Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum
Completed by Paul Joseph Townley
August 12, 2025
12 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Adopt the 5 practices of Agile, a subset of DevOps: small batches, minimum viable product, pair programming, behavior- and test-driven development.
Write good user stories, estimate and assign story points and track stories using a kanban board. Incorporate Scrum artifacts, events, and benefits.
Create and refine a product backlog using the sprint planning process. Produce potentially shippable product increments with every iteration.
Create burndown charts to forecast the ability to meet a sprint goal. Use metrics to enhance performance, productivity, and client satisfaction.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Scrum (Software Development)
- Category: Team Oriented
- Category: Workflow Management
- Category: Meeting Facilitation
- Category: Agile Software Development
- Category: Team Performance Management
- Category: Sprint Retrospectives
- Category: Lean Methodologies
- Category: Team Building
- Category: Performance Metric
- Category: Agile Project Management
- Category: Backlogs
