Agile Foundations and Jira
Overview
Participants in this Agile Foundations and Jira training course learn the fundamentals of Scrum and Kanban. This class emphasizes practical Agile principles and how to implement them in real-world projects using Jira®.
Our expert instructors use a variety of learning tools, including hands-on practice, participant-led instruction, videos, games, and more. This class can be customized to take one of your projects through the Agile lifecycle using Jira.
Objective
- Learn what Agile is and why you should you use it
- Understand the Agile Lifecycle
- Learn what Scrum and Kanban are and when to use them
- Understand Agile roles and responsibilities
- Write and maintain practical requirements using user stories
- Manage Agile projects using Jira Software
- Manage project backlog in Jira
- Manage iterations/sprints in Jira
- Manage releases and roadmaps
- Create transparency in Jira
- Build reports and metrics
- Customize dashboards in Jira
Outline
- • Overview of Agile
- • Why Agile
- • Agile Manifesto and Principle
- • Workshop: Team Agile Manifesto and Principles Retrospective
- • Agile versus Waterfall
- • The Agile Team
- • Roles and Responsibilities
- • Workshop(s)
- • Agile Delivery Lifecycle
- • Agile Requirements Levels
- • Progressive Elaboration
- • Features, Epics, Stories, Tasks, Bugs
- • Acceptance Criteria (BDD)
- • Workshop: Defining User Stories
- • Definition of Ready (DoR)
- • Definition of Done (DoD)
- • Estimation: Affinity Estimation
- • Estimation: Planning Poker
- • Prioritization Techniques
- • Planning a Release
- • Introduction to Jira
- • Setting up a Real-Work Project in Jira
- • Jira Components and Screen Navigation
- • Tracking business value and size (effort)
- • Understanding Jira Fields
- • Customizing Jira Work Item Screens
- • Customizing Jira boards
- • Advanced: Customize workflows
- • Definition of Ready
- • Breaking down user stories into Tasks
- • Jira Workshop – Capacity Planning
- • Iteration/Sprint Retrospectives and Demonstrations
- • Jira Workshop – Closing the Iteration
- • Release & Roadmap Management
- • Managing Dependencies in Jira
- • Creating traceability using versions in Jira
- • Jira Workshop – Create a Roadmap
- • ‘JQL’ Filter Overview
- o Saving Filters
- o Sharing filters
- o Jira Workshop – Filters
- • Jira Advanced Queries, Reports, and Dashboards
- o Reporting and Metrics Overview
- o Jira ‘Dashboard’ Overview
Training Materials
All attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
Skillmetrix can provide a remote lab environment for this class. All attendees should have computers with Internet access and a modern web browser (ideally Chrome).
Why Online Bootcamps
Develop skills for real career growth
Cutting-edge curriculum designed in guidance with industry and academia to develop job-ready skills
Learn by working on real-world problems
Capstone projects involving real world data sets with virtual labs for hands-on learning
Learn from experts active in their field, not out-of-touch trainers
Leading practitioners who bring current best practices and case studies to sessions that fit into your work schedule.
Structured guidance ensuring learning never stops
24x7 Learning support from mentors and a community of like-minded peers to resolve any conceptual doubts