Course index

Learning Agile

Shipping real work solo, in increments small enough that a wrong turn costs days rather than months. Flow first; Scrum framed later as one packaging of the same ideas.

Lessons

Lesson 01 · foundation

The Vertical Slice

How small can the next working thing be? Cutting a feature so every piece runs — the one skill that still pays at a team of one.

vertical vs horizontal · increment · INVEST · nine splitting patterns · throwaway test
Lesson 02 · planned

Finish One Thing

Why starting three slices is slower than finishing one. WIP limits, work item age, and a board that tells the truth.

WIP · cycle time · throughput · work item age · Definition of Workflow
Lesson 03 · planned

Appetite, Not Estimate

Fixed time, variable scope. Deciding what a result is worth before designing it, and forecasting from your own cycle-time data.

appetite · SLE · fixed time/variable scope · forecasting

Reference

Reference · print this

Nine Ways to Cut a Big Thing

The splitting patterns in the order to try them, plus the four tests for whether a cut was any good.

Reference · living

Agile Glossary

Every term pinned to its primary source, not the industry folk meaning. Grows with each lesson.

Workspace

FileWhat it holds
MISSION.mdWhy you're learning this. Grounds every teaching decision.
RESOURCES.mdTrusted sources — Scrum Guide, Kanban Guide, Shape Up, communities.
NOTES.mdYour preferences and the teaching notes behind them.
learning-records/What's been established — drives what gets taught next.