Scrum Overview

• Provide the team with an overview of Agile and Scrum.
  
  
• At the end of this training the team will be:
  • Aware of the rationale behind Agile,
  • The fundamental shift in thought processes
  • Familiarize them with basic Scrum Framework
  • Build a basic vocabulary of Scrum and Agile terms
  • Help them with some basic Distributed Agile Techniques and Better Practices with relevant case studies
• This training will NOT provide:
  • All the necessary knowledge to kick start a Scrum Project.
  • Detailed Scrum Master roles and responsibilities.

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM - Introduction and Icebreaker

09:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Origins of Agile/Scrum.

Quick overview of Agile followed by a discussion about its origin and the rationale behind it.

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/nashjain/agile-overview/

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Basic Scrum Framework

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/nashjain/basic-scrum-framework

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Break

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM - Product/Project Planning

Using hands on sessions we'll introduce you to the concepts of Product/Project Vision, Adaptive frequent Release Planning, User Stories Lifecycle and Product Backlog Management using Business Value Prioritization and Customer Feedback

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM - Lunch Break

02:15 PM - 03:30 PM - Project Execution with Scrum

Various exercises will introduce you to concepts like Sprint Planning, Sprint Capacity and Velocity, Managing Sprint Backlog, Setting up Story wall and task pull system, Daily Scrum, Sprint tracking using Burndowns and Defect Management process

03:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Break

04:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Inspect and Adapt

Detailed discussion about Sprint Review and Retrospective.

04:30 PM - 5:30 PM - We'll discussion various topics like Understanding Scrum Master's Role, Scrum Environments and Tools, Distributed Development with Scrum and so on.

05:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Agile/Scrum Adoption Patterns and Challenges

06:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Open for discussions