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Course Outline

1 - Core Agile Concepts
- Core Agile Concepts Overview
- Traditional Project Management Methodologies
- Drawbacks of Waterfall Methodologies
- Agile Approach
- Agile and Traditional Project Management
- Choice of Methodologies/Frameworks
- Importance of All Stakeholders Sharing an Agile Perspective

2 - The Agile Manifesto
- The Agile Manifesto Overview
- Manifesto Contributors
- Manifesto Values
- Manifesto Principles

3 - Scrum Methodology Elements and Terminology
- Scrum Methodology Elements and Terminology Overview
- Project (Product; Release) Initiation
- Scrum Planning
- Scrum Sprint Planning and Executing

4 - Project Initiation
- Project Initiation Overview
- Determine Project Justifications and Metrics
- Provide Value-Driven Delivery
- Write Project Vision Statement
- Create Project Charter
- Identify Stakeholders and Leader/Coach
- Form Project Team

5 - Scrum Teams and Team Space
- Agile Teams and Team Space Overview
- Scrum Master/Coach
- Product Owner/Customer
- Team Members/Developers (XP)
- Team Space
- Physical Space Recommendations

6 - Scrum Planning
- Agile Planning Overview
- Develop Epics and Stories
- Create Stories
- Non-Customer Facing Stories
- Personas and Extreme Personas
- Story Maps
- Estimating Stories
- Prioritizing Stories
- Create Product Backlog
- Create Product Roadmap
- Conduct Release Planning
- Create Parking Lot

7 - Sprints
- Iterations/Sprints Overview
- Velocity Determination
- Iteration Planning Meeting
- Iteration Planning Guidelines
- Development
- Testing
- Daily Standup Meetings
- Progress Tracking
- Velocity Tracking
- Monitoring and Controlling: Burndown and Burnup Charts, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, and Kanban Charts
- Communicating Information
- Backlog Grooming
- Sprint Reviews
- Closing: Sprint, Release, and Product Retrospectives
- Closing: releasing resources, final reports, archiving documents

8 - Other Agile Principles and Best Practices
- XP Principles and Best Practices
- Lean Software Development Principles and Best Practices
- Lean-Agile Software Development Portfolio Management
- Incorporating Scrum and Agile Practices into the Organization

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