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Description
This course prepares all members of an Agile team for the realities of working in a highly collaborative and effective software development environment. Over the course of an intense three-days, Agile Mastery provides the breadth and depth of knowledge team members need to begin working in short iterations to produce working software incrementally. Using hands-on exercises, participants learn how to write effective user stories, estimate in relative units, track velocity and plan releases, create and interpret a variety of information radiators, participate in daily stand-ups, and much, much more. Toward the end of the course, participants learn to recognize and correct problems that may arise when making the transition to an Agile process.

Topics Included
• Incremental and Iterative Processes Overview
• Agile Team Roles
• Agile Planning
• Applying Just-In-Time Principles
• Defining and Estimating User Stories
• Prioritizing Backlogs
• Release and Iteration Planning
• Daily Standup Meeting
• Velocity
• Tracking and Reporting
• Agile Anti-patterns
• Agile Leadership Patterns

Course Details
Prerequisites: A desire to become an agile organization
Audience: Developer, Q/A, Product Owner, DBA, Architect, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Stakeholders, Development Manager, Q/A Manager, Senior Manager
Duration: 3 Days
Lab to Lecture Ratio: 40/60

Course Outline
Day 1 Summary
• Agile Review
• Agile Planning Concepts
• Self-Managed Teams
• Vision Planning
• Agile Roles
• Agile User Stories
• Estimating User Stories

Day Two Summary
• Prioritizing the Backlog
• Roadmap and Release Planning
• Iteration Planning
• Daily Planning
• Tracking and Reporting
• Sprint Retrospectives and Demo Day

Day 3 Summary
• Agile Smells
• Collaboration and Physical Environment
• Scaling Agile in the Enterprise
• Planning for Uncertainty
• Agile Process Management Tools
• Agile Leadership
• Navigation as a Metaphor