Scrum -Principles, Practices & Techniques
Mastering Agile Methodologies
- Instructor-led, Online
- Course Category: Agile Development, Change Management
GBP
45
Instructor-led, Online
Duration: 4 hours
Course Code: TXV-MAM-9045
Skill Level: Intermediate
Scrum -Principles, Practices & Techniques
Overview
Scrum isn’t just what you use in the Rugby game 🙂 In today’s fast-paced, competitive world, if you are using Scrum at work, business and life, you are more likely to succeed! Learn the principles, practices and techniques in Scrum. Understand the roles and responsibilities, and know how to apply the popular daily Scrum stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. Learn from the leaders, what makes Scrum the most-sought after agile methodology in big organisations as well as startups, enrol in TEXAVI’s Scrum -Principles, Practices & Techniques course!
Who can attend?
- Anybody with or without work experience
- IT professionals (eg., Developers, testers) considering a move to BA role
- Non-IT people who want to learn IT skills thinking of a career switch
- Graduates and university students who aspire to get into IT industry
- Students who have just passed their B. Tec, A-Levels or college studies
COURSE OUTLINE
- Scrum – What, why, when and where
- Core principles of Scrum
- Scrum roles & responsibilities
- Key features & practices in Scrum
- Sprint, the spirit of Scrum!
- Scrum ceremonies & activities
- Key artefacts and deliverables
- Techniques & tools used in Scrum
- Scaling of Scrum
- Summary – Q & A
What will you learn?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define what Scrum is and explain the key facets of Scrum
- Explain how Scrum sits within the other agile methods
- Identify the main similarities between Scrum and other agile methods
- Describe the five key principles of Scrum
- Commitment
- Respect
- Focus
- Courage
- Openness
- Describe the benefits and value-add of Scrum
- Discuss the origin, evolution and adoption of Scrum agile methodology
- Explain the contexts and use cases for applying Scrum
- List the three roles and their responsibilities in Scrum
- Â Scrum Master (SM)
- Product Owner (PO)
- Scrum Development Team (SDT)
- Elaborate on the key features and practices of Scrum
- Discuss why Sprint is the spirit of Scrum
- Describe the various Scrum ceremonies and events
- List the inputs, activities, outputs and roles involved in following Scrum events:
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint planning
- Sprint execution
- Sprint review
- Sprint retrospective
- Explain the key artefacts, work products and deliverables in Scrum
- Product backlog ( and product backlog items incl. user stories)
- Definition of Done (DOD) and Definition of Ready (DoR)
- Release burndown chart and Sprint burndown chart
- Discuss the popular techniques and tools used in Scrum
- Continuous development
- Continuous integration
- Continuous delivery
- MoSCoW prioritisation
- Planning Poker and Tee-shirt sizing estimation
- Kanban team board
- BDD acceptance criteria aka Cucumber/Gherkin statements
- Relate all the above artefacts, techniques with TEXAVI’s case studies
- Explain how scaling of Scrum can take place using SoS and Nexus
What do you need?
There are no pre-requisites for this course. There is no need for any prior experience, working knowledge or awareness of software development or projects experience. The course is suitable for experienced professionals working in the industry or academia, aspirants and early stage professionals, as well as students in universities and colleges. Professionals and aspirants from technology, business, operations or sales are all welcome to explore and understand the power of Scrum and collaborative, agile working.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
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Why Texavi?
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Trainer Profile
Your trainer for this course is Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi. Pardha is a seasoned and well-qualified trainer, coach, mentor, influencer and thought leader. He has rich and varied IT-industry experience of 25 years, working in different roles as an IT professional with blue-chip organisations viz., HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Dyson, Asda, Cambridge University Press, Roche, King’s College London , Royal Society of Chemistry etc. Pardha delivers his training sessions by blending the concepts and principles with practical insights from real-life projects and programs…click here to view the complete trainer profile.
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Related Courses
Texavi Toolkit
Team TEXAVI created relevant videos, podcasts, blog posts, white papers, posters and articles for your use. Check the below content out to understand more about Scrum agile methodology and its implementation:
- The Original Scrum Guide – by Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland
- Testing in agile methodologies – Texavi Poster
- Scrum, an overview video
- Fostering innovation through interaction and collaboration – Texavi blog post
- Best practices in Agile development – Texavi’s video
- Don’t fight change, manage it with agility – Texavi blog post