Timeboxing is a technique often used in agile project environments. This course describes timeboxing and how to apply it on projects which are time critical. The course blends the theoretical concepts of timeboxing with the harsh realities of applying the technique in the real world. This is achieved with the use of a case study.
Class goals :
To give delegates an understanding of the detailed nature of loading and managing a timebox. To explain how to avoid common pitfalls of timeboxing such as extending the deadline and unrealistic estimation.
Content of Timeboxing
What is a timebox?
Timebox types
Why use timeboxing?
Structuring a project using timeboxes
How to build a timebox plan
Advanced timeboxing:
The ‘domino effect’
Prioritisation
Calibration
Avoiding common pitfalls
A case study is used throughout the day to reinforce the theoretical content.
Training Timeboxing
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This course covers the hybrid approach of running a project with DSDM Atern and PRINCE2™ in tandem. The relative merits of each approach are explained as well as the rationale for integrating the two methods. Each delegate will receive the DSDM Atern pocketbook.
Class goals :
To give delegates an overview of integrating DSDM Atern and PRINCE2™. To familiarise delegates with the advantages of integrating the two methods and the techniques used.
Content of Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop
The Method Spectrum
PRINCE2™
Project Governance and Management
DSDM Atern:
Project Management and Delivery
Integrating DSDM Atern with PRINCE2™
Lifecycle
Organisational structure
Techniques
Benefits
Scope tolerance
Iterative and incremental delivery
Product delivery
Ethos and culture
Training Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop
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The framework is the culmination of practitioners’ experience drawn from a wide range of public and private sector projects for over a decade. This unparalleled expertise has resulted in a robust, but agile, approach that can be successfully applied across a variety of organisational and project contexts.
Class goals :
This course will enable delegates to:
Gain a practical understanding of DSDM Atern that should enable them to become immediately productive in an agile project environment
Prepare for the DSDM Atern Foundation exam
Content of DSDM Atern Practitioner
The fundamentals, The Principles
The Lifecycle and Products
Team structures
Roles and Responsibilities
Facilitated Workshops
Modelling
Requirements, MoSCoW
Prototyping, Timeboxing
Team dynamics
Implementing DSDM Atern
DSDM Foundation Exam (optional)
Training DSDM Atern Practitioner
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The course covers the theory and rationale behind DSDM Atern. Throughout the course all areas of DSDM Atern are explained and insights are given into how they work in practice. A particular emphasis is placed on the techniques used by DSDM Atern. Delegates receive a DSDM Atern Pocketbook.
Class goals :
This course will enable delegates to:
Gain a solid understanding of DSDM Atern
Understand how DSDM Atern can be applied in general and how it could benefit their own specific role on a project
Content of DSDM Atern Awareness
The fundamentals
MoSCoW
The Principles
The Lifecycle
Roles and responsibilities
Team structures
Facilitated Workshops
Modelling
Requirements
Prototyping
Timeboxing
The benefits of DSDM Atern
Training DSDM Atern Awareness
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This workshop covers the hybrid approach of running a project using a combination of agile techniques and PRINCE2™ in tandem. The relative merits of the approaches are explained as well as the rationale for integrating them.
Class goals :
To give delegates an overview of integrating Agile techniques and PRINCE2. To familiarise delegates with the advantages of integrating the two methods and the techniques used.
Content of Combining Agile Methods with Prince2 Workshop
The Method Spectrum
PRINCE2
Project Governance and Management
Common Agile Approaches
Lean, XP, DSDM Atern, Scrum
Integrating Agile with PRINCE2TM
Lifecycles
Organisational structure
Techniques
Benefits
Scope tolerance
Iterative and incremental delivery
Product delivery
Ethos and culture
Training Combining Agile Methods with Prince2 Workshop
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The course is for developers who want to understand how Agile methods impact the day-to-day process of writing software. Many of the courses, books and papers on Agile development approach the subject from the point of view of the project manager or analyst.
Class goals :
After completing this course, delegates will have gained the following skills:
Understanding of what ‘Agile’ means to software development
Understanding how agility helps manage risk
Ability to choose Agile practices to suit your project
Ability to create effective test regimes
Content of Agile for Developers
Agile Development
What Agile Isn’t…
The Drawbacks Of Traditional Development Methods
Agility Is An Attitude
People, Not Processes
The Agile Manifesto
Managing Risk
Iterative Development
Incremental Development
Client Involvement
Barriers To Agile Working
Agile and Fixed-Price Contracts
Scaling Agile
Overview of methods
Extreme Programming
Test-Driven Development
Unified Process
Scrum
FDD
Crystal
Lean Development
Agile and the Development Team
The traditional team
Roles: PMs, BAs, developers
The Agile team
Self-Organization and Self-Direction
The Role of the Customer
Tracking Progress
Requirements
Just-In-Time Requirements
Starting with Vision
Features
Time-Boxed Development
User Stories
Estimating Stories
Architecture and Design
BDUF bad, LDUF good
Agile Architecture
Incremental Architecture and Design
Coupling and Cohesion
Handling Dependencies
Technical Debt
Test-Driven Development
Unit Testing
Tools for Unit Testing
TFD and TDD
Principles of TDD
CORRECT and Right-BICEP
Mock Objects
TDD Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Refactoring
What is Refactoring?
Why Refactor?
Code Smells
Refactoring Scenarios
Tools and Techniques
Refactoring to Patterns
Continuous Integration
Always ready to ship….
The CI Process
Daily Builds
Automated Regression Testing
Tools for CI
Training Agile for Developers
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The term ‘Agile’ is increasingly being heard wherever software development is discussed, and a number of software development methodologies have been invented that fall under the Agile banner.
