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Agile Training versus Agile Consulting

TL;DR; Agile training builds a shared understanding and foundational skills across teams, while Agile consulting focuses on solving specific problems with tailored solutions in a short timeframe. Both approaches are effective but serve different needs. Consider using training for broad knowledge and consulting for targeted improvements.

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Why Both Are Hard-Hitting but in Different Ways

Have you ever thought about how Agile Training and Agile Consulting each deliver impactful results but target distinct aspects of organisational improvement?  🤔

Agile Training: Hard-Hitting Knowledge Dissemination

Agile training plays a vital role when it comes to getting the knowledge needed for the business.  It’s especially effective when you’re training within the company in Agile practice.  📚

This ensures that no one can say they didn’t understand what they were trained on, creating a common vocabulary and baseline understanding for everyone involved.

Agile Consulting: Targeted, Time-Limited, and Hard-Hitting

While Agile training is about broad-scale knowledge sharing, Agile consulting is also generally hard-hitting, right?

The time-limited nature of consulting allows for a laser-focused approach, targeting specific issues that the consultant identifies that are not going well or opportunities for improvement within the business.  🎯

The Core Difference Between Agile Training and Consulting

So, in summary, this is the main difference between Agile training and consulting.  Agile training is about broad understanding and skill-building.

In contrast, Agile consulting zeroes in on specific pain points and challenges, offering tailored solutions.  Both are “hard-hitting” but operate in unique arenas. 🎯

Take Your Agile Skills to the Next Level With Our Comprehensive Courses and Consultancy Services

Whether you’re new to Agile or a seasoned veteran, we have something to offer.  🌟

Our training courses give you the foundational skills you need, while our consulting services provide customised solutions for your specific challenges.

Agile training is great for hard testing. You know, getting that knowledge into the business, getting that knowledge into a large group of people. Especially if I’ve done gigs where you train everybody in the company in the agile practice season and nobody can say they didn’t understand what that thing was, right?

But agile consulting is also generally hard hitting, right? Because you’ve got a very time-limited nature of that. But it’s about targeting specific things that the consultant identifies as not going well or opportunities for improvement within your business. So that’s the main difference between training and consulting.

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