Agile Phases
Below are the phases of an Agile project:
Initiate: In this phase, the initiation of the activities for the project is done. The teams aim to achieve a stakeholder consensus about the project objectives and get the funds necessary to develop the project.
Plan and Estimate: In this phase, planning and the estimation of tasks are done. The phase takes its inputs from the outputs of the previous phase, which include Prioritised Product Backlog, Done Criteria and Personas.
Implement: In this phase, the activities and tasks outlined in the Effort Estimated Task List are executed in a bid to create a working product of the project. The main inputs to this Agile phase include the Sprint Backlog and the Prioritised Product Backlog. The various project deliverables are created, Daily Stand-up Meetings conducted as well as refining, which involves the reviewing, fine-tuning and updating of the Product Backlog.
Review and Retrospective: In this phase, the work which has been done or the deliverables are reviewed. This is done in a bid to ensure that the team has developed the right product, which means that there is a high chance of the customers accepting it. Ways which can help in the improvement of the project work are determined. The newly found ways will be used in the next sprint so as to ensure that a better product than the previous one is released to the customers.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course:
Course Contents
Section 1: Agile Project Management
Section 2: Using the Agile Manifesto to Deliver Change
Section 3: The 12 Agile Principles
Section 4: The Agile Fundamentals
Section 5: The Declaration of Interdependence
Section 6: Agile Development Frameworks
Section 7: Introduction to Scrum
Section 8: Scrum Projects
Section 9: Scrum Project Roles
Section 10: Meet the Scrum Team
Section 11: Building the Scrum Team
Section 12: Scrum in Projects, Programs & Portfolios
Section 13: How to Manage an Agile Project
Section 14: Leadership Styles
Section 15: The Agile Project Life-cycle
Section 16: Business Justification with Agile
Section 17: Calculating the Benefits With Agile
Section 18: Quality in Agile
Section 19: Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog
Section 20: Quality Management in Scrum
Section 21: Change in Scrum
Section 22: Integrating Change in Scrum
Section 23: Managing Change in Scrum
Section 24: Risk in Scrum
Section 25: Risk Assessment Techniques
Section 26: Initiating an Agile Project
Section 27: Forming the Scrum Team
Section 28: Epics and Personas
Section 29: Creating the Prioritised Product Backlog
Section 30: Conduct Release Planning
Section 31: The Project Business Case
Section 32: Planning in Scrum
Section 33: Scrum Boards
Section 34: Sprint Planning
Section 35: User Stories
Section 36: User Stories and Tasks
Section 37: The Sprint Backlog
Section 38: Implementation of Scrum
Section 39: The Daily Scrum
Section 40: The Product Backlog
Section 41: Scrum Charts
Section 42: Review and Retrospective
Section 43: Scrum of Scrums
Section 44: Validating a Sprint
Section 45: Retrospective Sprint
Section 46: Releasing the Product
Section 47: Project Retrospective
Section 48: The Communication Plan
Section 49: Formal Business Sign-off
Section 50: Scaling Scrum
Section 51: Stakeholders
Section 52: Programs and Portfolios