Scrum Training Philippines:

Agile Project Management with Scrum

Course: 670
Type: Workshop
Duration: 2 days

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Course Benefits:

Traditional software development can be a cumbersome process, dominated by uncertainty and risk. Agile and Scrum methods address this problem by promoting open collaboration and adaptability throughout the project life cycle. These methods focus on developing value-added software in short amounts of time. In this course, you learn how to apply Agile and Scrum techniques to manage software development projects.

About the Instructor:

The trainer is a Certified Scrum Master, and is now enjoying his role as a scrum consultant and trainer, helping companies move to a lean/agile approach such as Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban. Originally trained in Java, he is now working with PHP, C#, XUL and Facebook applications for one of the biggest web agencies in Asia. He has worked on projects for Asia and Europe with mostly co-located teams and mostly non-co-located Product Owners. He is a passionate believer that openness in communication between all parties (client, manager, developer) is the key to successful projects. He is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University, England.

You will learn how to:

  • Describe the project management process and its benefits
  • Use project management vocabulary and terminology
  • Identify the characteristics of a successful project
  • Create an initial project plan
  • Identify and perform the major aspects of project initiation, project control and close-out
  • Identify and describe cultural change issues in implementing project management

Who Should Attend:

This Scrum training course is for project and program managers, software architects, systems analysts, team leaders, developers and anyone interested in applying Scrum and Agile methodologies.

Course Content

  • What is Agile?
    • Agile Methodologies
    • Agile solutions to common reasons for project failure
    • Agile Manifesto
    • Agile History
  • What is Scrum?
    • Empirical Process Control
    • Scrum Process Flow
    • Sprint
  • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Product Owner
    • Scrum Master
    • Team
  • Elements of Scrum
    • User Stories
    • Product Backlog
    • Sprint Backlog
    • Story Points
    • Taskboard
    • Definition of Done
    • Burndown and Burnup Charts
    • Release Plan
    • Abnormal Sprint Termination
  • Meetings
    • Sprint Planning
    • Planning Poker
    • Daily Scrum
    • The 3 questions
    • Assigning tasks
    • Sprint Review
    • Demo work to owner
    • Sprint Retrospective
    • Inspect and Adapt
  • Conclusion
    • Alternatives to Scrum
      • Kanban Taskboards
    • Implementation Tips
      • Management buy-in
    • Fixed-price projects
      • How to bill

Upcoming Dates

  • June 5 - 6, 2012 (9am - 5pm)

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