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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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
A great course on agile philosophy and scrum! John presents the material clearly with good examples and the labs help solidify the scrum process.
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
I was absolutely new for this topic , I found this course very helpful . I will practice it to learn more about Agile Development and Scrum .
It is really a great course to start with. it really clarified me a lot of concepts that I knew but I did know their value.
I recommend it for anybod that wants to start his/her AGILE journey
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