Agile and Lean practices

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the basic principles of Agile and Lean methodology
• discuss ways to apply Agile and Lean principles in a multi-disciplinary team
• explain why iteration is important

2. Working

You can:

• demonstrate experience in applying Agile principles in practice
• provide a clear, open and transparent framework in which teams can deliver
• show an awareness of Agile tools and are starting to use them intelligently
• visualise and make visible the work of the team

3. Practitioner

You can:

• compare and select the most appropriate delivery methods and processes
• recognise, reflect and adapt when something does not work, encouraging experimentation
• use a blended approach depending on the context
• help teams to measure, evaluate and visualise outcomes
• encourage reflective practice to improve ways of working

4. Expert

You can:

• coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean good practices
• create and tailor the right approach for a team, challenging, evaluating and iterating the approach through the life cycle
• experiment with new and innovative ways of working to improve delivery across the organisation
• act as a recognised expert and advocate for Agile and Lean approaches

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

• Agile project management (close match)
• lean project management (close match)
• incremental development (narrow match)

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