Agile Boot Camp

Course Description

This 2 day course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to actively participate in an agile / iterative managed project to the extent they can define key terms within the methodology and perform the various components as required within each of the project iterations.

The course includes a large hands-on lab component.  The participants use a realistic software development scenario as the basis for the required criteria throughout the lab activities.

This course is for those who require fundamental knowledge of agile software development and the skills to actively participate in an agile managed project.

Course Objectives

Day One

• Define agile, scrum and iterative development
• Describe the roles on a scrum team
• Describe the product backlog, sprint backlog, demo & retrospective
• Use a realistic software development project case study to:
• Develop user stories and create the product backlog
• Size and prioritize user stories to create the product backlog

Day Two

• Use a realistic software development project
  case study to:
  • Plan a sprint by populating a sprint backlog
    with user stories and associated tasks and effort
  • Create a release plan for stakeholders
  • Participate in a number of stand up meetings
  • Participate in a demonstration and retrospective at the end of a
    sprint
• Describe the cycle of maintaining the product backlog and release plan

 

Time

• 2 days, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m
• Lunch provided

Location

IBM Innovation Centre
120 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario

Dates

March 6-7, 2012

March 21-22, 2012
April 25-26, 2012
May 30-31, 2012
August 8-9, 2012
September 12-13, 2012
October 17-18, 2012
November 21-22, 2012

Price

$750 per person

 

Past Students Comments

“Content was very relevant”
“it was easy to relate to the exercises and see how they could be applied to our company”
“good mix of teaching and hands on”
“great engaging”
“I liked the material and the exercises”
” I’ve worked with Agile in the past, but after this training I can see what was missing and why it was not successfully applied”
“A lot of interaction with instructor which helped a lot”
“I thought it was very complete and the extensive labs gave us a great opportunity to use this knowledge.”
“excellent material and well thought out course”
“the labs were a great asset to learning the material”

Questions or Comments

For more information, please contact John Munro at 416 505-4756, jmunro@webfinancialsolutions.com. If you would like to see this course delivered as a public offering, or have it taught in Markham or Mississauga, let us know; we have facilities in both cities. We are always interested in feedback, and comments are checked daily.