Course Description

This two day workshop is designed to provide a solid, practical insight into how and why Scrum works. It aims to equip delegates with a thorough grounding in Scrum and introduction to User Stories.

Pre-workshop study

The Scrum Guide: available at www.scrum.org.

Target Students

Managers, Programmers, Development Team Leads, Testers, Analysts, Product Managers, or someone who interfaces with Agile/Scrum teams.

Pre-requisites

Delegates should have a basic understanding of and practical experience with project management concepts and practices.

Performance Based Objectives

Through attending this workshop you will gain insights into:

• The foundations of Agile & Scrum
• Coverage of Scrum principles and values
• Scrum roles, responsibilities and artefacts
• Planning and feedback meetings

Course Content

• The iron triangle of project management
• The need for, and the power, of feedback loops
• The power of self-organising teams
• Managing Scope
• Estimation and planning
• The importance of quality

Interactive sessions and engaging discussions will also take place around:

• Pitfalls of Scrum
• Agile & Scrum interactions with traditional methods and governance
• How to deal with distributed teams
• How to start & scale
• A case study to apply Agile practices, which will allow participants to practically apply scrum practitioner techniques in a focussed group