
Using the Agile Manifesto to Deliver Change – Part 13
Individuals and Interactions Over Processes and Tools
The Agile Value focus on individuals and interactions removes a lot of the bureaucratic limitations on the developers. Also, it encourages them to interface directly with the Product Owner and Stakeholders. Tools and processes are trivial, and serve only as a means to an end. As long as the development team produce satisfactory work, the way that they get there has no bearing on the process. Plus, encouraging healthy interaction between developers and customers means that the development team have more of an investment in the product.
Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation
Traditional development environments often has a large amount of paperwork involved with any product request. A request is made, then a product analyst writes a functional specification to detail how the functionality should behave. A developer then writes a technical document to indicate the code changes required to fulfil the functional specification. Only after each department completes their portion, does work begin on a request. Depending on the priorities, a request may not be addressed for months or even years. This generates a large amount of unnecessary paperwork that reduces the of the product development.
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You will explore the Agile Scrum project life-cycle, including how an Agile User Story is created, to how we know when it is ‘done’
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You will gain an in-depth understanding of the Scrum Product Owner roles and responsibilities, and you will be able to
- Fully understand the role of the Scrum Product Owner
- Understand the roles involved in an Agile project
- Create an effective Product Backlog
- Effectively participate in Scrum Meetings such as the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Retrospective
- Identify the roles involves in the Scrum Team

What topics are covered within this course?
You will cover the following topics during this course:
- An Introduction to Agile Project Management (Product Owner)
- The 12 Agile Principles (Product Owner)
- The Declaration of Interdependence (Product Owner)
- Introduction to Scrum (Product Owner)
- Scrum Project Roles (Product Owner)
- The Agile Project Life-cycle (Product Owner)
- Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Epics and Personas (Product Owner)
- Sprint Planning (Product Owner)
- User Stories (Product Owner)
- The Daily Scrum (Product Owner)
- The Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Scrum Charts (Product Owner)
- Review and Retrospective (Product Owner)
- Validating a Sprint (Product Owner)
- Releasing the Product (Product Owner)
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