This course introduces Agile and Scrum at the foundation level, and will enable the candidate’s knowledge of the agile service management techniques and scrum development frameworks.
Agile scrum is about working together to successfully reach the goal. Agile methodologies are popular approaches in software development and are increasingly being used in other areas. Scrum practices include establishing cross-functional and self-managing teams, producing a working increment of software at the end of each iteration or Sprint.
Students attending the Agile and Scrum Foundation course will take the Agile Scrum Foundation Certification exam in the afternoon of the last day of training.
E-learning: including exam & mentor service €595 excl.VAT / licence
The Agile Manifesto
- Agile Values
- Comparing Project management and Agile Principles
- Transitioning from classic Project Management approaches to an Agile mindset
Rationale & Benefits of Agile
- History of Agile
- Empirical and defined processes
- The pillars of the empirical process
- The waterfall approach
- The iron triangle of project constraints
- Working with uncertainty and volatility
- Agile myths
- Empirical models for improvement and change
- Business culture and Agile
- The economic case for Agile
- The lifecycle of product development
Individuals and their Interactions over Processes and Tools
- Motivated and Talented Individuals
- Emergent design from Self‐Organising Teams
Working Systems over Comprehensive Documentation
- Satisfy the Customer with Continuous Delivery of Value
- Deliver Working Systems Frequently
- Working Systems as a Measure of Progress
- Technical Excellence and Good Design
- Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiations
- Business People and Developers Must Work Together
- Face‐to‐face Communications
- Reflect and Adjust Regularly
Responding to Change over Following a Plan
- Embrace Change
- Sustainable Pace
- Simplicity – The Art of Maximising the Amount of Work Not Done
- The Role of the Customer
- The Role of the Team
- The Role of the Agile Leader
- The Role of Stakeholders
- The Agile Mindset
- User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria and Scenarios
- MoSCoW Prioritisation
- Estimation using Story Points
- Agile quality assurance and testing
- Short Feedback Loops
- Focus on Quality
- Emergent Documentation
- Visual Boards
- Team Synchronisation Meeting
- Show and Tells
- Retrospectives
- Continuous Improvement
Relevant Methods and Approaches for Agile Teams
- Scrum
- XP
- DSDM Atern
- Kanban
- Lean
- Lean Start‐up
