ICAgile Finance

Description

Agility has evolved from individuals seeking better ways to deliver products, to small cross functional teams, to teams of teams with the same purpose in mind. This course takes the next step in the march toward optimum organizational agility. This course teaches and reinforces what must be done to reduce friction between front line teams and supporting units to maximize achievement of organizational goals. Through a series of activities and simulation, students will learn and implement financial management practices necessary to maximize the effectiveness of agile initiatives.

Objectives

This 2-day foundational training class is an intensive interactive session designed to leverage the unique culture and environment of your organization through facilitated discussion, activities and simulation. The following topics will be covered during training:

• What are back-office functions and how do they impact agile adoption?

• Principles and Practices

• The Agile Financial Hierarchy

• Creating and Aligning Organizational Goals (OKR)

• Defining Products, Services and Features

• Team creation and estimation of development costs

• Product/Project Budget creation

• Estimating and forecasting

• Cost Accounting

• Purchasing and Contracting for Agile environments

• Performance management and reporting

Who should Attend

Leaders, Project Managers and personnel involved in agile adoption form the core audience for this course. In fact, the most successful agile adoptions have included training for everyone involved.

About the Trainer

Steve Milligan CPA is a former corporate controller who has led agile product development, implemented agile processes in financial management and support functions, has taught Scrum, Lean and Agile practices to Co-workers and students including ScrumMasters, Product Owners, team members, PMs and executive leaders who support them. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC), and ICAgile Agile Team Facilitator, Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). Steve holds the Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) and, Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certifications. He brings 20 years of experience practicing Lean and Agile as a team member, Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and Coach.

Course Includes:

Class materials, resources, and references