Agile Methodologies

Agile Methodologies

• SCRUM
• XP - Extreme Programming
• LEAN KANBAN
• CRYSTAL
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM Atern)
• Feature Driven Development (FDD)
• Agile Project Management (APM)
• OpenUP

Agile Concepts

Tools and Techniques

PMI-ACP Exam Content (7-Domains)
1. Agile Principles and Mindset
2. Value Driven Delivery
3. Stakeholder Engagement
4. Team Performance
5. Adaptive Planning
6. Problem Detection and Resolution
7. Continuous Improvement


Tips, Tricks, Strategies and Tools

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PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)

Agile

• Customer requirements and solutions evolve through the repeated cycles of planning, collaboration and delivery
• Iterative and Incremental (Evolutionary)
• Meets changing needs of stakeholders
• "Just Enough Ceremony" - means creating only those documents that justifies the requirement.

Agile Best Practices

• Face to Face communication
• Shorter Development cycle
• Business and Developer Collaboration
• Working software as the primary demonstration of progress
• Effective Engineering Practices
• Frequent demonstrations of progress and early ROI
• Inspect and adapt to business changes
• Retrospectives and continuous improvement

Agile Core Principles and Practices

• Early Delivery of Value through Iterations with Demos
• User Stories reflect Business Value and Priority
• Continuous Involvement of the customer
• Acceptance Tests for all Requirements
• Retrospectives
• Sustainable Pace or Velocity
• Communication
• High Visibility

Scrum Learnings

Three Pillars of Scrum

• Transparency
• Inspection
• Adaptation

Scrum Team & Roles (comprises of FIVE to NINE members 7+-2 excluding the SM & PO)

• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Development

Key Terms

• Product Backlog
• All work to be performed in the foreseeable future, both well-defined and that requires further definition
• Sprint 
• period of 30 days or less within which a set of work will be performed to create a deliverable
• Spring Backlog
• A well-defined requirement that can be worked on with little change, 
• over 30 days or less,
• resulting in a tangible, potentially shippable incremental deliverable
• Scrum
• A daily meeting at which progress and impediments to progress are reviewed

- Release Backlog (Shortlisted prioritized items ready for a Sprint execution)

- Visibility and Velocity

Scrum Meetings

• Sprint Planning
• Daily Stand-Up Meeting
• Sprint Review
• Retrospection

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