AgileHouse offers a 2 or 3 day Agile bootcamp for teams, which has been well-received across the U.S. However, we also recognize that - while helpful in aligning teams in agile practices and - our bootcamp is not always enough to help teams achieve truly groundbreaking productivity. That's why we've created these follow-on "RapidStart" offerings to help organizations like yours.
Bronze
The idea behind our Bronze package is to ensure that a team (or teams) that has just completed our Agile team bootcamp will also have an experienced coach supporting them through at least one complete cycle of Scrum ceremonies following a week of prep. When you take into account the bootcamp, a week of prep, a complete two week sprint, and 1-on-1 coaching you're at a 1-month launch we call the "Bronze RapidStart". Activities in this engagement include:
Working with Scrum team in preparation for Sprint 1
Ongoing coaching on Agile and Scrum Fundamentals
Workshop - Sprint 1 Planning
Launch Sprint 1
Work with ScrumMaster on facilitation of all ceremonies
Work with Product Owner Product Vision and Backlog
Establish metrics to be used for measurement and diagnostic purposes
Help plan/design information radiators
Silver
While we offer the Bronze RapidStart to help a team get through at least one cycle, we also know from experience that a new agile team doesn't typically reach it's stride until the third sprint or later. To help ensure the success of this development, we offer the "Silver RapidStart" package which begins with the Bronze package as it's foundation and extends the personal coaching to 3 full 2-week sprints - followed by a retrospective and debrief of leadership on results and next steps. Typical activities during this two month engagement include:
An initial assessment of the teams
Coaching teams and managers for three Sprints
Coaching Product Owners on identifying business value
Coaching ScrumMasters on identifying impediments and helping teams improve delivery practices
Coaching Technology and Business Leadership
Facilitating the creation of a transformation backlog
Creation of a Community of Practice
Gold
Our most comprehensive package is our, 13 week, "Gold RapidStart", which includes all items from our Bronze and Silver packages plus a comprehensive (before/after) pre and post engagement team assessments so that we can baseline performance, and then measure results against that baseline. Typical activities include:
Conduct Retrospective with teams and stakeholders involved in previous Agile teams
Working with business team on identifying scope and priority of the work
(Working with Scrum team for preparation for Sprint 1: 3 days)
Level-set training on Agile and Scrum Fundamentals for business and technology leadership
(Workshop - Sprint 1 Planning)
(Coaching teams for first three sprints)
(Complete assessment of first teams)
Continue coaching teams on Scrum practices
Continue coaching Technology and Business leaders on removing impediments that impact a team's velocity