Scrum Developer Certification

Course Overview

This course is intended primarily for software engineers who are developing software in a Scrum environment. By providing training on Agile software engineering best practices development teams will improve their ability to develop high-quality software in the iterative and incremental fashion. These practices are core to the field of Agile software engineering.

  • The Scrum Framework
  • Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
  • The Product Backlog
  • Agile Testing Techniques
  • Emergent Architecture and Design
  • Quality Code Practices
  • Implementing Scrum

Course Topics Include:

This course is based upon a combination of slide-based lecture and interactive exercises and case studies.

Course Outline:

  1. The Scrum Framework
    1. Scrum Roles
    2. Scrum Artifacts
    3. Scrum Events
  2. Application Lifecycle Management: Four pillars of ALM
    1. Process
    2. Quality Control
    3. Tracking
    4. Collaboration
  3. The Product Backlog
    1. Defining Ready
    2. Definition of Done
    3. DEEP
    4. INVEST
    5. Agile Estimation
  4. Agile Testing
    1. Techniques
    2. Whole Team
    3. Parallel Teams
    4. On-site Customer
    5. Real Time Defect Management
    6. Agile Test Environments
    7. Test Driven Development (TDD)
    8. Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
    9. Reviews and Inspections
    10. Exploratory Testing
    11. Hardening Iterations
    12. Automated Testing
  5. Quality Code Practices
    1. SOLID Principles
    2. Code and Test Smells
    3. Static Code Analysis
    4. Dynamic Code Analysis
    5. Code Metrics
    6. Continuous Integration (CI)
    7. Build Automation
    8. Continuous Feedback and Related Tools
    9. Refactoring
    10. Technical Debt Management
  6. Implementing Scrum
    1. Scrum Anti-patterns
    2. A planned approach
    3. Adressing Change

Participants receive a course workbook that covers the details of each topic to assist during the course and serve as a tool for future reference and taking action when returning to the workplace.

Certification & PDU’s

Free access to our Scrum Developer Certification Practice Exam. If you are planning to get your Professional Scrum Developer certification (PSD 1) from Scrum.org , our 80 question practice exam is a perfect way to prepare. All class participants receive free 30 day access to this practice exam.

Guidance Technology also provides a certificate of completion of the Course for each participant who successfully passes a certification test.

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