AgileDS™ Foundation & Practitioner classroom

This four day intensive classroom course provides everything you need to fully prepare for the AgileDS Foundation and Practitioner examinations. Agile Digital Services (AgileDS) provides a consistent approach, common language and a skilled workforce for the successful design, delivery and evolution of digital service. The AgileDS guidance is aligned to the Service Manual of Government Digital Service, the UK Government’s department responsible for digital transformation.

About the course

By the end of the Foundation-level qualification you should have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the Agile Digital Services guidance to be able to recognise and distinguish between the key elements of the approach. The Practitioner-level qualification confirms that that you not only have sufficient knowledge and understanding of Agile Digital Services guidance, but that you have the ability to apply and tailor it to a given scenario situation.

Duration

This is an intensive four day classroom course that includes both the Foundation and Practitioner examinations.

Pre-requisites

The formal pre-requisite is that you must pass the AgileDS Foundation exam prior to undertaking the AgileDS Practitioner examination.

Additionally in order to attend the AgileDS Practitioner course you must have attended the ILX AgileDS Foundation course and passed the exam.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course you should understand...

The underpinning philosophy and principles of agile and digital services
The lifecycle of an agile and digital services project, including alternative configurations
The artefacts produced during an agile digital services project and their purpose
The techniques used and their benefits and limitations
The roles and responsibilities within an agile digital services project

and be able to..

Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of agile digital services in a project situation
Appropriately configure the lifecycle of an agile digital services project to a given scenario
Produce and evaluate the content of agile digital services products produced during an agile project in a given scenario
Apply the following agile digital services techniques in a project situation: facilitated workshops; MoSCoW prioritisation; iterative development; building incrementally; timeboxing; user needs; user experience
Identify the agile digital services techniques to be used for a given situation within a scenario
Understand the roles and responsibilities within an agile digital services project and correctly determine the appropriate personnel to fulfil these roles within a given scenario
Understand the mechanisms for planning, control and governance of an agile digital services project which are specific to an agile project

This is an intensive four-day course that includes the following:

All accompanying course material
The official AgileDS handbook
The cost of the Agile DS Foundation and Practitioner examinations

What's covered?

This course covers the following modules:

The agile digital services principles
The service lifecycle
User needs and user experience
Requirements
Prioritisation
Roles and responsibilities
Planning and control
Agile governance
Sprints
Iterative development
Estimating
Quality assurance
Exam preparation

Target audience

This qualification is aimed at:

Practising project managers
Agile team members working in a digital services environment who wish to become agile project managers
Agile team members working in a digital services environment who wish to become more effective team members

There is no mandatory pre-course for this course however there will be some evening work.

The format of the Foundation exam is as follows: