Agile
Agile Development
Agile development aims to satisfy customers and stakeholders through the early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Agile development combines proven approaches from: 
- Contemporary software development techniques (Test Driven Development (TDD), refactoring, eXtreme programming);
- Lean manufacturing techniques (eliminate waste, decide as late as possible); and
- Modern approaches to effective organisational cultures (self-organising teams, empowerment and trust).
Agile Academy and Software Education
Software Education is proud to be a founding partner of the Agile Academy, an industry initiative for people and organisations in Australia and New Zealand looking to learn more about Agile Software Development. The Academy offers networking through meetups and articles as well as an extensive training curriculum for implementing agile across an organisation. Many of the courses below form part of the Agile Academy training curriculum.
Agile Training Delivered In-House
Agile is increasingly entering the mainstream, yet the concept of Agile is frequently misunderstood or poorly implemented. Software Education provides a suite of courses that can be run as an holistic set or as individual courses for IT professionals involved in Agile projects - all available in-house to ensure you access the exact training you need for your business, when and where you need it. We can provide any of the courses shown below, as well as customised courses based on your needs.
Agile Pathway
 (click to enlarge) | Implementing Agile development is a journey that the entire organisation needs to take. Software Education has developed a pathway showing core-based team training along with the specific skills individuals need to bring to Agile projects. Contact us to discuss the courses that best suit your requirements. |
| Are you looking for... | ...then this is the course to attend |
| "An understanding of Agile concepts and approaches" | Taste of Agile |
| "Using stories as the basis for requirements in Agile projects" | Agile Requirements - Stories |
| "Leverage your Project Management skills with Agile techniques" | Agile Project Management |
| "Designing and implementing OO solutions based on reusable patterns" | Design Patterns for Agile Development |
| "Agile development approaches and disciplines" | Agile Programming with TDD |
| "Test Driven Development (TDD), Refactoring, eXtreme Programming, pair programming, continuous integration" | Agile Programming with TDD |
| "Successful testing on Agile projects" | Agile Testing |
| "Estimating and planning for Agile projects" | Agile Estimation and Release Planning |
| "The practices followed by members of Agile teams" | |
| "How to participate in and run Agile collaborative work sessions" | Agile Facilitation Skills |
| "The business view of Agile - understanding the hype and the jargon and seeing the value from a business point of view" | Agile for the Business |
| "Continually improving in a team that has already adopted Agile practices" | Continuous Improvement Using Lean and Agile Techniques |
| "Help for the team that is starting out or struggling with the adoption of Agile methods" | Coaching and Consulting Services |
| Haven't found the course you're looking for? | Call us on 1800 145 152 (AUS) or 0800 268 773 (NZ) |
Making a Corporate-wide Agile Transition?
In addition to the courses listed above, Software Education offers further courses which can be mixed and matched to assist you with the organisational change needed to successfully embrace the Agile culture. These courses include Introduction to Agile Methods, Practices of Agile Teams, Agile Requirements - Stories and Agile Estimation & Release Planning. Cultural change is never easy, and the Software Education team is available to assist with training, coaching, mentoring and consulting to help smooth your transition.
Contact us for more details.
Agile Conference Speakers
In addition to specific courses, Software Education regularly brings some of the world's leading thinkers in Agile development to our conferences.
