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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Understanding the friction points between regulated organisations and Agile adoption.
  • Dispelling common misconceptions, such as "Agile eliminates documentation" or "Regulators reject Agile."

Regulation as a Product Requirement

  • Converting regulatory mandates into actionable backlog items.
  • Incorporating compliance into the Definition of Done.
  • Scheduling regulatory deadlines within sprints and release cycles.

Governance and Documentation

  • Determining the core governance needs.
  • Developing lightweight documentation strategies that meet audit standards.
  • Ensuring full traceability from requirement to final delivery.

Engaging Control Functions and Vendors

  • Early involvement of risk, compliance, legal, and IT security teams.
  • Managing Agile delivery with external vendors under fixed-contract models.

Agile in the Public Sector

  • Aligning public procurement processes with Agile delivery methods.
  • Applying Agile principles to EU-funded programmes and projects.

Case Studies

  • Banking innovation: Reducing digital lending application times from over 30 minutes to just 5.
  • Lessons learned from successful transformations and common pitfalls.

Practical Application

  • Team-based planning of regulated product changes.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Fundamental familiarity with Agile or Scrum frameworks.
  • Professional experience within or alongside regulated entities, such as banks, insurers, payment service providers, or public administration bodies.

Target Audience

  • Managers and team leaders in banking, insurance, and payment service industries.
  • Product Owners, as well as project and programme managers.
  • Business analysts and process owners.
  • Compliance, risk, and public administration specialists collaborating with delivery teams.

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