Managing Agile Projects Using VSTS Training in Lodi
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                	 We offer private customized training for groups of 3 or more attendees.
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| Course Description | ||
| This 3-day course provides project managers, scrum masters, and team
leads with the essential skills required to effectively manage a
software development project using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services
(VSTS). The course focuses on Agile methodologies, and includes
discussions and content focused on both Scrum and Kanban practices. We
look at how VSTS supports the team during the sprint planning and daily
Scrum events, as well as how to create and manage the product backlog
and sprint backlog artifacts. Attendees will plan a new software
development project and go through the steps to initiate the project
using VSTS. This includes recording requirements, creating a product
backlog, and estimating effort for backlog items. We will cover planning
and running a sprint as well as using the task board and burn-down chart
to track progress. The class also covers using storyboards to prototype
experiences, requesting stakeholder feedback, team collaboration, and reporting. 
                        Course Length: 3 Days Course Tuition: $2060 (US) | ||
| Prerequisites | |
| Attendees should have some familiarity with leading a software development team. | |
| Course Outline | 
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	Module 1: Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Family 
	What’s new in Visual Studio 2017 
	Overview of the Visual Studio 2017 family 
	Overview of product features 
	Project workflow across the Visual Studio 2017 suite of products 
	Module 2: Initiating a New Project 
	Organizing projects in VSTS 
	Understanding process templates 
	Creating a new team project 
	Setting team project properties 
	Module 3: Getting Our Team Started 
	Configuring teams in our team project 
	Setting team properties 
	Configuring iterations for VSTS teams 
	Module 4: Creating our Product Backlog 
	Understanding requirement types 
	A review of user stories 
	Creating backlog items in TFS 
	Traceability between work items 
	Creating requirement hierarchies using features 
	The importance of acceptance criteria 
	Module 5: Enhancing Requirements 
	Creating and recording personas 
	Overview of storyboarding capabilities 
	Creating a storyboard to illustrate a requirement 
	Linking a storyboard to a work item 
	Module 6: Agile Estimation 
	Introduction to Agile estimation 
	Using story points 
	Planning Poker and other popular estimation techniques 
	Adding your estimates to VSTS work items 
	Module 7: Working in Sprints (Planning) 
	Our Sprint planning meeting 
	Specifying your sprint schedule and your team capacity 
	Selecting items for the sprint backlog using forecasting 
	Decomposing requirements into tasks 
	Using burndown charts to track progress 
	Monitoring work using the task board 
	Working with unparented work items 
	Module 8: Working in Sprints (Execution) 
	Overview of Agile testing 
	A lap around web-based test management 
	Creating a test plan 
	Creating manual test cases from requirements 
	Overview of Agile development 
	Using My Work to select tasks from the sprint backlog 
	Understanding the value of linking changesets to work items 
	Module 9: Working in Sprints (Delivery) 
	Understanding potentially shippable increments 
	Ensuring you’re ready for the review meeting 
	Continuous integration 
	Release Management 
	Module 10: Retrospectives 
	The importance of retrospectives 
	Conducting an efficient sprint retrospective 
	What you should avoid in your retrospective 
	Module 11: Working from the Product Backlog 
	Introducing the Kanban board 
	Entering and editing details on the Kanban board 
	Customizing columns, including using split columns and limiting WIP 
	Recording our Definition of Done (DoD) 
	Understanding the Cumulative Flow Diagram 
	Module 12: A Closer Look at Work Items 
	Overview of work items 
	Searching and creating custom queries 
	Work item tagging 
	Configuring project notifications 
	Module 13: Tracking Progress with Dashboards and Reports 
	Searching and creating custom queries 
	Work item charting and pinning charts 
	Creating dashboards 
	Introduction to PowerBI 
	Using the PowerBI content pack 
	Module 14: Getting Stakeholder Feedback 
	Introducing the Microsoft Feedback Client 
	Using the Microsoft Feedback Client to provide rich feedback to the team 
	Adding continuous feedback into your workflow | 
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Agile/Scrum Uses & Stats
| Difficulty | Popularity | Year Created2001 | 
| Pros 
	Faster Deployment of Solutions 
	Gives Every Team Member a Purpose 
	Keeps the End Goal in Mind at Every Level 
	Promotes Flexibility in Order to Adapt 
	Faster Detection of Issues and Defects | Cons 
	Can Act As a Band-Aid to Bigger Problems 
	Can Create a Micro-Managed Environment 
	Not Everyone Is On Board 
	Push for Higher Performance 
	Not Well-Suited for Every Project | 
| Agile/Scrum Job Market | 
|   Average Salary |   Job Count |   Top Job Locations Agile and SCRUM methodologies are practiced mostly in larger organizations that have cross-platform teams that need to be on the same page. Adoption rates vary in different industries. 
 Industry Agile Adoption Rate Software (ISV) 23 percent Financial services 14 percent Professional services 12 percent Insurance 6 percent Healthcare 6 percent Government 5 percent Telecoms 4 percent Transportation 4 percent Manufacturing 4 percent | 
| Complimentary Skills to have along with Agile/Scrum Agile Methodologies and Frameworks include: ASD - DevOps - DAD - DSDM - FDD - IID - Kanban - Lean - SD - LeSS - MDD - MSF - PSP - RAD - RUP - SAFe - Scrum SEMAT TSP UP XP The Standards and Bodies of Knowledge Include: BABOK - CMMI - IEEE standards - ISO 9001 - ISO/IEC standards - PMBOK - SWEBOK - ITIL | 