Class goals :
After completing this course, delegates will have gained the following skills:
Knowledge of what ‘Agile’ means to software development
Understanding of how agility helps manage risk
Understanding of the main Agile processes and their applicability
Content of Introduction to Agile Development
Agile Development
What Agile Isn’t…
The Drawbacks Of Traditional Development Methods
Agility Is An Attitude
People, Not Processes
The Agile Manifesto
Managing Risk
Iterative Development
Incremental Development
Client Involvement
Barriers To Agile Working
Agile and Fixed-Price Contracts
Scaling Agile
The Agile Toolkit
The Agile Tooklit
Managing Business Risk
Managing Technical Risk
Orthogonality
Technical Debt
Overview of Agile Methods
Extreme Programming
Test-Driven Development
Unified Process
Scrum
FDD
Crystal
Lean Development
Extreme Programming
Key Points
Values, Principles and Practices
The XP Project Lifecycle
XP Artefacts: Spikes and Stories
XP Advantages and Disadvantages
Testing and Integration
The Place of Testing and Integration in Agile Processes
Testing as Risk Management
Unit Testing
Testing Guidelines
Continuous Integration
Unified Process
Key Points
The Unified Process
UP and Agile
UP Variants: OpenUP, AUP, RUP
Work Products, Roles and Disciplines
The RUP Lifecycle
Phases and Iterations
RUP Best Practices
RUP Advantages and Disadvantages
Scrum
Key Points
The Scrum Process
Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Team
Pigs and Chickens!
Artefacts
Meetings
Scaling Scrum
Scrum Best Practices
Scrum Advantages and Disadvantages
Agile Requirements and Estimating
Traditional Requirements Gathering
Managing Changing Requirements
Vision Documents
Features
User Stories
Estimating
Story Points
Velocity
Planning Poker
Test-Driven Development
Unit testing
Benefits and limitations
Test-Driven Development
The TDD process
Demo
Advantages and disadvantages
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Lean Development
The Toyota Way
Key Principles
Add Nothing But Value
Center on Those Who Add Value
Flow Value from Demand
Optimize Across Organizations
Applying Lean Principles to Software
DSDM
Key Points
DSDM Principles and Philosophy
DSDM Phases
Workshops
Prototypes
MoSCoW Prioritization
Timeboxing
DSDM Advantages and Disadvantages
Mastering Agility
Improve the Process
Rely on People
Eliminate Waste
Deliver Value
Seek Technical Excellence
Wrapup
Training Introduction to Agile Development
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The course provides an overview of the leading agile methods and techniques which are currently being used in I.T. and non-I.T. project environments. The fundamentals of what ‘agile’ really is and how it works are explained by describing and contrasting several methods such as DSDM Atern, Lean, XP and Scrum.
Class goals :
To give delegates a solid understanding of agile approaches and where they fit in relation to typical project structures. It will enable them to understand how and when to apply them by outlining what each approach is aiming to achieve for each project role.
Content of Agile Methods Overview
A brief history of agile
The fundamentals of agile
How do you work in an agile way?
What agile approaches are available?
Where do they fit with respect to:
Governance
Project Management
Product Delivery
Detailed comparison of each approach:
Products
Roles
Techniques
Ethos
Moving to agile – what is the best way?
The 10 golden rules for agile success
Training Agile Methods Overview
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Agile has caught the attention of business leaders in the UK and globally as a means of managing change, reducing time to market, eliminating waste and attracting and retaining customers.
Class goals :
This two day course uses provides an introduction to Agile and each of the leading Agile methods; including Scrum, eXtreme Programming, and Lean Software Development, using practical exercises to demonstrate the skills required to manage an Agile project.
Content of Agile Project Management
Principles of Agile Project Management and the Agile Manifesto
Principles of Scrum, eXtreme Programming and Lean software development
Managing Requirements and User Stories
Estimating, dividing and merging User Stories
Timeboxing and Prioritisation
Agile Project, Release, and Iteration Planning
Project Roles, Responsibilities and Rights
Project Manager Responsibilities and Team Facilitation
Stakeholder management
Agile Business Analysis
Quality and Agile Testing
Daily Scrums, Project Reviews and Retrospectives
Integrating Agile with other frameworks ie PRINCE2
Transitioning to Agile
People aspects of Agile – Agile Culture and Team well-being
Scaling Agile – Enterprise Agile
Scrum of Scrums
Pitfalls
Training Agile Project Management
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Agile software development practices are now so widespread that they are no longer considered ‘extreme’. However, many organisations and agile teams still struggle with how to do successful testing on an agile development project.
Class goals :
On completion of this course you will understand agile projects and how they represent a highly collaborative approach to software development. Through interactive sessions you will have gained practical exposure to the common processes of agile including:
Planning Iterations
Task Estimation
Prioritising tasks by business value
Using acceptance tests to drive development
Content of Introduction to Agile Testing
Introduction to Agile Software Development
Becoming Agile – Why Agile projects are different
A New approach to the project plan
The Agile Alliance & ‘Manifesto’
Features & characteristics of Agile methods
Business imperatives
Agile in context – conditions for success
Dispelling popular Agile myths
Examined: XP and Lean Development
Traditional problems, new solutions
Key practices
Agile Testing Strategies
An agile testing metaphor: hitting a moving target
Implications of Agile for testing strategies
Aligning the test cycle with the development cycle
Automation, automation, automation
Test-Driven Development
Testing Visibly
Defect Management and Triage
Exploratory Testing
The Agile Game
A fun, interactive session to explore Agile principles
Agile Tools and Techniques – an Overview
Test-Driven Development with xUnit
Continuous Integration with CruiseControl
Acceptance Testing with FIT
Training Introduction to Agile Testing
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