Software Development
Agile Foundations
Agile Foundations: Agile Fundamentals
Agile Foundations: Scrum Methodology

Agile Foundations: Agile Fundamentals

Course Number:
it_agsafdj_01_enus
Lesson Objectives

Agile Foundations: Agile Fundamentals

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • identify deliverables in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and recognize frequently used concepts and important terms in software development
  • recognize roles and responsibilities on typical software development teams
  • identify key concepts related to the software testing process in software development
  • identify the similarities in several traditional software development methodologies, including Waterfall
  • identify the shortcomings of the Waterfall software development methodology
  • describe the Agile software development methodology and recognize its benefits
  • identify the steps in the Agile software development life cycle
  • identify and describe Agile software development artifacts
  • recognize how the Agile methodology differs from traditional waterfall project management
  • recognize the practice of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) in software development and the Agile process
  • recognize best practices when transitioning from traditional software development to Agile
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course

Overview/Description
The Agile methodology has become dominant in the software development scene over the last decade, as it allows organizations to deliver software faster than traditional methods while being flexible enough to accommodate ever-changing requirements. In this course, you’ll learn the steps of the software development life cycle and the roles and responsibilities of a software development team, and the various software test methods. You’ll learn the Agile software development methodology, the steps of the Agile, and the Agile artifacts. You’ll also learn how to identify how Agile differs from the Waterfall methodology, and learn about the CI/CD process and how it relates to Agile. And finally, you’ll learn best practices for transitioning a traditional software development team to Agile.

Target

Agile Foundations: Scrum Methodology

Course Number:
it_agsafdj_02_enus
Lesson Objectives

Agile Foundations: Scrum Methodology

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • identify the features of Scrum and recognize Scrum as the commonly adapted Agile approach
  • compare the Agile and Scrum frameworks and describe how they relate to each other
  • illustrate using an example how Scrum is best suited for software development and recognize the benefits of the Scrum approach to Agile development
  • describe the Scrum backlog refinement meeting and recognize its importance to the sprint and its relationship to the product backlog
  • describe the Scrum planning meeting and recognize its importance to the sprint and its relationship to the sprint and product backlogs
  • describe the Scrum sprint review meeting and recognize its importance to the sprint and its relationship to the sprint and product backlogs
  • describe the Scrum sprint retrospective meeting and recognize its importance to the sprint and to the team
  • describe the product owner role and its responsibilities in a self-organizing Scrum team
  • describe the scrum mater role and its responsibilities in a self-organizing Scrum team
  • describe the developer role and its responsibilities in a self-organizing Scrum team
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course

Overview/Description
Scrum is one of the most popular Agile methodologies used today, because it helps organizations deliver quality in an environment of constantly changing requirements. In this course, you'll learn how Scrum works as an Agile approach to empower teams to deliver quality working software that is valuable to customers. You'll learn how to identify the following features of Scrum and their benefits in modern software development: backlog refinement, planning, sprint review, and retrospective. You'll recognize the key responsibilities of the scrum rules of product owner, scrum master, and developer, and how they support the Scrum paradigm. And finally, you'll learn how the product and sprint backlogs support the sprint process.

Target

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