Agile Practitioner Training Overview
This Agile Practitioner training teaches attendees the core principles of Agile, Scrum, and Lean for individuals and teams.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
Objectives
- Agile's principles and framework
- Scrum's roles and responsibilities
- How to use Lean principles in Scrum
- Estimation methods
- Planning strategies for release
- How to plan and review sprints
- Best practices in Agile transformations
Prerequisites
Students should have prior experience managing software development projects.
Outline
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Agile Overview
- Agile Framework
- Agile Advantages and Potential
- The Agile Manifesto and Principles
- Can Agile Fail?
- The Best Agile
Scrum Overview
- Roles and Responsibilities
- How It Works
- Artifacts
- Rules of Scrum
- Definition of Done
Lean Practices
- Lean Software Development Principles
- Value Stream Mapping
- Leveraging Lean Principles in Scrum
- Lean Labs
Product Backlog
- Defining the Product Backlog
- User Stories – Business Functionality
- Prioritizing the Product Backlog
- Product Backlog Lab
Agile Estimation
- Stories and Sizing
- Relative Sizing
- Planning Poker
- Team Estimation Method
- Estimation Lab
Release Planning
- Release Planning Preparation
- Release Planning Meeting
- Velocity-Driven Release Planning
- Fixed Schedule Release Planning
- Measuring and Monitoring Progress
- Release Planning Lab
Sprints
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Activities
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Sprint Labs
The Next Steps
- How Do We Get Started?
- Common Mistakes in Agile Transformations
Conclusion
Training Materials:
All attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements:
No software is required. Students should be seated in pods of 3 or 4, with a notebook and pen for each student. Each pod should have a flipchart with multiple colors of markers. The instructor will require connectivity for her/his laptop to a projection system and Internet.
