| Overview 
				
Agile. Scrum. If you're a project manager, you've heard of them. You know the theories behind them and the pros and cons of using the approach. It is easy to understand why a project team or organization would choose to use Agile and Scrum to execute their project, but do you know how to?
 It is one thing to see and an entirely different thing to do. This course is intended for all members of the project team and is designed to teach you how to implement Agile and Scrum in your projects now. You will review real world examples and techniques that dozens of teams from organizations of all sizes have used. Every step of the Agile project life-cycle will be covered and adapted to a sample project or your current project.
 
 You know what Agile and Scrum are. Now it is time to use them! No more reading from a textbook; learn how it works from actual examples, best practices, tips, and tricks gleaned from the successful implementation of Agile and Scrum in Fortune 500 companies' projects. This is an interactive course that will leave you with the knowledge and stills to use these powerful methods.
 
 Course duration
 
 2 days
 
 Course outline
 
 Agile Introduction and Overview
 
The Agile TeamThe Traditional Process
Why Agile
Agile Methods
Agile Benefits
Basics of Agile
 
The Agile Planning Framework Agile Team Characteristics
Self-organizing Teams
Roles & Responsibilities
Management Role
Expectations
 
Understanding the Customer Agile Planning
6 Levels of Planning
Agile Release Lifecycle
Establishing Product Vision
 
Product RoadmapThinking like the User
User Roles
Customer Personas
 
Creating the Product BacklogProduct Themes/Feature Groups
Use Case Diagrams
Roadmaps
Focus Exercise
 
Breaking Down EPICsUser Stories
U-INVEST Model
Non-Functional Stories
Acceptance Criteria
What makes a good story (sizing and substance)
Story Writing Techniques
 
Prioritizing the Product BacklogCompound vs. Complex Stories
How to Break Down Large Stories
What Stories are not
 
Sizing StoriesMethods for prioritizing Business Value Points
Sequencing Charts/Dependency Diagrams
Expectations for Prioritizing Stories
 
Release PlanningActual vs. Relative estimating
Story Points
Planning Poker
Complexity Buckets
 
Story ElaborationWhat is Release Planning
Utilizing Velocity
Sprint 0
Pre-Release Sprint
Communication
 
Sprint PlanningGetting to the details
Pre-planning session
Acceptance Tests
Agile Modeling examples
 
Sprint ExecutionSprint Planning Preparation
Capacity Planning
Task breakdown
Definition of "done"
Realistic Commitments
 
Closing out the SprintDaily Standup (Daily Scrum)
Task boards
Agile Tools
Burn-down, burn-up and other metrics
Scaling Agile
 
Sprint Reviews
Retrospectives
Demos
 
 
 
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