Agile Project Management with Scrum : Take this workshop before you become a CSM!
Who Should Attend/Prerequisites
This workshop is a foundational course and assumes no previous working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, XP or any other Agile project. This workshop is strongly recommended before taking the CSM course.
"Thanks so much for your expertise and excellent training. And I really appreciate you sharing the templates. It was a real treat spending the day in Santa Monica and having a chance to learn so much from you!"
—Barbara, Kaiser Permanente
"Amazing technology and instructor!! I learned so many valuable
techniques not only for Agile management but for program management in
general. Absolutely worth the time and I am walking away with tools
that I can put to work tomorrow!"
—Trish, Cisco Systems
Class Size Limit: 100 (Minimum 1)
Course Overview
Agile project management is radically different from traditional project management as Agile values and principles are different from traditional methodologies. Rather than plan, instruct and direct, the Agile project manager facilitates, coaches and leads. Scrum increases the emphasis on assessing and driving business value through close collaboration with the delivery team.
This comprehensive workshop prepares Product Owners, Project Managers, ScrumMasters, Team Members and Chickens for the realities of working on a project where daily stand-ups, burn downs, relative estimation, user stories and much more are the cornerstone of everyday life. Participants will collaborate on a series of iterative exercises that represent many of the challenges teams face on a real Agile project. Agile Bees also offers convenient weekend workshops for those who want to fine tune their skills without taking time away from the office. We guarantee you will leave our weekend workshop with what you need to hit the ground running on Monday!
Agenda
- History of Agile Methods
- Fundamental Agile Values and Principles
- Introduction to the Scrum Framework
- SCRUM Roles & Responsibilities
- The Daily Standup Meeting - What should be discussed
- Product Visioning - How to write a Vision Statement
- Product Backlog Creation and Maintenance
- Task Estimation and Planning Poker
- Release Planning
- Agile Requirements Management
- What are User Stories?
- How to write effective User Stories
- Techniques on how to split Epic User Stories
- Writing Testable Acceptance Criteria
- Executable Requirements and Agile Testing
- The User Interface/User Experience and Agile
- Test Driven Development
- Sprint Backlog & Sprint Planning - How to manage your Backlog
- Agile Metrics and Artifacts -Burndown Charts & Project Reporting
- Sprint Review & Retrospective - How to Produce the "Perfect Demo"
- Agile Tools - Introduction to Rally and other helpful tools
- Resource Management
- Advanced Topics (Multiple Teams, TDD, Distributed Development) will be covered as time allows.
Cost:
$599 per attendee.
Early Bird Registration - By 02-16-2010 $499 per attendee