Agile Management using Azure DevOps
What you'll learn
- Introduction to Azure DevOps
- Introduction to Azure Boards as an Agile Management Tool
- Setting up a project on Azure DevOps
- Use Azure Boards to implement a Scrum Process
- Learn all Scrum processes and cadences how to conduct them on Azure Boards
- Learn how to perform Sprint Planning
- Learn how to perform Sprint Grooming
- Learn how to perform Sprint Daily Stand-ups
- Learn how to perform Sprint Retrospectives
- Learn what to do in Sprint Demo's and Sprint Reviews
- How to customize Azure Boards and Scrum workflows
- Learn how to perform queries on Azure DevOps
- Learn how to create Dashboards on Azure DevOps
- Learn how to create Delivery Plans
- Learn how to manage your sprint timelines
Requirements
- No Scrum or Agile experience needed. You will learn how to perform all Scrum activities
- A minimum of at least 1+ years in the IT industry or have a IT qualification
Description
In this course, we will cover the following content:
Quick Introduction to Azure DevOps
Azure Boards Theory
Quick intro to DevOps
I’ll show you how to create a user account for Azure DevOps S
Show you how to set up projects on Azure DevOps
Show you how to use Azure Boards to implement Scrum.
PLEASE NOTE! ALL Course content is available in PDF format on the last lecture's resources.
This course includes, setting up the project configurations and team configurations.
We’ll spend lots of time on how to manage Sprint backlogs and Task boards.
How to manage sprint timelines.
We’ll plan and work a typical Sprint process end-to-end, which involves all the Agile meetings or cadences.
We’ll use an example project to show how you break down requirements to Epics, feature and product backlog items and user stories and how to implement this on Azure Boards
We’ll discuss and explain each Sprint activities and meeting cadences, such as Sprint planning, Sprint Grooming sessions, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Reviews and Demo, Team Capacities, and Sprint Retrospectives. This includes lots of Demo’s how to do each meeting or sprint activity on Azure DevOps
We’ll also discuss bug management and how to perform this on Azure DevOps
We will show you how to customize your Azure Boards and Sprint backlogs
How to run and manage Queries on Azure Boards
How to create delivery Plans & Manage Portfolios on a scaled agile project
How to create and manage Dashboards
We’ll spend a few minutes discussion (SAFe), the Scaled Agile Framework in Azure Boards
We’ll also briefly discuss Integrations with Azure DevOps with other platforms
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who want to become a Scrum Master
- Scrum Master who want to learn the Azure DevOps platform and how to run Agile on Azure Boards
- Development Managers or Technical IT Leaders who want to understand Agile Management
- Project Managers who want to learn how to perform Agile on Azure DevOps
- Anyone who wants to learn how to perform Agile and Scrum on Azure DevOps
Instructor
I am an IT professional with more than 30 Years of IT experience, developing and architecting large corporate solutions. I completed my Master's Degree in Computer Science, major in Development Operations with First Class Honours. I started as a developer in the early '90s using different development languages, such as Visual Basic, Clarion, C++ and for the past 20 Year, C# and .Net development. I am currently a senior solution architect for a large international insurance company. I am also Certified in TOGAF 9.
I love to mentor developers, my team members and programmers who want to progress to the next level. I make these lectures to help those that are always willing to learn a new skill.