Class overview :

Class goals :

Compare Waterfall to Agile.
Learn the Agile values and principles.
Learn what Scrum is, the roles involved, and the process.
Compare and contrast Agile and Scrum roles to traditional roles and responsibilities.
Learn the Agile Lifecycle.
Learn to plan your release and build the backlog.
Learn to identify good stories.
Learn the methods for prioritizing and sizing stories.
Learn Sprint Planning and task estimating.
Learn about the Daily Scrum Meeting.
Learn about the Sprint review and retrospective.
Learn why Agile and Scrum are adopted.
Learn how Agile can fail and how to avoid pitfalls.

Content of Training Real World Agile and Scrum

Class Outline

1. What is Agile & Scrum and Why?
   1. Traditional Project Characteristics
   2. The Agile Values
   3. What is Agile
   4. What is Scrum
   5. Agile Characteristics
   6. The Iteration Process
   7. The Backlog
   8. Agile/Scrum Top Terms
   9. Scrum Rules Cheat Sheet
2. Agile / Scrum Roles
   1. Scrum Roles
   2. Who is the Product Owner?
   3. Product Owner is the Business Value Driver
   4. Product Owner is the Daily Decision Maker
   5. Business Users and SMEs
   6. The ScrumMaster
   7. ScrumMaster is a Servant Leader
   8. The Team
   9. Sample Team Structure
   10. The Team – Characteristics
   11. Team Maturity Stages
   12. Management Has a Role Too
   13. Best Practice: Reduce Cross-Project Multi-Tasking
   14. Best Practice: Plan Well for Shared Resources
   15. New Skills Are Needed
   16. Agile Roles – Handout
   17. Workshop – Agile vs. Traditional Roles
   18. So Why is Agile Being Adopted?
   19. So Who is Doing Agile?
   20. Challenges with Agile Adoption
   21. Workshop – Assessing Your Agility
   22. The Agile Lifecycle – Big Picture
   23. READY… SET… GO!
3. Release Planning
   1. Product roadmap
   2. Release Planning
   3. Release Planning Steps
   4. Release Planning (picture)
   5. Principles for Identifying Stories
   6. Identifying Features / Stories
   7. Use Case Diagrams
   8. Themes, Features, Epics, Stories
   9. Sample Backlog
   10. What is a Story?
   11. Sample Stories
   12. Writing Good Stories
   13. Workshop – Identifying Features Using Use Cases
   14. Breaking Stories Into Small Chunks
   15. Sample Compound Stories
   16. Sample Complex Stories
   17. Sample Non-Functional Stories
   18. Workshop – Writing Stories
   19. How to Prioritize
   20. Prioritization Factors
   21. Dependency Chart Example
   22. Best Practice: Do Collaborative Requirements Gathering
   23. Workshop – Prioritizing Stories
   24. Sizing Stories Based on Complexity
   25. Story Points
   26. Hours vs. Story Points
   27. Playing Poker
   28. The ‘Complexity Buckets’ Method
   29. Workshop – Sizing Stories
   30. Building a Release Plan
   31. Defining the Team’s ‘Done’
   32. Sample Definition of ‘Done’
   33. Sample Definition of ‘Done’ ..
   34. How Long Should My Iteration Be?
   35. Estimating Initial Velocity
   36. Workshop – Estimating Initial Velocity
   37. Planning for Additional Iterations
   38. Developing the Project Estimate
   39. Have Realistic Expectations
   40. Sample Release Plan
   41. Workshop – Building Your Release Plan
4. Iteration 0 / Setup
   1. Sprint 0 – Setting Up the Foundation for Success
   2. High Level Designs
   3. Team Training
   4. The Team Room / Environment
   5. Best Practice – Plan for ‘Gotchas’
   6. Workshop – Iteration 0 Planning
5. Iteration Execution
   1. Iteration Planning
   2. Sample Iteration Plan
   3. Best Practices for Efficient Iteration Planning
   4. sample user test cases
   5. Best Practices for Task Breakdown
   6. everyone writes their tasks
   7. commitment reality check
   8. resource utilization sample
   9. best practice – involve shared resources
   10. Best practice – plan for ‘design’ and ‘code review’ tasks
   11. Workshop – Iteration Planning
   12. Creating the Task Board
   13. Task Board Variations
   14. daily tracking
   15. Daily Standup Rules
   16. Best Practice: ETA Dates vs. Hours Remaining
   17. Best Practice: Control Common Standup Dysfunctions
   18. Best Practice: Task Dependency Chart
   19. Iteration Burn down Charts
   20. iteration burn down – by story
   21. Best Practice Use Them With Caution
   22. Workshop- Controlling Standup Dysfunctions
   23. What Happens During the Iteration
   24. The ScrumMaster
   25. The Product Owner
   26. The Architect
   27. The Developer
   28. The BA
   29. The Tester
   30. impediments
   31. Impediment sample
   32. preparing for the review/demo
   33. iteration review
   34. Tracking Team’s Performance (Velocity)
   35. Managing Scope Changes
   36. Release Burnup Chart
   37. Iteration Retrospective
   38. best practices for retrospectives
   39. sample retrospective output
   40. Workshop – The Retrospective
6. Pre-Release & Closure
   1. The Pre-Release Sprint
   2. Workshop – The Art of the ‘Possible’
7. Our Top Best Practices
   1. Our Top Management Best Practices
   2. Our Top Team Best Practices
   3. Our Top Requirements Best Practices
   4. Our Top Technical Best Practices