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TP3224

Agile Foundations Training

Participants are given a comprehensive overview of the Agile essentials and learn about the different Agile frameworks: Lean, Scrum, XP, and Kanban. This course emphasizes practical agile practices and focuses on demonstrating how Agile can be integrated into real projects.
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Course Details

Duration

2 days

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is presumed.

Skills Gained

  • Effective Story Writing and Estimations
  • Release Planning
  • Agile Execution (Grooming, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Demos and Retrospectives)
  • Facilitate Agile Ceremonies
Course Outline
  • Agile Overview
    • Introductions
    • Overview of Agile
    • Agile Manifesto
    • Agile Principles
    • Lean
    • Scrum
    • Kanban
    • Extreme Programming
  • The Agile Team
    • The Agile Team
    • Self-Organization
    • Agile Roles – Product Owner
    • Agile Roles – ScrumMaster
    • Agile Roles – The Team
    • Workshop
  • User Effective User Stories
    • User Stories
    • THEME \\EPIC \\ STORY
    • User Stories: Examples
    • Guidelines for User Stories
    • User Stories: I-N-V-E-S-T
    • Workshop
    • Story Mapping (Identifying Stories)
    • Workshop – Writing User Stories
  • Acceptance Criteria\\Test
    • Why Acceptance Criteria?
    • Documenting Acceptance Criteria\\Test
    • The Gherkin Format
    • Definition of Done
    • Acceptance Criteria – Example
    • Workshop–Writing Acceptance Criteria
    • Value Stream Mapping
  • Backlog Prioritization
    • Backlog Prioritization Techniques
    • Estimating - Business Value
    • MoSCoW Analysis
    • Value Risk Assessments
    • Workshop – Prioritize Stories
  • Estimating & Sizing
    • Estimating
    • Sizing Stories
    • Story Points
    • Facilitating Planning Poker
    • Workshop - Sizing Stories
    • Building a Release Plan
    • Building a Release Plan
    • Team Velocity
    • Release Planning
    • Sample Release Plan
    • Workshop–Create a release plan
  • Backlog Grooming
    • Backlog Grooming Fundamentals
    • Facilitating Pre-Planning Sessions
    • Facilitating Backlog Grooming Sessions
    • Workshop – Groom the backlog
  • Iteration Planning
    • Iteration Planning
    • Break Down All Tasks
    • The Team’s Definition of ‘Done’
    • Capacity Planning
    • Facilitating Iteration Planning Sessions
  • Iteration Execution
    • Iteration Execution
    • Sample Agile Calendar
    • Daily Standup
    • Task board
    • Visual Task-boards
    • Workshop – Managing Tasks
  • Metrics
    • Metrics: Burn-up Charts
    • Metrics: Burn-Dow Charts
    • Lead Time\\Cycle Time