Scrum in Practice Course Syllabus

In this two-day boot camp you learn to appreciate Agile development methodology - SCRUM. You will also learn to leverage SCRUM techniques to enable your teams to perform to high levels of productivity and at the same time bring a strong cohesiveness within the team.

Outline

A day-by-day outline of our highly effective training course as follows:

• Day 1 - Background of Agile and organizing a complex project using Product and Sprint backlogs.
  • Introduction to the lightweight Agile SCRUM methodology and how typical teams are structured today.
  • How Agile SCRUM techniques help promote commitment and transparency in the team.
  • How these techniques enable teams to perform 3-5 times efficiently and raise the bar.
  • How Agile SCRUM enables better visibility on the project/product development and evolution.
  • How you leverage skill sets across team members and promote better common understanding of your project/product.
  • Key concepts of Agile SCRUM and hands-on labs based upon a realistic business case to be extended throughout the course.
  • Creating the Product Backlog and your first Sprint backlog.

• Day 2 - Sprint walkthrough using the sprint backlog and creating a long lasting process improvement culture
  • Enjoying your first Sprint planning game.
  • How to do day to day scrums
  • How do we effectively update progress and communicate with each other in a sprint.
  • How to raise blocks and issues.
  • How do different team members (Developers and QA) work hand in hand during a Sprint.
  • Importance of Sprint reviews a.k.a product demo
  • How to continuously improve efficiencies and advocate best practices using Sprint retrospectives.
  • What are the most relevant metrics that you need to keep an eye on?

Day by day account

A detailed, day in the life account of each day follows:

Day 1 - Background of typical project issues and Agile SCRUM principles.
Day 1 will start with a background of typical project setup and issues. You will learn how Agile SCRUM principles alleviate most these issues. You will be introduced to the core concepts of Agile SCRUM methodology, the heart of effective evolutionary development.

Day 1 gives a background of SCRUM and its relevance to different project scenarios. It also introduces a realistic business case to fuel the understanding of the key concepts learnt and developed throughout the course. Day 1 itself includes several scenarios where you will become familiar with the nuances of the philosophy. The same business case will be used for the second days of the course.

You will be involved in team exercises to plan and build your product backlog for the business case. We will touch upon different issues and factors that you will face while creating your product backlog. After that you will see how to distill out the most important stories to create your first sprint backlog.

Day 1 will end on this note and there will be feedback taken with respect to the organizational parameters of the workshop.

Day 2 - Sprint walkthrough using the sprint backlog and creating a long lasting process improvement culture.
Day 2 picks up where Day 1 left off: extending the sprint plan into more granular details such that we are able to work out a classic sprint. You will be involved in a typical Planning Game for the sprint. At the end of the planning game you will detail out the stories assigned and carry out the different tasks in each story. You will learn how to communicate minimally but effectively with your team members on your progress and issues. You will get a flavor for what is a typical daily scrum meeting as well during this process.

In the afternoon, you will understand and appreciate the importance of the Sprint Review. You will also be introduced to continuous improvement techniques as part of Sprint Retrospective.

Day 2 will end with future recommendations for each participant with an open house of Q&A.

General Information

Approach
Through our trainings, you benefit from the wide experience and understanding from a practical point of view of our team. We bring that experience to you in a highly interactive, intensely hands-on setting..

It is important to understand and adapt the concepts in the workshop to be able to tackle any new or modified scenarios that one might encounter in real life.

Lab Work
Almost 50% of the course involves scrum board work. Most of the lab work is mocked up stuff. But it is important to go through the exercises as it brings out real life execution issues.

You do not need a computer to go through this workshop. All relevant materials will be supplied by us for use in the workshop.

Further Information

We'll be happy to discuss your requirements in detail. Contact us for further information.