🔹 Day 1: Agile Mindset and SCRUM in Practice

Session 1: Agile Principles and Agile vs. Traditional Development

• The Agile Manifesto and its values
• Agile vs. Waterfall: mindsets and metrics
• Business agility and value delivery

Session 2: SCRUM Framework Deep Dive

• Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Team
• Events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, Retrospective
• Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment

Session 3: Sprint Planning Simulation

• User stories and acceptance criteria
• Estimation techniques: Story points, Planning Poker
• Sprint goal and capacity planning

Lab Activities:

• Create an agile board using Jira or Azure Boards
• Draft and refine user stories for a sample product
• Conduct a simulated Sprint Planning session with teams

🔹 Day 2: Agile Execution and Collaboration Tools

Session 1: Running the Sprint – Best Practices

• Effective daily stand-ups
• Managing tasks, blockers, and WIP limits
• Sprint review techniques and demo preparation

Session 2: Retrospectives and Continuous Improvement

• Retro formats (Start-Stop-Continue, 4Ls, Mad-Sad-Glad)
• Root cause analysis with 5 Whys and Fishbone Diagram
• Tracking improvement metrics (velocity, lead time, burndown)

Session 3: Agile Tools in Action

• Jira/ClickUp/Trello for backlog management
• GitHub Issues, GitLab, or Azure DevOps Boards
• Communication & collaboration: Confluence, MS Teams, Slack

Lab Activities:

• Run a simulated sprint with stand-ups, task updates, and a review
• Facilitate a sprint retrospective and identify action items
• Track burndown chart and analyze velocity

🔹 Day 3: DevOps Integration and Agile Delivery at Scale

Session 1: DevOps Culture and Principles

• What is DevOps? The CAMS model (Culture, Automation, Measurement, Sharing)
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Feedback loops and shared responsibility

Session 2: Toolchains and Automation

• Source control and collaboration with Git
• CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, and monitoring

Session 3: Agile at Scale + Capstone

• Frameworks: SAFe, Spotify, Nexus
• Scaling teams, backlogs, and releases
• Capstone project: From user story to deployed feature

Lab Activities:

• Set up a basic CI/CD pipeline (e.g., GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines)
• Deploy a sample app from source to staging
• Run a final retrospective and present delivery metrics from the simulated project