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Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum

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Learn to apply Agile principles to early value delivery, with hands-on labs. Suitable for IT practitioners, development managers, and executives.

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Cloud Development

Enrollment Count

  • 598

Skills You Will Learn

  • Software Engineering, Agile Software Development, Agile Management, Kanban, Scrum (Software Development)

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 9 hours

Platform

  • Coursera

Last Update

  • May 8, 2024
About This course
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to embrace the Agile concepts of adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement - resulting in early deliveries and value to customers. This course will benefit anyone who wants to get started with working the Agile way. It is particularly suitable for IT practitioners such as software developers, development managers, project managers, product managers, and executives.


You will learn to apply Agile practices derived from lean manufacturing concepts, like test-driven development. Learn how a scrum team functions. Learn how to write good user stories and track your team’s progress using a kanban board. Create and refine a product backlog collaboratively with the team and the customer, in a flexible and blameless culture.


This approach will lead you to higher levels of efficiency, with the ability to plan and execute sprints with your development team, measuring success with actionable metrics.


This course is about more than facts and processes. It is about working collaboratively on a self-organizing team, coached by a scrum master, and building what is needed, rather than simply following a plan.


Developed and taught by an experienced Agile practitioner, the course includes hands-on practice through realistic scenario-based labs using GitHub and ZenHub.

Instructors

John Rofrano

Senior Technical Staff Member | DevOps Champion

John J. Rofrano is a Senior Technical Staff Member and DevOps Champion at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center where he leads a variety of research projects exploring the use of AI for accelerating Application Modernization to the Cloud. He is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at New York University Courant Institute, and Stern School of Business @ NYU, where he teaches a graduate course on DevOps and Agile Methodologies. John is an accomplished musician and videographer, and has authored numerous patents, industry papers, training videos, and books.

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