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Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools

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Explore the strengths and weaknesses of different agile software tools, including Microsoft Excel, Atlassian JIRA, Trello, Microsoft Azure DevOps, and GitLab.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • How to evaluate agile tools
  • What you should know
  • Remember agile values
1. Staying Lightweight with Microsoft Excel
  • See the benefits of Excel
  • How to create a spreadsheet backlog
  • Ways to show the team's progress
2. Plugging into Atlassian Jira
  • Log into Jira
  • How to build a Jira backlog
  • Set up team sprints
  • Create tasks from user stories
  • Configure your task board
  • Use epics to group your stories
  • Complete Jira sprint
  • Summary of Jira
3. Collaborating with Trello Cards
  • Log in to Trello
  • Create a product backlog with Trello cards
  • What to put on your Trello cards
  • How to prioritize cards on your board
  • Plan out your sprint
  • Break user story cards into tasks
  • Track cards across the board
  • Close out boards at the end of a sprint
4. Going Big with Microsoft Azure
  • An overview of Azure DevOps
  • Create an Azure DevOps account
  • Select the scrum process
  • Start an Azure product backlog
  • Organize Azure stories on a backlog board
  • Add Azure stories to sprints
  • Create Azure tasks for the sprint task board
  • Track progress with Azure dashboard
5. Embracing Open Source with GitLab
  • The GitLab download and initial install
  • Set up GitLab groups to mirror your organization
  • List GitLab stories on a backlog board
  • Add labels to keep track of GitLab stories
  • Prioritize GitLab stories in the backlog
  • Set up GitLab sprint milestones
  • Add tasks to GitLab User Stories
  • Use a wiki page to run GitLab retrospective
  • The benefits of open source GitLab
Conclusion
  • Tools needed to support the agile mindset

Taught by

Doug Rose

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