Accredited Agile Project Management Foundation (Scrum)

Explore agile methodologies, focusing on Scrum and XP, including sprints, daily stand-ups, Scrum roles, backlogs, and rapid, customer-valued software delivery through collaborative teams.

Examine Kanban and Lean as simple, waste-focused agile methods, using a visual board, cycle time, and just-in-time delivery to maximize value and see the big picture.

Explore how agile vision and scope guide iterations, define a vision statement and problem scope, and deliver value to customers through incremental work and collaborative standups.

Define a clear vision and problem statement to set agile scope, assess risks, stakeholders, and constraints, then break into iterative deliveries with SMART success criteria and KPIs.

Identify stakeholders in agile project management foundation by mapping everyone with an interest—from internal teams to external users and third parties—and manage expectations through targeted, audience-driven communication and sponsorship.

Identify who interacts with a product or service, distinguishing users from customers and stakeholders, and prioritizing diverse user types with user cards and storyboards for agile iterations.

Build an agile team by selecting the right mix of skills for each iteration, guided by a scrum master, with stand-ups and cross-functional collaboration for efficient delivery.

Define and articulate user stories in agile projects, capturing requirements with acceptance criteria, MoSCoW prioritization, INVEST principles, and epic stories that deliver customer value.

Learn to craft and manage user stories, estimate with story points or ideal days, and prioritize a visible backlog through iterations with the product owner and scrum master.

Prioritize user stories by impact, urgency, and customer value using objective criteria and empathy. Learn MoSCoW, dependencies, and the product owner’s role in iterative backlog planning and workshops.

Master iteration planning by defining timeboxed increments, planning releases, and setting doneness and acceptance criteria; calculate velocity with story points or ideal days and align with organizational goals.

Identify risks, assess their impact and likelihood to compute a risk score, and decide how to mitigate, avoid, share, or accept them within agile iterations.

Plan and execute agile communication using information radiators, daily standups, and visual charts to keep teams aligned, focused, and productive while adapting to changing backlog.

Plan iteration capacity by sizing stories, balancing dependencies, and delivering in equal 1–4 week iterations, with the product owner and scrum master coordinating work and testing.

Concluding an iteration, the episode shows stand-ups, a Kanban chart, and review and retrospective processes to deliver working software, plan improvement opportunities, and clarify scrum master and BRM roles.

Explore additions and impediments in agile project management, detailing how to embrace change, re-prioritize the backlog, re-estimate, and plan iterations while addressing dependencies, resources, and stakeholder impacts.

Explore managing third-party interfaces and vendor relationships within agile projects, balancing collaboration, risk, and contracts while coordinating planning, testing, and continuous communication.

Plan and deliver a release by bundling iterations, testing early, and coordinating software with hardware dependencies. Include training, release notes, and backlog handling to ensure value-driven, fail-fast delivery.

Close out an agile project by verifying done criteria, delivering remaining stories, and transitioning knowledge to operations while measuring ROI and VOI through benefits realization.

Review the downloadable course materials and complete slide deck exercises, then take the 20-question sample test to prepare for the Agile Foundation certification on bcs.org.

Explore the agile foundation certification with a walkthrough of the 20-question sample paper. Includes Scrum roles, agile manifesto values, cone of uncertainty, Kanban, and MoSCoW.