Agile Software Development

Learn the fundamentals of agile for software developers. Explore popular agile approaches, including scrum, extreme programming, and Kanban.

Introduction

• The agile approach
• What you should know

1. Agile Fundamentals

• The software crisis
• Agile to the rescue
• Agile principles
• Agile principles continued

2. Scrum: The Developer Perspective

• Scrum introduction
• Empiricism
• The scrum pillars (TIA)
• Scrum values
• Scrum roles: The product owner
• Scrum roles: The development team member
• Scrum roles: The scrum master
• Scrum events
• Scrum artifacts: The product backlog
• Scrum artifacts: The sprint backlog and increment
• Common myths

3. Agile Software Engineering Techniques

• Extreme programming (XP)
• XP execution
• Pair programming
• Test-driven development (TDD)
• User stories
• Epics and themes
• Agile estimation
• Planning poker
• DevOps: The problem
• DevOps: The solution
• Agile reporting

4. Kanban for Developers

• Lean history
• Kanban board
• Limiting work in progress (WIP)
• How to set WIP limits
• Kanban vs. scrum

5. Scaling Agile

• Scaling agile
• Scaling frameworks
• Scaling frameworks, continued

Conclusion

• Next steps