Agile Software Development Specialization Course

The British Academy for Training and Development offers an in-depth Agile Software Development Specialisation Course, aimed at providing attendees with the fundamentals, knowledge, and skills to excel in agile methodologies in software engineering. The Agile Software Development Specialisation Course is dedicated to making attendees understand the agile practices, starting from the base and further. It will commence with a simple overview of Agile Software Development and will bring up the subject of core values and principles that it holds in relation to the Agile Manifesto. People who attend will be given a clear explanation of the Method and roles such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team, and events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives. The course will emphasize the application of User Stories and Backlog Management, including the writing of user stories, making the most important and urgent issues the priority, and product backlog management. Attendees will be introduced to Agile Estimation and Planning techniques like story points, velocity tracking, and burndown charts also. The structure of the course will feature the explanation of the concept of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, commonly abbreviated as CI/CD. The aim is to facilitate the attendees' automating of the software release process and enable them to continuously check the quality of the product. Furthermore, training will be given in that area of project management that is related to Agile, specifically in tools such as Jira and Trello, also in software used in the same agile context, if any exist. The course is going to address agile testing strategies that establish the compliance of software through methods such as test-driven development and behavior-driven development.