Agile for Technical Teams From Principles to Practice

This interactive course introduces Agile methodologies through real-world simulations, collaborative exercises, and practical tools that mirror the fast-paced, iterative nature of Agile environments. Participants will explore Agile roles, artifacts, planning techniques, and metrics while applying them to a simulated product development project. By the end, attendees will be equipped to implement Agile practices in technical settings and lead cross-functional teams with agility and purpose.

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Who Should Attend?

Engineers and technical professionals involved in product development, maintenance, or operations.
Project and program managers transitioning from traditional to Agile methodologies.
Technical leaders, contractors, and facilities managers seeking to collaborate more effectively using Agile principles.

What You Will Learn

Apply Agile frameworks, roles, and artifacts to real-world technical projects through hands-on simulations.
Estimate, plan, and track Agile projects using tools like story points, burndown charts, and task boards.
Evaluate organizational readiness and tailor Agile adoption strategies to overcome common implementation challenges.

Course Details: RA01837-D600

Module 1: Course Intro/Introduction to Agile: What is it - roots/history - current trends - what it's not.

Module 2: Agile project lifecycle models

Module 3: Agile project process models

Module 4: Agile project artifacts and documents

Module 5: Agile project team roles

Module 6: Agile Communications and Team Interactions - Daily stand-ups/scrums, team spaces/bullpens, other communications tools/methods

Module 7: Agile Estimating - Sizing and story points, planning poker, analogous estimating

Module 8: Agile Planning - release planning, Iterations/Timeboxing, retrospectives, burndown/burnup charts, task boards, definition of done, thin vertical slices, releasable increments

Module 9: Agile Metrics and Tools: Velocity, burndown/burnup charts

Module 10: Scaling Agile – LeSS, SAFe, S@S, Hybrid

Module 11: Adopting Agile - assessing projects, adoption, alternatives/adaptations, organizational readiness and typical challenges

Course Location

Pyle Center

702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706

Map

608-262-1122

866-301-1753

Lodging

DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown

525 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703

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Accommodations include: Enjoy complimentary business center, WiFi and Local/Airport Shuttle. Each room has a refrigerator, microwave, 42-inch HDTV, and executive desk. Parking available $15/night.

Online Reservations

800-222-8733

608-251-5511

Fluno Center

601 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

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Accommodations include: Your stay includes hot breakfast buffet, fitness center, business center, convenient on-site parking. Guest rooms are complete with Keurig coffee maker, refrigerator, complimentary high-speed Internet, and 40-inch, flat screen, high-def TVs.

Online Reservations

877-773-5866

608-441-7117

Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club

One West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703

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Room: rates start at $160

Accommodations include: Complimentary WiFi, Local/Airport Shuttle, Pool, and Fitness Center.

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Instructor
Dr. Shawn Belling
UW InterPro
Shawn Belling is a globally experienced technology executive, speaker, instructor, and author based in Madison, WI. Shawn has over thirty years of professional experience, including executive and management roles in health tech, higher education, software, consulting, bio-pharma, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance sectors.

Shawn is IT Director/IT Business Partner for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Analytical Services Division. Shawn holds teaching roles at UW– Madison, UW-Platteville, and the University of Southern California. Areas of professional and academic practice include project and program management, agile practices, organizational change management, software and IT strategy and delivery, new product development and remote work.

In addition to his technology and project leadership experience, Shawn teaches, speaks and consults for businesses, universities, and professional organizations on various leadership and management topics and practices. Shawn released his books Succeeding with Agile Hybrids in November of 2020 and Remotely Possible in June of 2021, and has also contributed chapters of books on project management.

Shawn is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner and is also a Certified Scrum Professional and Registered Scrum at Scale Practitioner.

Shawn earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and his Master of Science in Project Management from UW–Platteville. Shawn earned a graduate diploma in Organizational Change Leadership from UW-Platteville and a Doctor of Education in Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands.
Program Director
Blake Suhre

Total Credits:

CEU 1.4,

PDH 14,

Applies to these Certificates:

Project Management,

Quick Response Manufacturing,

Technical Leadership,

Course Administration

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

Request Purchase Order information from registration@cerc.wisc.edu
- If a fee quote is needed, contact custserv@interpro.wisc.edu first
You will receive an invoice from UW–Madison Business Services for payment, usually within 3–5 business days

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email registration@cerc.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

Event Cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

Course Details: RA01837-E011

Module 1: Course Intro/Introduction to Agile: What is it - roots/history - current trends - what it's not.

Module 2: Agile project lifecycle models

Module 3: Agile project process models

Module 4: Agile project artifacts and documents

Module 5: Agile project team roles

Module 6: Agile Communications and Team Interactions - Daily stand-ups/scrums, team spaces/bullpens, other communications tools/methods

Module 7: Agile Estimating - Sizing and story points, planning poker, analogous estimating

Module 8: Agile Planning - release planning, Iterations/Timeboxing, retrospectives, burndown/burnup charts, task boards, definition of done, thin vertical slices, releasable increments

Module 9: Agile Metrics and Tools: Velocity, burndown/burnup charts

Module 10: Scaling Agile – LeSS, SAFe, S@S, Hybrid

Module 11: Adopting Agile - assessing projects, adoption, alternatives/adaptations, organizational readiness and typical challenges

Course Location

Pyle Center

702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706

Map

608-262-1122

866-301-1753

Lodging

DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown

525 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703

Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club

One West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703

Map

Room: rates start at $160

Accommodations include: Complimentary WiFi, Local/Airport Shuttle, Pool, and Fitness Center.

Fluno Center

601 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

More Madison Lodging Options

Instructor
Dr. Shawn Belling
UW InterPro
Shawn Belling is a globally experienced technology executive, speaker, instructor, and author based in Madison, WI. Shawn has over thirty years of professional experience, including executive and management roles in health tech, higher education, software, consulting, bio-pharma, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance sectors.

Shawn is IT Director/IT Business Partner for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Analytical Services Division. Shawn holds teaching roles at UW– Madison, UW-Platteville, and the University of Southern California. Areas of professional and academic practice include project and program management, agile practices, organizational change management, software and IT strategy and delivery, new product development and remote work.

In addition to his technology and project leadership experience, Shawn teaches, speaks and consults for businesses, universities, and professional organizations on various leadership and management topics and practices. Shawn released his books Succeeding with Agile Hybrids in November of 2020 and Remotely Possible in June of 2021, and has also contributed chapters of books on project management.

Shawn is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner and is also a Certified Scrum Professional and Registered Scrum at Scale Practitioner.

Shawn earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and his Master of Science in Project Management from UW–Platteville. Shawn earned a graduate diploma in Organizational Change Leadership from UW-Platteville and a Doctor of Education in Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands.
Program Director
Blake Suhre

Total Credits:

CEU 1.4,

PDH 14,

Applies to these Certificates:

Project Management,

Quick Response Manufacturing,

Technical Leadership,

Course Administration

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

Request Purchase Order information from registration@cerc.wisc.edu
- If a fee quote is needed, contact custserv@interpro.wisc.edu first
You will receive an invoice from UW–Madison Business Services for payment, usually within 3–5 business days

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email registration@cerc.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

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