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An end to end delivery on Agile fundamentals for PMP Exam students from veteran trainers Roy Schilling, CSP, ACP, PSM and Phill Akinwale, PMP, CSM, PSM, PSPO
Topics include:
Agile Fundamentals for PMP Exam Students
- AGILE PHILOSOPHY & SCRUM
Agile Basics
- What is Agile?
- Agile as a way of thinking
- Making a case for Agile
- Agile acceptance & buy-in
- Agile challenges
- Agile concerns & fears
- Attitude and behavior
- Decentralized decision-making
Agile Manifesto & Principles
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Values
- Agile Principles
- Core pillars of Agile (Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation)
- Core concepts of Agile
Team Building in Agile
- Self-organizing teams
- Team building
- Effective and empowered teams
- Team dynamics
- Small group dynamics
- Servant leadership
- Reaching consensus
- Meeting rules
- Team charters & contracts
- SCRUM FRAMEWORK
Scrum Basics
- Definition of Scrum
- Uses of Scrum
- 3-5-3 of Scrum (3 Roles, 5 Events, 3 Artifacts)
- Scrum Theory (Empiricism & Lean thinking)
- Scrum Values
- Commitment
- Courage
- Openness
- Focus
- Respect
Scrum Roles
- The Scrum Team
- The Product Owner
- The Development Team
- The Scrum Master
Scrum Events (Ceremonies)
- The Sprint
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
Scrum Artifacts
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog
- Increment
- Artifact Transparency
- Definition of “Done”
- ESTIMATING & FORECASTING
Agile Estimation & Metrics
- Estimating in Agile
- Forecasting techniques
- Velocity explained
- Reaching consensus through relative sizing
- KANBAN FRAMEWORK
Kanban Basics
- Kanban explained
- Kanban roles
- Work in Progress (WIP) Limits
- Delivery rates
- Little’s Law
- Cost of Delay
- Urgency principles