Certified Agile Scrum Foundation

Certified Agile Scrum Foundation(ASF)

About Certification

GSDC is Globally accredited Agile Scrum Foundation certification validates your knowledge in Agile methodologies and Scrum practices. Agile methodologies are popular approaches in software development, while Scrum practices include software development by cross-functional and self-managed teams, producing working code at the end of each iteration or sprint.

You will become Scrum-qualified, enhancing your ability to develop and deliver high-quality products and apply Scrum concepts on the job.is specially designed to shape your professional knowledge for Agile Methodologies and Scrum Practices. It is especially useful for those leading or participating in projects. This certification is especially interesting for professionals who work in areas including project management, software development, IT service management and business management.

Objectives

Clear understanding of

Understand the concepts of Agile and Scrum including the "Agile way of thinking.
To Learn Scrum practices including roles, events, the importance of backlog.
Knowledge of the philosophy behind Agile and Scrum.
Insight into the division of responsibilities between the business and IT, and within Scrum teams.
Exploring various agile methods.
How to do Scrum planning and estimation.
How to Monitoring of Scrum projects.
Learn to estimate Kanban boards and Information Radiators.
How to implement Agile Environment in Complex Projects.
How to create an Agile workspace.

Examination

60-minute exam.
40-multiple choice questions (MCQ).
26 out of 40-65% is needed to pass.
Incase Participant do not score passing % then they will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost. Re-examination can be taken up-to 30 days from date of 1st exam attempt.

Sample Certificate

Click to view certificate

Course Syllabus

1. Agile Scrum Foundation - Introduction :

Introduction to Agile and Scrum Foundation Preview
Agenda Preview
Why Agile? Preview
Course Objectives
Target audience
Traditional Development
Problems with traditional software development
Usage of features in a system
Makings of a new approach
Agile Manifesto
Principles behind the Agile Manifesto
Principles behind the Agile Manifesto Contd
Authors of the Agile Manifesto
Agile Project Management
Agile Project Management Life cycle
Agile Project Management Framework
APM Framework
What is Scrum?
Certified Scrum Master
Professional Scrum Master
PMI-ACP
About this tutorial
Quiz
End of this session

2.Agile Scrum Methodologies :

Agile methodologies
Agenda
Agile Methodologies
Crystal
Project Properties in Crystal
Samples of Crystal
Feature Driven Development
Roles in FDD
Processes in FDD
Project tracking in FDD
Project tracking methodology
FDD usage guidelines
Dynamic Systems Development Methodology DSDM
Planning in DSDM Atern
DSDM Principles and techniques
eXtreme Programming
XP Values
XP Practices
XP Benefits
Agile Unified Process
Agile Unified Process AUP
Agile Unified Process System Development
Scrum
Scrum Life cycle
Quiz
End of this session

3.Scrum Roles :

Scrum Roles
Agenda
Stakeholders
Chicken and Pig roles
Management of stakeholders
Scrum life cycle
Product Owner
Product Owners role
Product Owners role
Prioritization
Cost Benefit Analysis
Prioritization based on Value and Risk
Prioritizing requirements MoSCoW
Prioritizing requirements Kano Model
Prioritizing requirements Kano model
Prioritizing requirements Relative weighting method
Scrum life cycle
Scrum Master
What does a Scrum Master Do
What the Scrum Master Should NOT do
Scrum life cycle
The team aka Developers
Building a Scrum team
Building empowered teams
Role of a Manager
Manager 2.0: A new role for a Manager
Some specialist roles you may want
Quiz
End of this session

4.Agile Scrum Ceremonies :

Scrum Ceremonies
Agenda
Time boxing
Advantages of time boxing
Time boxing
Release
High level view of a release
Sprints
Factors in selecting a Sprint duration
Intensity of work
No changes in a Sprint
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Also check during a review
Sprint Retrospective
What is a Sprint Retrospective
Making retrospectives effective
Quiz
End of this session

5.Scrum Artificats :

Scrum Artifacts
Agenda
Product backlog
Product release and sprint backlog
User story
Example user story formal
Story card information
Multiple stories may be required to complete a feature
Epics
Writing good stories
Splitting user stories
Splitting user stories (big picture)
Splitting user stories (user experience)
Splitting user stories (Others)
Quiz
End of this session

6.Scrum Best Practices :

Scrum Best Practices
Agenda
Refactoring
Pair programming
Continuous integration
Practices of continuous integration
Configuration management
Quality in Agile
Scrum Quality Home truths
Planning for a Sprint
Test driven development
Test driven development
Advantages of TDD
Definition of Done
Quiz
End of this session

7.Scrum Planning :

Scrum Planning
Agenda
Principles behind Agile planning
Iterations allow for mid course corrections
Multiple levels of planning
Release planning
Steps to planning a release
Velocity
An example with velocity equal 14
Sprint planning
Velocity driven sprint planning
Commitment driven sprint planning
Find out how much time is available
For each story
Keep in mind before finalizing the plan
Quiz
Thank you

8.Scrum Estimation :

Scrum Estimation
Agenda
Principles behind Scrum estimation
Estimation techniques
Types of estimates
Uncertainty in estimates
Over estimation and under estimation
What contributes to size
Measures of size
Ideal days
Converting ideal days to actual days
Story points
Story points example
Using story points
Comparing the approaches
Estimation techniques Planning poker
Planning poker an example
Planning poker tips
Advantages of planning poker
Affinity estimation
Affinity estimation process
Quiz
End of this session

9.Monitoring Scrum Projects :

Monitoring Scrum Projects
Agenda
Definition Metrics
Types of metrics
Metrics do's and don'ts
Charts in Scrum
Burn-down chart: Iteration level
Burn-down chart Project level
Burn-down chart Bar style
Burn-up and Burn down-chart
Cumulative Flow Diagram
Parking lot diagram
Escaped defects found
Velocity chart
Progress Chart
Niko Niko calendar
Information radiators
Information radiators: Big visible chart
Quiz
End of this session

10.Advanced Scrum Concepts :

Scrum Advanced
Agenda
Scrum on large projects
Look ahead planning Sample
Scrum of Scrum
Product coordination teams
Scrum on maintenance projects
Distributed scrum teams
Best practices in distributed scrum
Structure 1 Team in India PO in US
Structure 2 Team split in two locations
People practices in distributed Scrum
Practices in distributed scrum
Scrum Contracting
Fixed Price fixed scope
Scrum in fixed price projects
Transitioning a team or project to Scrum
Quiz
End of this session

Certified Agile Scrum Foundation(ASF)

About Certification

Objectives

Target Audience

Benefits

Pre-requisites

Examination

Sample Certificate

Click to view certificate

Course Syllabus

Organization

Individuals

Training Partners

Support