The 6 Pillar

1 - Great software is built by great teams 2 - Great software is built for customers 3 - Work in feedback loops 4 - Make things visible 5 - Automation amplifies human potential 6 - Continuous improvement is a habit

Curriculum

10 Chapters · 34 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction

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      Introduction

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      Circles within circles

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      The Agile Manifesto

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    Quarterly Cycles and Inceptions

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      Long planning cycles

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      Exercise: planning reflection

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      Inceptions

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      Stages of an inception workshop

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      Inception - deep reference guide

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      Inception cycle

  3. 3

    Backlogs

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      A single backlog

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      Backlog vs icebox

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    Working in Sprints

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      Sprint/iteration overview

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      Task boards

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      Typical sprint

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      Working agreements

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      Definition of done vs acceptance criteria

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      Exercise: current definitions

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    Pair Programming

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      No more pull requests

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      Exercise: pull requests

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      How to pair

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    Trunk-Based Development

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      Working on trunk

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      Automated checks

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    TDD

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      Test-driven development

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      The red-green-refactor cycle

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      Worked example

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    Reflections and Retrospectives

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      Reflections

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      Types of retrospectives

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      How to run retrospectives

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      Exercise: retrospective on retrospectives

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    Pillar Assignment

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      Assignment Background

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      Assignment One - Initial Functionality

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      Assignment Two - Write User Stories

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      Assignment Three - Behaviour Driven Development

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    Pillar Feedback

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      Pillar Feedback

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