Course Details
Working with Agile/Scrum
  • Course Length: 2 days
  • Course Price: $0
  • Code: WWAS
  • Course Mode: ILT
Audience
This course is intended for development team members, team leads, technical leads, project managers, analysts, developers, programmers, testers, IT Managers/Directors, software engineers, software architects and customers  who will be using Scrum/Agile.

Scrum is the most widely adopted of the Agile Software Development Methods. Like the other Agile methods, Scrum is not a license to work in an undisciplined way. Rather, through disciplined use of Scrum, an organization can realize the promise of software projects that please the customer, are tolerant of change, and deliver what they promise within their cost and time constraints. This course will prepare students to manage, lead, or participate on Scrum projects. Students will learn how to apply the practices of Scrum to achieve software success.

  • Initiating A Scrum Project
  • Compiling an Initial Product Backlog
  • Planning Each 30-Day Sprint
  • Checking Status in the Daily Scrum
  • Sprinting
  • Checking Progress in the Sprint Review
  • The Role of the Scrum Master
  • Closure

  • The philosophical underpinnings of the Agile methods (Values and Principles) that will allow you to understand and gain real value from the Agile process and practices
  • The Agile project life cycle and the importance of each step to the Agile process
  • Time boxing and how important it is to Agility
  • The Agile Team and their roles including Scrum Master (Coach), Product Owner (Customer) and the technical team members
  • The nature and operation of a self-managing team
  • How to initiate an Agile project, including Story-writing, Story estimation and prioritization
  • How to run an Agile project, including the Daily Scrum, collaboration and status-checking
  • How to get customer acceptance and feedback and learn at the end of each Sprint (iteration) 
  • How to welcome change and adapt as the Agile project moves forward
  • How to adapt the Agile practices to the realities of your project constraints (e.g. contracts and geographically dispersed teams)
  • How to make the most of technical specialists (e.g. Business Analysts and Testers) on Agile teams