BA07 - Implementing an Agile Project
The course will explore how your projects can easily and successfully make the transition to an effective Agile environment.
CÍLOVÁ SKUPINA
Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts, Quality and process engineers, technicians, managers; supervisors, team leaders, and process operators; anyone who wants to improve their Business Analysis skills.
TÉMATA KURZU
After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Plan, manage and close requirements for software development project in reduced time using Agile Scrum practices
- Minimize project uncertainty and risk by applying Agile principles through the Scrum method
- Ensure your project delivers required functionality and adds value to the business
- Create an environment of self-management for your software development team that will be able to continuously align the delivered software with desired business needs, easily adapting to changing requirements throughout the process.
- Learn how to apply Agile Scrum by measuring and evaluating status based on the undeniable truth of working, testing software, creating a more accurate visibility into the actual progress of projects.
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OSNOVA KURZU
1 - INTRODUCTION
Why Agile?
The Agile Manifesto
The Agile Lifecycle
Introducing Agile SCRUM to the organization
Roles and Responsibilities on an Agile project team
Establishing core hours - How will the team work during a day?
Planning and Managing Business Analysis Communication and Performance
ACTIVITY – Identify Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Committed and non-committed roles
2 - INITIATE AN AGILE PROJECT
Envision the Product and Project outcomes
Assemble the Agile project team – what are their responsibilities?
ACTIVITY – Create a roles and responsibilities matrix (RACI) that are aligned to the desired outcomes
Setting expectations with stakeholders
Compile the Product Backlog (Coarse-Grain Requirements)
Plan Sprints and Releases
Embrace the High-Level (Coarse-Grain) Plan
3 - PLAN THE ITERATION (SPRINT)
Sprint Zero activities
Define the vision and Iteration Requirements
ACTIVITY – Define the vision
Creating the Product Backlog – Guidelines for writing User stories
Managing the Solution Scope and Requirements using 2-4 week Sprints
Adapting a change-driven (Agile) Project plan that works – what are the key differences from traditional (waterfall) project plans?
Finalize the Iteration Plan and how the team will operate
ACTIVITY – Write user stories for the product backlog
4 - PLANNING RELEASES & MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
Planning Releases
Establishing decision and acceptance criteria for user stories
Planning Poker
ACTIVITY – Estimate User stories using Planning Poker
Prioritize themes and releases
Prioritize user stories
ACTIVITY - Prioritize user stories
Estimating team velocity
Preparing for change – Is the organization ready?
Create a release plan
ACTIVITY – Create a Release plan
5 - PLANNING THE SPRINT
Elements of a successful Sprint Planning meeting
Create a Sprint Backlog
Create a Sprint plan – Establishing Spring success metrics
How to create a task board
ACTIVITY – Create a Task Board and Sprint Backlog for the first Sprint
Coach the Team – How to keep them motivated and moving forward towards the
desired outcome
6 - RUNNING THE SPRINT
Managing your Scrums and setting expectations with your team
Using Burndown charts to track progress
ACTIVITY – Conduct a Scrum, update the task board, and create a Burndown chart
Manage changes during the Sprint – What questions to ask
Prepare for the Sprint Review
Obtain Customer Acceptance of the Product Increment
Hold a Sprint Retrospective - What is working and what needs to be improved upon during the Sprints
Update the product backlog - Rework the High-Level (Coarse-Grain) Plan
Plan and Execute the next Sprint
7 - VERIFYING & VALIDATING REQUIREMENTS
Creating a master test plan using Agile
Verifying and Validating requirements using an Agile approach
ACTIVITY - Create test scenarios and test cases from your User Stories
Defining Transition Requirements
Evaluating Solution Performance
Capstone exercise, a simulated Agile project for participants to apply the skills they have learned
8 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Useful books and links on Agile
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