Program Management with Agile UX

Agile UX Training Overview

This program management with Agile UX training course teaches new and seasoned program managers how to successfully implement Agile projects and programs and lead a team through planning and design.  Attendees gain an in-depth understanding of the full Agile Development Lifecycle and lean practices and techniques to successfully execute program deliverables.

Who Should Attend

• The entire Scrum Team
• Project and Program managers and those who need to interact with Scrum teams such as UX Designers, DBA’s, Architects, assurance specialists

Prerequisites

• There are no prerequisites for this class

Outline

Introduction

Agile Overview

• • What is Agile
  • Agile Methods Overview
  • Agile Manifesto
  • The Twelve Agile Principles

Scrum Overview

• • The Scrum Process
  • Team Roles and Responsibilities
  • Team 1 Exercise – choose a project.

Initiating a Scrum Project

• • The Planning Session (Strategy, Portfolio, Product, Release and Iteration)
  • Who is the Product Owner
  • Defining the Project Success Criteria
  • What are Success Criteria?
  • Team Exercise 2: Define the Projects Success Criteria
  • Team Exercise 3: Establishing the Project Time Box
  • Building the Scrum Team
  • Team Exercise 4: Build the Scrum Team

Compiling a Product Backlog

• • Envisioning the Product using User Stories
  • Business User Stories
  • Team Exercise 5: Write Business User Stories
  • Brainstorming Technical Functionality
  • Team Exercise 6: Write Technical User Stories
  • Team Exercise 7: Defining Acceptance criteriea
  • Team Exercise 8: Estimate Effort
  • What is an Epic
  • Creating the Release Plan (Project and Product Release Plans)
  • Team Exercise 9: Create the Release Plan

Planning a Sprint

• • The Sprint Planning Meeting
  • Adjusting the Sprint Goal
  • Finalize the Sprint Backlog
  • Team Exercise 10: Finalize Sprint Goal and Backlog
  • Producing a Task List
  • Estimating Effort (Fine Grain)
  • Refine the Sprint Plan
  • Commit to the Sprint
  • Team Exercise 11: Produce a Task List and Assignment

Checking Status on the Daily Scrum

• • Team members Roles
  • Scrum Master’s Role
  • Handling Issues from the Daily Scrum
  • Team Exercise 12: Create the ScrumBoard

Checking Progress in the Sprint Review

• • Working Software is Progress
  • The Sprint Review
  • Gaining Customer Acceptance
  • Team Exercise 15: Plan for a Sprint Review
  • The Sprint Retrospective

Role of the Scrum Master and Product Manager

• • Coaching the Scrum Team
  • Ensuring the Integrity of Scrum Practices
  • Class Exercise: Hold a Sprint Retrospective

Determine Business Analysis Activities in Agile

• • Align Product Development to Business Strategy

Understand how to identify and Define User Personas

• • What is a User Persona
  • Where does the User Persona fit into the RoadMap/Journey Map?

Write User Stories

• • What is a User Story?
  • Who should write them?
  • When should they be written?
  • How do I split User Stories into smaller User Stories
  • Best Practices and Acceptance Criteria

Understand Product Backlog Items

• • Solution Requirements (Functional and non-Functional)
  • Spikes
  • Defects
  • Technical Debt

Understand Epics, Features and Tasks

• • Identify and Understand your Product Vision
  • Understanding Epics
  • Understanding Features
  • Understanding Tasks

Apply User Story Analysis

• • How to add detail to a User Story
  • How to Split a User Story
  • Backlog Management and Prioritization
  • Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective