce complexity.
6. Reconnecting Engineering with Agile 'Management' Practices
- Why agile ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, retros) are insufficient without strong engineering.
- How practices like TDD and Small Releases make Sprint Planning more realistic and Demos more impactful.
- The role of engineering excellence in enabling team accountability, visibility, and focus on business value.
- Moving from "doing Agile" to "being agile" through technical competence.
- Developing an experimentation mindset, supported by robust engineering.
Bring Your Own Ideas & Questions
We encourage participants to bring their questions to the training. Any question and real-world example from your side will make everything you and others learn more tangible. It will also result in more energy throughout the training which is connected to better learning.
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Agile Engineering Practices Level 1
(AEP 1)
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No hidden costs - Flexible acquisition through training or e-learning
- Focus on core technical engineering practices for true agility, not just ceremonies.
- Exam with 30 questions, unlimited retakes
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FAQ about Agile Engineering Practices Training
They are the core technical skills and disciplines, primarily from eXtreme Programming (XP), that enable software teams to build high-quality, adaptable software efficiently. Key practices include Test-Driven Development (TDD), Refactoring, Simple Design, Collective Code Ownership, and Small Releases. This training emphasizes that true agility is impossible without these engineering foundations.
Most Agile coaching focuses on process, ceremonies, and team dynamics (e.g., facilitating stand-ups, retrospectives). This training focuses on the technical how. It addresses the critical gap identified by experienced practitioners: the lack of emphasis on the engineering skills that actually allow teams to deliver on the promises of Agile.
This training is crucial for Software Developers, Tech Leads, Architects, and any Agile Coach or Scrum Master who wants to understand and promote the technical underpinnings of genuine agility. It's for anyone frustrated with "Agile" that doesn't deliver and wants to make software development better.
Even experienced developers may not have had formal training or consistent practice in disciplines like TDD or systematic refactoring. This course provides a structured approach to mastering these practices, understanding their deeper impact on design and agility, and learning how to champion them within a team. It's about elevating your craft to enable true agile development.
The principles and practices taught are language-agnostic and apply broadly across software development. While examples and exercises might use common languages for demonstration, the focus is on the underlying concepts and disciplines that you can apply in your specific tech stack.
Absolutely. When teams build software with high quality, good design, and the ability to change it safely (thanks to practices like TDD and refactoring), sprint planning becomes more predictable, demos showcase real, working software, and retrospectives can focus on genuine process improvements rather than just firefighting bugs or technical debt. Strong engineering practices are the fuel for effective agile processes.
Regardless of the overarching framework, the actual work of building software still relies on engineering skill. These practices will make any team, within any framework, more effective, more capable of delivering quality, and more adaptable. This training can help you inject real agility from the ground up, even within larger, more structured environments.
Certification for Teams & Companies
Agile Engineering Practices as In-house Training
Bring the focus back to core engineering skills with an in-house Agile Engineering Practices training. Tailored for your team's specific challenges and context, this training helps embed practices like TDD, Refactoring, and Simple Design directly into your development culture. Ideal for organizations wanting to move beyond Agile and build a foundation of technical excellence.
In-house training is cost-effective for groups, fosters shared understanding, and allows for confidential discussions on improving your engineering capabilities. It's an investment in building teams that can truly deliver with agility.
Agile Engineering Practices Training with Volume Discount
Equip multiple developers or teams with essential Agile Engineering Practices and benefit from volume discounts. This is a cost-effective way to uplift the technical capabilities across your organization, ensuring that your agile adoption is built on a strong foundation of engineering excellence rather than just process adherence.
Flexible scheduling for public courses allows team members to attend at their convenience, fostering widespread adoption of practices like TDD and Refactoring, which are crucial for sustainable agility.
Contact us with your special requirements and we are sure to offer you a custom, tailor-made solution for your training needs.
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