First Steps Toward Agility: Incorporating Agile Practices in a Waterfall Environment with NK Shrivastava

Upon completion of this training, learners will be able to:

• Formulate a strategy to introduce agile in their organizations.
• Explain the first steps to take toward becoming agile.
• Demonstrate agile practices that can be utilized by a waterfall team.

Both predictive (waterfall) and adaptive (agile) methodologies have pros and cons and can be effective ways to structure a project. For teams that are not using an agile approach, there are still agile practices that can benefit them. Daily standups, retrospectives, and many other key agile practices and ceremonies can benefit even a waterfall team. For many, the most arduous part of transitioning to agile in a waterfall environment happens at the beginning—in the uncertainty of how to put the initiative into motion. 

In this training, strategies and best practices to begin incorporating agile practices are revealed. Real-world experiences working with existing project teams are shared. By initiating practices, teams start to understand the agile principles and mindset and become better prepared to take the next steps on their agile journey. Specific agile practices and how to adapt each one to a traditional environment are covered.