ZXM Agile Academy™
Agile Essentials Classroom
Advice for starting with agile after your first Agile Essentials workshop
Recommended Readings
- The Scrum Guide (2020).
- Scrum Master Learning Path. A vital set of resources to learn the accountabilities of the Scrum Master.
- Product Owner Learning Path is an important resource for managing products with agility.
- Agile Manifesto and its Principles.
- Tasty Cupcakes. A Retrospectives resource.
- ZXM’s Agile Team Playbook. Our very own essentials resource for everything agile.
Videos
- What does Scrum look like from the trenches (by Nordstrom)
- Dan Pink’s “The surprising truth about what motivates us” (Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose)
- Creating self-managing teams. David Marquete’s experiences as a submarine captain.
Books to read
- Sutherland (2015) The Art of Doing Twice as Much in Half the Time
- Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber (2006) Agile Retrospectives. Making Good Teams Great.
- L. David Marquet (2016) Turn the ship around! A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders.
Downloads
Evidence Based Management (EBM) Framework
Scrum.org's core reference framework for Agile OKRs.
ZXM's EBM / Agile OKR CARDS
These cards provide an easy mechanism for Executives, Product Managers, Product Owners, to select the value metrics that will provide insight into progress toward Product Goals and customer value.
VALUE CANVAS
Map users and their product needs.
EMPATHY MAP CANVAS
A3 canvas for describing users, their context, and their needs.
Agile Essentials Workbook
Student workbook for agile essentials for personal use.
Discount for Future Classes
Use and share coupon ZXMVIPSTUDENT before 30/06/2023 to apply a 20% discount towards attending a future public course run by Zen Ex Machina, including:
Scrum Master certification
A 2-day course that covers the essentials of Scrum to support teams, Product Owners, and coach the organisation.
Professional Agile Leadership
For executives, leaders and managers leading an agile program or portfolio.
Product Owner certification
A 2-day course that covers the essentials of Scrum to support teams, Product Owners, and coach the organisation.
