TP2723 Agile Fundamentals for Technology-Enabled Business Training
Online Virtual Class
This two-day entry-level course takes participants through the basics terms and concepts of Agile/Scrum. When completed, students will be able to effectively contribute to a Scrum Team or project.
The class can be further tailored to the use of Agile and an Agile Methodology to discuss specific business function, e.g. Sales, Marketing, Contracting, Business Analysis, Operations, and Leadership.
Audience
This course is appropriate for anyone working on or in contact with an Agile Team. This is also a useful course for anyone interested in learning Agile basics or considering incorporating Scrum methodologies within their environment. Development, Security, Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Leadership, and all areas of any business will benefit from the course offering.
Duration
2 Days.
Outline for Agile Fundamentals for Technology-Enabled Business Training
1. Class Introductions
2. Introduction to Agile
- History of Agile
- Agile in a Nutshell
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Principles
- Artifacts
- Roles
- Ceremonies & Events
- Lean
3. Initiate
- Creating a Project Vision
- Creating a Project Charter
- User Personas
- Identifying the Scrum Master
- Forming the Scrum Team
- Developing Epics
- Developing Story Maps
- Journey Maps
4. Planning & Estimating a Project
- Create User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria
- Create User Stories
- Approve, Estimate & Commit User Stories
- Creating Tasks
- Estimating Tasks
- Creating the Sprint Backlog
- Planning Poker
5. Implementing a Project
- Creating Deliverables
- Conducting the Daily Standup (or Daily Scrum)
- Grooming the Prioritized Product Backlog
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
6. Sprint Review and Retrospect
- Scaling Agile and Scrum
- Team Communication & Collaboration
- Demonstrating & Validating Sprint
- Retrospect Sprint
7. Release
- Ship Deliverables
- Release Engineering
- Release Planning
- Retrospect Project
8. Value Stream Mapping
- Understanding Value Streams
- Developing a Value Stream Map
9. Test-Driven Development
10. DevOps and CI/CD
11. Pair Programming
12. Knowledge Management, Assets & Gold Master
13. Workshop exercises:
- Forming our Scrum Teams
- Identifying our Agile Foundations in the Organization
- Creating a Project Charter
- Identifying User personas
- Creating a Journey Map
- Creating our Epics and User Stories
- Creating our Product Backlog
- Creating our Release Plan
- Creating a Value Stream Map