Introduction to Agile : Scrum and Kanban

Discover how the agile methodology uses iterative, incremental cycles, collaborative client feedback, and minimum viable products to deliver a high-quality product that adapts to changing needs.

Explore how the agile manifesto emerged from failed information technology projects and why its four values prioritize individuals and interactions, working software, customer collaboration, and responding to change.

Agile is a philosophy, not just a method, and true transformation starts with an agile mindset at the pyramid’s top, driving values, principles, and practices like Scrum and Kanban.

Compare agile with the waterfall method, noting waterfall's linear, sequential phases and how this rigidity hampers change, feedback, and timely delivery.

Clarify how agile fixes iteration budgets and durations while allowing scope to evolve, using backlog items and sprints to estimate the overall project end date and cost.

Compare agile to traditional project management; a 2012 study shows agile is three times more likely to succeed, and a 2020 study cites faster delivery, adaptability, and alignment.

Learn how agile methodologies enable agility through iterative, incremental product development. Explore Scrum and Kanban as popular frameworks guiding agile practice, with other methods like Extreme Programming and Lean.

Understand how scrum uses fixed-duration sprints to adapt a project, define roles (product owner, scrum master, developers), and manage a prioritized product backlog of user stories.

Discover how the product owner, the scrum master, and developers collaborate to maximize value, prioritize the product backlog, protect the sprint, and deliver the definition of done.

Discover that a scrum team is cross-functional and self-managed, capable of delivering from A to Z with a shared product backlog and product owner, and no sub-teams.

explains sprint planning in agile scrum, where the product owner, scrum master, and developers collaborate to set a sprint goal, select backlog items, and plan tasks to deliver an increment.

Conduct a 15-minute daily stand up with developers, the product owner, and the scrum master, answer the three questions, update the task board, and plan the next 24 hours.

The scrum master guides the team through the sprint retrospective to discuss what went well, what slowed them, and to craft actionable improvements for the next sprint.

Explore how sprint planning defines the sprint objective, scope, and action plan to deliver an increment, while backlog refinement clarifies items for the next sprint.

Learn to craft concise user stories for the product backlog using the user story format: as a user, I want... so that..., with explicit titles and acceptance criteria.

Master planning poker, a Scrum estimation method using Fibonacci-based cards to assign story points, considering difficulty, work volume, risk, and dependencies, via collaborative voting rounds.

Explore velocity as the sprint progress metric based on completed story points versus commitments, and use burn down charts to track remaining work against time.

Showcases a municipality library management system built with scrum, detailing product owner, backlog, user stories, two-week sprints, daily scrums, refinement sessions, and sprint planning.

Explore Kanban, a lean method that visualizes work on a board, limits work in progress, and tracks orders as signboard tasks from to do to in progress to validation completed.

Kanban offers a visual workflow and core principles: start where you are, kaizen continuous improvement, pursue evolutionary change in small increments, respect current processes, and lead at all levels.

Kanban uses a visual board to show who works on what, guided by rules: visualize work, limit in progress, measure and manage progress, establish clear rules, recognize opportunities of improvement.

Discover how a Kanban board organizes IT work with columns to do, in progress, test, and done, prioritizing tasks in Trello, Jira, or physical post-its.

Learn how kanban boards can move a task backward from testing to in progress when bugs or missing specifications are found, and how teams visualize and decide this approach.

Explore the difference between scrum and kanban, including scrumban, and learn how kanban's visual, continuous workflow reduces meetings, emphasizes blocking points, and uses daily stand-ups with physical or virtual boards.

Learn to use kanban to improve incident handling with a visual board and clear column statuses. Track tasks from to do to completed, one task at a time, manage blockers.

Learn kanban metrics lead time and cycle time to measure task progress from creation to completion and from assignment to completion, revealing resource gaps and blocking points for continuous improvement.

Group tasks by criteria using swim lanes in Kanban to create visual corridors with color codes, helping large teams navigate cloud management, application development, graphical design, and severity-based tasks.

Define and prioritize tasks within Kanban by the team, using a backlog and a work-in-progress limit, while maintaining flexibility and a shared roadmap.

Agile is a state of mind that adapts to any project, not just IT; use backlogs, iterations, and Kanban to create value, even in a gym or daily life.

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