Course Overview
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- the Agile way of thinking;
- Scrum practices;
- Scrum planning and estimation;
- monitoring Scrum projects;
- advanced Scrum concepts.
Who Should Attend?
The Agile way of thinking is best known in the field of software development, but the principles are increasingly being applied in other types of projects. Scrum is the most used Agile methodology and is suitable for all professionals looking to keep their knowledge up to date with the latest developments in the fields of IT and project management, particularly those leading or participating in projects. In particular, the certification is suitable for professionals working in the areas of project management, software development, IT service management, and business management. This certification is highly recommended before starting a Scrum project.
Pre-requisite
None
Course Outlines
- Concepts of Agile and Scrum
- recognize how transformation to an Agile environment works.
- recognize how Agility brings value, predictability and flexibility.
- describe the Agile Manifesto.
- recognize Agile methods and practices other than Scrum.
- Scrum Roles
- explain the Product Owner role.
- explain the Scrum Master role.
- explain the role of the Development Team.
- recognize the role of a traditional Project Manager.
- Scrum Events
- explain the characteristics of timeboxed events.
- explain the characteristics of Sprints.
- explain the characteristics of the Daily Scrum.
- explain the characteristics of the Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective.
- The Importance of the Backlog
- explain the Product Owner role.
- explain the Scrum Master role.
- explain the role of the Development Team.
- recognize the role of a traditional Project Manager.
- Definition of Done
- explain the importance of a good Definition of Done
- Scrum Planning
- explain what happens during Sprint Planning meetings.
- understand the rituals and the importance of the Daily Scrum.
- understand how to determine the duration of a Sprint.Scrum Events
- Scrum Estimation
- explain estimation techniques: Planning Poker, Triangulation and Affinity Estimation.
- understand how to compute estimates using Ideal Days or Story Points.
- understand how Backlog items are ordered.
- Scrum Monitoring
- understand Burn-Down charts.
- understand how to monitor Sprint progress.
- understand how to compute the Velocity of the team.
- understand Kanban boards.
- understand the concept and value of information radiators.
- Scrum in Different Situations
- recognize how to apply Scrum in large, complex projects.
- recognize how to apply Scrum with distributed teams.
- understand different types of contracts in Scrum.
- understand how to create an Agile workspace.