Agile & Scrum
Agile Fundamentals Workshop
A hands-on workshop that builds the agile mindset.
1 dayFoundation8 modules
About this course
A hands-on workshop that builds the agile mindset. You will practise writing user stories with INVEST and the 3Cs, shape and refine a product backlog using MoSCoW and story mapping, engage stakeholders and communicate through Kanban boards and WIP limits.
What you'll learn
- Understand and use Agile core terms
- Explain key Agile concepts and their importance in achieving agility
- Identify, engage, and leverage key stakeholders in an Agile environment
- Apply common Agile tools and techniques
- Embrace and advocate for an Agile mindset to benefit from an Agile approach
- Select the best practices for a project and apply them appropriately to benefit the project and organization
Curriculum
8 modules
- Agile Manifesto & Principles
- Iterative vs. Incremental
- Empirical vs. Defined Process
- Definitions of Agile
- When is Agile Appropriate?
- Exercise: Applying Agile
- Servant Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Agile Environment - Team
- Visibility and Transparency
- Apply the Mindset
- Agile Approaches
- Agile-Hybrid Models
- Agile vs. Scrum Concepts and Terms
- Scrum Roles
- Exercise: Scrum Roles Matching
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Scrum Events
- Workshop: Build a Product Backlog
- Organizational Vision
- Product Vision
- The Project Charter
- Story Maps
- Definition of Done (DoD)
- Agile Release (Product) Roadmap
- DEEP
- Workshop: Prioritizing the Product Backlog
- What and Why
- INVEST
- 3Cs
- Personas
- Workshop: Writing User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria
- Workshop: Generating Acceptance Criteria
- Ordering the Backlog & Techniques
- MoSCow
- Story Mapping & Value Mapping
- Workshop: Ordering User Stories
- Estimating Techniques
- Relative Sizing
- Exercise: Relative Sizing
- Planning Poker
- Workshop: Planning Poker
- Affinity Estimating
- Refine the Backlog
- Getting User Stories Ready
- Workshop: Evaluate User Stories
- Information Radiators
- Task/Kanban Board
- Work in Progress (WIP) Limits
- Workshop: Kanban Board
- Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFD)
- Burnup/down Charts
- Reflecting Agile Values
- Course Retrospective
- Summary
Who it's for
Anyone joining an agile team, including business analysts, testers, developers and product stakeholders.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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