Agile Product Development for the Two-Wheeler Industry

Course Summary

Two-wheeler product development increasingly involves interconnected mechanical, electrical, electronic and software systems. Customer expectations also continue to evolve across performance, safety, connectivity, convenience, fuel efficiency, electric mobility and digital experience.

Traditional development models remain necessary for regulatory approvals, tooling, validation and production release. However, purely sequential execution can delay learning, expose integration issues late and make changing customer requirements difficult to manage.

This two-day program enables engineering, product, digital and project teams to apply Agile principles within the realities of two-wheeler development. Participants learn how to combine Scrum, Kanban, Lean and hybrid approaches with existing engineering stage gates, validation requirements and manufacturing processes.

The program follows a 30% concepts and 70% practical application model. Participants work through one continuous two-wheeler case from customer problem to product vision, backlog, iteration planning, engineering validation, review, launch readiness and continuous improvement.

Learning Methodology

The program uses:

• 30% concepts and 70% practical application
• Continuous two-wheeler product case
• Rider-persona and journey mapping
• Product Vision and MVP development
• Epic, feature and story-writing exercises
• Backlog prioritisation
• Relative-estimation activities
• Sprint Planning and Daily Scrum simulations
• Kanban flow design
• Validation and defect-management cases
• Supplier-dependency scenarios
• Sprint Review simulation
• Retrospective and improvement planning
• Workplace application project

The learning journey follows:

Customer Problem → Product Vision → Rider Personas → Vehicle Outcomes → Epics → Features → Engineering Stories → Prioritisation → Estimation → Iteration Planning → Daily Coordination → Validation → Review → Retrospective → Metrics → Continuous Improvement

Who Should Attend

• Two-Wheeler Product Development teams
• R&D and Vehicle Engineering professionals
• Electrical, Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineers
• Mechanical and Powertrain Engineers
• EV and Battery-System teams
• Connected Vehicle and Digital Product teams
• Product Owners and Product Managers
• Project and Program Managers
• Manufacturing Engineering professionals
• Testing, Validation and Homologation teams
• Quality and Supplier-Quality Engineers
• Purchase and Supplier Development teams
• Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Transformation teams
• Engineering Managers and Functional Leaders

Business Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Determine where Agile, Scrum, Kanban or hybrid delivery is appropriate.
• Connect Agile practices with automotive product-development stage gates.
• Translate rider and business requirements into measurable product outcomes.
• Develop Epics, features, engineering stories and acceptance criteria.
• Prioritise features using customer value, safety, risk, urgency and effort.
• Plan short learning and validation cycles for vehicle development.
• Coordinate hardware, software, suppliers, testing and manufacturing teams.
• Visualise work and manage bottlenecks through Kanban.
• Apply quality and engineering practices within Agile delivery.
• Manage dependencies involving tooling, prototypes, suppliers and approvals.
• Use delivery and outcome metrics beyond team velocity.
• Run effective reviews and retrospectives.
• Identify Agile anti-patterns within engineering environments.
• Build an initial Agile improvement plan for a current vehicle program.