Agile Meets Design Thinking

Agile Meets Design Thinking

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  • 4 Sequences
  • Introductive Level

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Problems Agile Solves
    The practices that deliver excellent product are well understood, but rarely seen. In this module, we’ll identify what’s hard about creating excellent products and how agile can help. We'll begin with a discussion of the Agile Manifesto, introduce key agile te...
  • Week 2 - Agile Design with Personas, Problem Scenarios, and Alternatives
    The best way to avoid building something nobody wants is to start with somebody in mind. That "somebody" is a persona. Personas and problem scenarios tie development to the end user and help you drive toward a valuable solution. In this module, you’ll learn to...
  • Week 3 - Writing Great Agile User Stories
    Creating software that meets users' need begins with understanding that user--and user stories are a tool that helps teams understand the end-user perspective.The agile user story is the focal point for just about everything that follows. This is where we diag...
  • Week 4 - Enhancing Your User Story
    Now that you've "discovered" your user, you'll write your user story--and you'll make it great by layering in details. In this module, you'll learn to create detailed, specific user stories to anchor your project.
  • Week 5 - Finish User Stories Assignment and Optional Content with an IT Focus: Strategy-Driven Process Design
    First, use this week to finish up your User Story Assignment and complete peer reviews.Then, if you're interested in IT, let's talk process. What? Process? While you’ve learned that the agile manifesto explicitly reacted to primary/excessive use of tools and p...

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Alex Cowan
Faculty & Batten Fellow
Darden School of Business

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