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6 Week Course Syllabus
Agile Scrum Master Class Tentative Syllabus Updated September 2019
Required Reading has links to Amazon website. You can find some of the books on Safari Online (indicated where applicable). Many public libraries give access to Safari books with membership. Some can be found at your local library.
Part 1 - Introduction to Agile and Scrum
We will cover what Agile is, the philosophy behind the Agile Manifesto, why Agile can only be known as a reaction to the prevalent Waterfall approach, the 3Ps of Agile, what is scrum and how does it embody the Agile philosophy, how to use relative estimation techniques to quickly and easily discover Value and Effort and how to achieve Transparency, Predictability and Value. Technical debt and using Behavior Driven Development are touched on briefly.
Required Reading:
The Agile Manifesto – A Brief and Bold Guide by Larry Apke
The Scrum Guide – PDF version of most recent official scrum guide (online)
Presentations:
The Why of Agile
Introduction to the Scrum Framework
Relative Estimation Presentation and Exercise High Cost of Low Cost Software Development
Part 2 – Product Development Flow
Reinertsen’s book on Product Development Flow, though not written to do so, provides good explanations why Agile software development works well.
Required Reading:
The Principles of Product Development Flow – Don Reinertsen Presentations:
Principles of Product Development Flow
Part 3 – Systems Thinking and Theory of Constraints
We will continue to examine the nature of complexity through systems thinking, theory of constraints and its implications.