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Agile Project Planning and Estimating
| Workshop Overview Agile methodologies such as Extreme Programming and Scrum are gradually being accepted by more and more software development teams and organizations around the world. The drive towards agility is based on the promise of being able to deliver high quality software in a fast, flexible and incremental fashion. In order for any Agile project to succeed a tremendous amount of planning and estimating takes place throughout the development life cycle. The Team plays a central role during these planning activities but the ScrumMaster and the Product Owner are instrumental in this process. A company's ability to attract knowledgeable product owners and scrumMasters is the key to developing a successful Agile team. These individuals must be fully dedicated to the team and must be equipped with solid understanding of Agile principles, knowledge and understanding of business requirements, project management and software development. Learning Objectives What is agile planning? Why are there so many planning sessions? What are story points and how are they different from estimating in ideal days? All these questions will be answered in this highly collaborative session. This workshop will take participants through all the planning and estimating ceremonies in Scrum, highlight the roles and responsibilities of product owners and scrumMasters , and will demonstrate how Agile teams work together to deliver high quality software products. |
| Discussion Topics Some of the topics that will be presented include:
Who Should Participate Product owners, business/systems analysts, testers, project managers, developers. Knowledge of user stories is required. Download introduction to user stories from website. Workshop Format The format will consist of lectures to present requirements collection concepts, followed by discussions, role-play and hands-on, real-world case studies that will allow participants to implement the concepts they were just introduced to. At the end of the workshop the participants will have the knowledge to successfully apply the techniques they have learnt in their organization. What Participants Will Receive
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