KaiRise

Agile Foundations Course Outline

Section 1

• Agile Foundations
  • Introduction to the Learning Environment
  • Student Workbook
    
    
• Agile History    
  • Agile History & Background
  • Origins of Agile
  • What is Agile?
  • Reflecting on Agile History & Origin    
    
    
• Manifesto & Principles
  • Agile Manifesto
  • 12 Principles
  • Applying the Agile Manifesto
  • Reflecting on the Agile Manifesto
    
    
• Agile Mindset
  • Understanding the Agile Mindset
  • Examples of the Agile Mindset
  • Establishing the Agile Mindset
  • Interaction: What order would you choose?
  • Wrapping up the Agile Mindset
  • Reflecting on the Agile Mindset
    
    
• Beyond Agile & Context
  • Agile Beyond Software Development
  • Agile in Context

Section 2

• Introduction to Scrum
  • Scrum 3-5-3
  • Scrum Master
  • Product Owner
  • Team Members
  • Reflecting on Scrum   
     
• What Makes Teams Awesome?
  • Developing Soft Skills
  • Activity - Getting Started with Soft Skills
    
    
• The Sprint
  • The Product Backlog
  • Communication Barriers
  • Sharing Knowledge
  • Physical Work Environments
  • Reflecting on What makes teams awesome   
     
• Collaboration Techniques
  • Empowered Teams
  • T3 - Fist of Fives
  • Activity: Fist of Fives

Section 3

• Getting Started
  • Sprint Zero
  • Release Planning
  • Activity: Build a Release Plan
  • Who is the Customer?
  • Interaction: Who is the Customer?
  • Reflecting on Getting Started
    
    
• Backlog Refinement
  • T3 - Dot Voting
  • User Stories
  • Other Backlog Item Types
  • Interaction: User Story 1,2,3
  • User Story Writing
  • Activity - User Story Writing
  • User Story Examples
  • TIP - Splitting User Stories    
  • DoR & DoD
  • Reflecting on Backlog Refinement
    
    
• Getting Feedback
  • Getting Involved
  • Discussion: Getting Users Involved
  • Do they really like it?
  • Activity - Net Promoter Score
  • Reflecting on Getting Feedback
    
    
• By my Estimation…
  • By my Estimation
  • Activity: Affinity Estimation    
  • Velocity Explained
  • Activity: Velocity
  • Planning Poker
  • Reflecting on Estimation
    
    
• Sprint Planning
  • Sprint Planning
  • T3 - What is My Team Capacity?
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Detailing Stories
  • Reflecting on Sprint Planning

Section 4

• Running a Sprint
  • Introducing Flow
  • What are WIP & WIP Limits
  • More on Kanban
  • Task Switching
  • Activity: Multitasking Exercise
  • Daily Standup    
  • Burndown Charts
  • Activity: Create a BurnUp Chart    
  • Continuous Integration
  • Applying Continuous Integration    
  • Cost & Benefit of Frequent Delivery
  • Activity: Reducing Risk
  • Reflecting on Running a Sprint
    
    
• Delivery
  • Built In Quality
  • Sprint Review
  • The Increment
  • Activity: Empirical vs Planned
  • Sprint Retrospective
  • Activity: Product Adaptation
  • Scrum 3-5-3 Review
  • Activity: Scrum 3-5-3 Review
  • Reflecting on Delivery
    
    
• Final Wrap-up
  • Preparing for the Exam
  • After the Exam