Scrum Foundation Programme for Agile Software Development

Scrum in 6 weeks

A six-week programme designed to lay the foundation of Scrum software development in a team while the team continue their existing work.

At the end of the six weeks the team will understand and be putting into practice the Scrum software development methodology. The organization will see the following benefits:
  • Improved productivity
  • Improved quality
  • Visibility of work state and progress on projects
  • Greater responsiveness to business needs

During this time the team continues to develop their existing product in their normal workplace. Except for a few specific training days away from work adoption happens in the actual work environment.

The programme is designed in three phases:

Phase 1: Scrum Assessment


In this phase an assessment of the current development practices and training needs of the team is made. This is then used to guide the following two phases.

Phase 2: Scrum Training


All members of the undertake Scrum training together. In addition specialists team members will receive training specific to their specialisation. For example, developers may undertake Test Driven Development training.

Phase 3: Scrum Practice


Teams put their training into practice with help of an Coach and temporary Scrum Master. As well as technical practices such as Test Driven Development, Refactoring and Continuous Integration teams will engage in short Sprints, retrospectives, visual tracking and other core Agile practices and processes.

Additional training is provided during the rest of phase 3 as required.

Notes
  • For large teams more than one Agile Coach may be required.
  • Phase 1 may be conducted in advance of phases 2 and 3 if required.
  • The Scrum Foundation Programme is priced according to technology and team size. A fixed price can be quoted if required.

Suitability


This programme is suitable for teams engaged in:
  • Product, bepoke or corporate IT type development.
  • Teams starting a new projects, teams part way through an project and teams operating in maintenance mode.
  • This programme may be adapted to most current technologies; C#, Java and C++ are the most common examples.
  • Teams up to 12 may are catered for as standard, larger teams can be catered for if required with modifications to the programme.

For more information about the Scrum Foundation programme please contact Software Strategy.