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ACT | Glossary

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Definition:

Agile Champions Teams (ACT), a team of 16 or so individuals participate on the ACT on the team for around 6 to 24 months depending on their role and ability to commit time to the team. Members are chosen to equally represent all functions involved. ACT meets every other week for 2 hours and augments those meetings with occasional longer offsite meetings.

ACT resolved issues related to lack of stakeholder involvement in projects, the proper use and meaning of deadlines, and executive leadership misperceptions of what agile is and can do for the company. One of the developer from the ACT team expressed his views that the best things to come out of ACT is the wide-open, smackdown brown bag sessions where all are welcome to ask questions and share knowledge. These meetings helps uncover root challenges in agile, which could be addressed by ACT.

Further Reading:
Book: SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn

Certified LeSS Practitioner course with Venkatesh Krishnamurthy

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INNOVATION ROOTS is proud to announce its association with Mr. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy’s company Empirical Coach Pt. Ltd. to deliver the Certified LeSS Practitioner workshop in India. The course will be conducted by Venkatesh Krishnamurthy and will be held on 20, 21 & 22 April, 2018 at Bangalore.

This three-day course covers Large- Scale Scrum (LeSS) in an in- depth format, with its corresponding principles, frameworks and rules. It delivers essential information for the adoption and improvement of LeSS for the existing Product Development Group. Large- Scale Scrum (LeSS) knowledge is essential for the application of Scrum principles in a large-scale context.

This three-day course will teach Participants essential Scrum principles, as well as structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt it during development. Participants will learn LeSS overview, stories on LeSS adoptions, exercises and Q & As. The Course will help participants to enhance the knowledge and applicability of existing Scrum and Agile methods, and sharpen their skills as Scrum Master and Agile Coach. They will eventually gain an understanding on how to manage cross-functional, self-managing teams and play the role of Scrum Master in LeSS.

Mr. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy is an esteemed thought leader and published author, who’s specialized in applying Lean and Agile principles into major corporations and work programs. He’s been personally mentored by luminaries such as Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, and has held leadership positions across Australia, USA, Europe and Asia regarding Agile methods that include: Scrum, XP, Kanban, SAFe and Systems Thinking towards delivering outcomes for customers. He was also involved in the hundreds of experiments, that led to the birth of LeSS. The participants will also get a rare insight into them, during the course.

Register for the workshop at www.innovationroots.com