Advanced Agile Quality (AAQ)
A practical, hands-on agile training focused on quality
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As agile methodologies have become common practice in the Netherlands and beyond, there is an increasing need to focus on quality—broadly defined—within an agile team. To address this, Polteq has developed a three-day, highly practical training program.
In an agile team, quality is the responsibility of the entire team, not just the testers. This encompasses more than just delivering high-quality increments of the software product. The quality of the team’s way of working, team composition, and dynamics are equally important. Aspects such as built-in quality, the first-time-right principle, alignment with the company’s quality strategy, and effective collaboration and communication within the team and with stakeholders also require attention. Additionally, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and focusing on soft skills, including communication and collaboration, are essential for successful agile teams.
This training focuses on doing and experiencing. It is not a theoretical course on how agile should work; rather, it engages participants through discussions, a variety of practical cases, and group exercises. Throughout three iterations, participants will apply the skills they’ve learned using Lego Mindstorms. For this advanced training, a few years of experience in agile teams is required. Due to the flexible structure of the course, the depth of discussions can be adjusted, providing even highly experienced agile team members with opportunities to deepen and refresh their knowledge and expertise.
The training is available in both Dutch and English.
The content of this training:
Day 1 (Initiating):
- Quality strategy/policy, including a test ( automation) approach
- Risk Assessment
- Built-in Quality
- Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD) en Acceptatiecriteria (AC)
- Finish an iteration
- Includes three large cases and finishes with the first iteration execution
Day 2 (Expanding):
- Whole Team Approach
- Quality Requirements and BDD (Behavior Driven Development)
- Reporting
- Effective Demo and Retro
- Communication inside-out
- Includes two large cases and finishes with the second iteration execution
Day 3 (Improving):
- People and team improvement
- Non-functional requirements, Service Level Agreements and UX
- E2E (End-to-End) Testing
- Example Mapping
- Customer Feedback
- Includes three large cases and finishes with the third iteration execution
This training is given in Dutch
The cost of participation in this three-day training is €2,120 per person, excluding VAT.
Topics covered during this training are:
Assisting in the creation of a quality strategy and a test (automation) approach
Using the 3C concept combined with INVEST to improve the quality of user stories, and applying Behavior Driven Development (BDD) to define better acceptance criteria
Improving the way of working in agile teams, including focusing on effective demos and retrospectives, and utilizing tools such as DoR (Definition of Ready) and DoD (Definition of Done)
Enhancing communication and collaboration within the agile team and with stakeholders
Connecting manual and automated testing
Who is this training for?
• Agile team members with at least 2 years of experience
• Anyone who wants to contribute more to quality (product, process, and team) within an agile team
• Managers of individuals actively participating in agile teams
• (Very) experienced test and quality specialists who want to deepen and refresh their knowledge and experience in working with agile teams
What to expect.
You will learn practically applicable theory and immediately practice it through extensive exercises with a challenging Lego Mindstorms product
You will gain a broad understanding of quality within an agile team, covering product, process, and team aspects
Significant focus on the necessary soft skills within an agile team
Sharing and learning from the experiences of other participants
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