Overview

Courses Benefits

In this Agile and Scrum training course in the Philippines, you will learn how to apply Agile and Scrum techniques to deliver value to project stakeholders in short amounts of time. ActiveLearning's Agile Scrum training in the Philippines is conducted by a Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in agile and scrum.   Through lectures, hands-on exercises, and simulations, this Agile and Scrum training course in the Philippines is ideal for individuals and organizations looking to have a firm foundation of how agile and scrum methodologies can be put into practice. This training will also help you prepare for the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification, which is one of the most recognized agile project management certifications in the world.

About the Instructor

This Agile and Scrum training in the Philippines is conducted by a Certified Scrum Master, and is now enjoying his role as a scrum consultant and trainer, helping companies move to a lean/agile approach such as Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban. Originally trained in Java, he is now working with PHP, C#, XUL and Facebook applications for one of the biggest web agencies in Asia. He has worked on projects for Asia and Europe with mostly co-located teams and mostly non-co-located Product Owners. He is a passionate believer that openness in communication between all parties (client, manager, developer) is the key to successful projects. He is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University, England.

You Will Learn How To

  • Deliver projects to your customer in less time
  • Mitigate risk by applying Agile principles
  • Apply the Scrum framework to meet business needs
  • Apply agile practices such as daily scrum, taskboarding, and poker planning
  • Apply agile methods with remote teams

Who Should Attend

This Agile and  Scrum training course in the Philippines is for project and program managers, project team members, and anyone interested in applying Scrum and Agile methodologies.

  • Administrators and managers responsible for coordinating, facilitating or managing projects and programs.
  • Technical professionals and engineers moving into project leadership and coordination
  • General Managers responsible for projects and programs
  • Members of process and performance improvement teams
  • Business Planning Coordinators

Course Outline

What is Agile?

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Agile Solutions to Common Reasons for Project Failure
  • Agile Manifesto
  • Agile History

What is Scrum?

  • Empirical Process Control
  • Scrum Process Flow
  • Sprint

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Product Owner
  • Scrum Master
  • Team

Elements of Scrum

  • User Stories
  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Story Points
  • Taskboard
  • Definition of Done
  • Burndown and Burnup Charts
  • Release Plan
  • Abnormal Sprint Termination

Meetings

  • Sprint Planning
  • Planning Poker
  • Daily Scrum
  • The 3 Questions
  • Assigning Tasks
  • Sprint Review
  • Demo Work to Owner
  • Sprint Retrospective
  • Inspect and Adapt

Remote Teams

  • Tools to use
  • Considerations to make
  • Building Trust
  • Effective Collaboration

Conclusion

  • Alternatives to Scrum
  • Kanban Taskboards
  • Implementation Tips
  • Management Buy-in
  • Fixed-price Projects
  • How to Bill