Agile Essentials Training Course
The iSQI Agile Essentials course is an internationally recognised qualification, Aimed at anyone involved in agile Projects and wants to become familiar with working in an agile environment. This includes Project Managers, Quality Managers, Software Development Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, IT Directors and Management Consultants. The course is comprised of eight sections and takes participants through the lifecycle of an agile project from the release planning and writing user stories to the iteration review (showcase) and retrospective. The first day focuses on the key principles (55% of the day on theory, 45% exercises), the second is dominated by practical application (40% theory, 60% exercises).
Course Objectives
- Value the principles behind agile manifesto and its approach to software development
- Appreciate the roles within an agile team
- Understand how to contribute as an agile team member to quantifiable requirements
- Apply Whole Team quality methods to ensure acceptance criteria are met
- Appreciate the importance of effective Iteration Reviews and how to contribute to continuous improvement through retrospectives
Course Outline
Day 1
- Agile Manifesto, Agile Principles
- Release Planning, Iteration Zero
- Iteration Planning, Estimation
- Requirement Review, Daily Stand-up
Day 2
- Team Quality, Iteration Testing, Acceptance
- Iteration Review (Showcase)
- Retrospectives
- Lesson learned of Agile Principles
Requirements
Note: This course has a minimum requirement of 4 delegates
Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.
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Testimonials (5)
Trainer is very knowledgeable on the subject and able to provide real world examples through his experience.
Nouf
Course - Agile Software Testing with Continuous Integration
sharing experiences and sharing other materials not included in the package.
BRYAN SANTOS - Mizuho Bank Ltd - Manila Branch
Course - Agile Business Analysis
The fact that I have learnt a new approach for writing unit tests is the part I liked most about the training. I also liked the free talk we had, the fact that we debated certain topics, I liked the team work we had, it made us analyse from a different perspective the requirements of user stories and I also appreciated the intervention of the trainer that suggested us different solutions when we were stuck on taking some decisions.
Crina-Maria Rosu - ACCENTURE
Course - Agile and TDD with C
I liked very much the mood and the peace of the trainer.
Daniel Iliescu - Provident Polska S.A.
Course - Effective Agile Project Management with Jira & Confluence
All of it. Having had no previous exposure to Jenkins, I was a little concerned about my ability to keep up. IPad provided appropriate coaching/support, when I asked for help, so that I was able to follow the presentation at a level I was happy with.
Graham Congdon
Course - Jenkins: Continuous integration for Agile development
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