This document provides an overview of agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban. It discusses key Scrum components like planning, daily standups, reviews and retrospectives. It also describes different types of stories used in agile, what constitutes a story, and how to use a sprint board. The document concludes by listing some popular agile project management tools and emphasizing the importance of adapting processes when using agile.

1. AGILE
LEARNINGS

2. HELLO!
I am Nishan Bose
MSI 2nd Year, Tailored
Experienced Agilist
nishan@umich.edu

3. 1.
Agile? Scrum?
XP? Kanban?
As a user I need
to understand
agile and use it
for my projects

4. 2.
Process
As a user I want
to streamline
my workflow for
maximum
efficiency

5. Key Components of SCRUM
▸ Planning
▹ Story Creation
▹ Estimation
▸ Development
▹ Daily Standups
▸ Review / Release
▸ Retro

6. Types of Story
▸ New feature
▸ Change in existing feature
▸ Defect
▸ Technical improvement
▸ Knowledge acquisition/spike

7. What is a STORY?
▸ Context/Problem
▸ Potential Solution
▸ Acceptance Criteria
▸ Importance
▸ Time Estimate
▸ Reference (mockups)

8. SPRINT BOARD
To Do In Progress Completed
Story Task 3, QA
Task 2,
Engineering
Task 1,
Requirements
Story
Task 1,
Requirements
- -
Story -
Task 1,
Engineering
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9. Retro
▸ Orange: Things that went well
▸ Blue: Things that need improvement
▸ Yellow: Shoutouts

10. 3.
Tools
As a user I need
a tool to
implement
Agile Scrum

11. Asana
Trello
Redmine
Mingle
Jira
Trac
TOOLS

12. THE REALITY
Difficult - not just in the beginning
Easy to fall behind
Adapt, Adapt, Adapt

13. Design Sprint
Shorter dev cycle
Start creating test plans
Use story points (effort)
Limit WIP
Adapt
Use a tool
What can you do? (TIPS)

14. THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at nishan@umich.edu