After successfully completing this course, you will be able to embrace the Agile concepts of adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement - resulting in early deliveries and value to customers. This course will benefit anyone who wants to get started with working the Agile way. It is particularly suitable for IT practitioners such as software developers, development managers, project managers, product managers, and executives.
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About this Course
Computer and IT literacy. Involvement in software development and or IT project management, or as a stakeholder in development projects and programs.
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat 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
- Agile Software Development
- Scrum Methodology
- Zenhub
- Kanban
- Sprint Planning
Computer and IT literacy. Involvement in software development and or IT project management, or as a stakeholder in development projects and programs.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
Agile Planning
Daily Execution
[Optional] HONORS Project - Create an Agile Plan with ZenHub
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO AGILE DEVELOPMENT AND SCRUM
Very well organized with minimal distractions from the point...As a qualifier of all quizzes I can state above sentence so that all aspirants get access to this great tool
John Rofrano is an excellent instructor and makes the topics of Agile and Scrum very interesting. Thorougly recommned this course even if you have experience working in an Agile way.
This is a very good course covering the basics of Agile methodology. I would highly recommend this to someone who is into project planning and implementation
Quite insightful, I recommend for anyone looking to start a career in product management, project management, or related career path. learnt to use a new management tool (Zenhub).
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