Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile ICP certification)

Agile Fundamentals is the foundational track of ICAgile’s continuous education program.

Who is this training for?

• Professionals looking to develop a strong Agile mindset and understand Agile as a holistic approach to software development.
• Individuals who want to systematize their knowledge of Agile principles, covering the entire lifecycle from project initiation to production and product support.
• Participants interested in learning about modern software development approaches.
• Professionals aiming to obtain the internationally recognized ICAgile certification, which ensures knowledge quality and standardization across teams worldwide.

Course Coverage:
The training explores the following topics in detail

• History of the Agile
• People and interactions:
o Agile mindset and cultural transformation
o Team-based organization of work and leadership in Agile
o Understanding learning models and feedback loops
o Effective communication and collaboration practices

• Working software:
o Value-driven development and design as knowledge acquisition
o Business analysis and value management
o Built-in quality, engineering practices, and continuous delivery 

• Customer collaboration:
o Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration strategies
o Agile planning and estimation
o Visualizing the big picture
o Effective feedback mechanisms

• Responding to change:
o Design as a continuous knowledge acquisition process
o Product and project adaptation
o Lean development principles

• Popular Agile frameworks:
o Scrum, XP, Kanban

Certification & Benefits

This is a certified ICP course from ICAgile. Participants who successfully complete the training and meet the assessment criteria will receive the internationally recognized ICP certification*.

*Certificate issuance is subject to availability and additional approval

• To become familiar with the concept of the Agile approach, to understand Agile as a way of thinking (mindset) and as a general approach to the software development process.
• To systematize the knowledge of the basic principles of agile development (Agile) from the start of the project to the production and product support
• To acquaint the participants with the basic approaches of modern software development
• Get the international certificate ICAgile, which is valid in all countries of the world, guaranteeing the quality and standardization of knowledge in your team

• History of Agile (theory 2h, practice 2h)
• People and interactions (theory 1h, practice 3h)

Agile mindset and cultural transformation

Team-based organization of work, leadership in Agile

Understanding learning models and feedback loops

Effective practices for communication and collaboration

• Working software (theory 0.5h, practice 1.5h)

Value-driven development, design as a knowledge acquisition

Business analysis and value management

Built-in quality, engineering practices and continuous delivery

• Customer collaboration (theory 0.5h, practice 2.5h)

Roles, responsibilities and collaboration

Planning and estimation

Visualizing the big picture

Getting feedback

• Responding to change (theory 1h, practice 1h)

Design as a knowledge acquisition

Product and project adaptation

Lean development

• Popular Agile frameworks (Scrum, XP, Kanban) (theory 1h, practice 0h)

Total: theory 6h, practice 10h