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Introductions & Icebreaker

A brief introduction to the course and participants.

Overview of Software Development

• The stages of software delivery: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Common vocabulary and terminology in software development.
• Technical vs. non-technical perspectives.

Software Project Management Techniques

• Introduction to Waterfall/PRINCE2 and Agile methodologies.
• Benefits and drawbacks of each approach.
• Hands-on exercise comparing methodologies in practice.
• Keywords to be used in SWOT

Agile Mindset & Ways of Working

• Understanding the Agile Manifesto.
• Introduction to Scrum sprints and Kanban cycles.
• Practical exercises to implement Agile techniques.

Vision & Roadmap

• Software product vision and planning.
• Comparing waterfall Gantt charts vs. Agile roadmaps.
• Hands-on exercise in roadmap planning.
• Shown examples (using any tool), to show how it is used in practice. (e.g. spilt tasks, team velocity)

Requirements Management

• Capturing and writing effective requirements.
• Overview of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Writing user stories.

Estimation Techniques

• Comparing time-based and relative estimation techniques.
• Practical estimation exercises.
• Consequences of a less accurate estimate
• The degree of accuracy of an estimate

Prioritization

• Making work visible and managing a portfolio.
• Synchronization, dependencies, and prioritization based on value.
• Practical prioritization techniques.

Detailed planning

• Tasks, Resources, milestones, etc
• Using any tool – show Gant charts to be visible the changes after detail planning

Monitoring Progress

• Understanding outputs vs. outcomes.
• Waterfall milestones vs. iterative velocity vs. Kanban cycle time.
• The Iron Triangle concept in project management.
• Measures (project controlling, measures)

Continuous Delivery & Deployment

• Techniques for integrating software changes regularly.
• Transitioning from milestones to continuous delivery.
• Creating a DevOps pipeline and automating toolchains.

Software Quality

• Testing and test automation.
• Defining “ready” and “done” in software development.
• Hands-on exercise improving definitions of quality.

Software Reliability

• Setting service level objectives (SLOs) for reliability.
• Prioritizing toil and maintenance tasks.

Team Dynamics

• Engaging teams and fostering collaboration.
• Practical exercises in teamwork and communication.

Q&A and Wrap-Up

• Open discussion on real-life scenarios and remaining questions.