BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile

Gain a solid understanding of the concepts and values of Agile by challenging conventional methods and thinking.

This Agile certificate will answer the questions:

What is Agile? What is Agile working?

And how can I embed Agile into my organisation?

This certification will equip candidates with knowledge that can be applied in a variety of situations and promotes effective working within any Agile team.

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• Introduction 00:39

  • 1: Course Introduction 00:39

• Why Agile? 10:45

  • 2: Why Agile Introduction 00:25
  • 3: Linear Development Approaches 02:33
  • 4: Why linear development approaches are not suitable in a VUCA environment 01:51
  • 5: The Origins of Agile 02:12
  • 6: The Agile Manifesto and its Principles 01:51
  • 7: How the Pillars of Scrum Underpin Agile Thinking 01:53

• Individuals and Their Interactions Over Processes and Tools 11:20

  • 8: Individuals and Their Interactions Over Processes and Tools Introduction 00:20
  • 9: The Ways That The Processes and Tools Can Undermine Agile Team Performance 03:36
  • 10: The Connection Between Team Motivation and Self-Organising Autonomous Teams 03:37
  • 11: How Agile Teams Interact 03:47

• Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation 12:14

  • 12: Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation Introduction 00:24
  • 13: How Working Software Means More Than Just Code 03:51
  • 14: How Agile Can Be Applied to None-Software Products 03:55
  • 15: How the Seven Wastes of Lean relates to comprehensive documentation 04:04

• Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation 12:45

  • 16: Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation Introduction 00:25
  • 17: The Agile Team's Relationship With Its Customers 04:22
  • 18: How Agile teams use time boxes and iterations to decide what work to commit to 03:38
  • 19: The Product Owner role and their responsibilities 04:20

• Responding To Change Over Following a Plan 18:01

  • 20: Responding To Change Over Following a Plan Introduction 00:27
  • 21: How Regular Feedback Helps Agile Teams Respond to Change 04:33
  • 22: How Agile Teams Recognise When Change is Underway 04:46
  • 23: The Different Levels of Planning That Agile Teams Use 03:52
  • 24: The Risks of Detailed, Upfront Planning 04:23

• The Agile Mindset 32:23

  • 25: The Agile Mindset Introduction 00:44
  • 26: Servant Leadership 03:45
  • 27: How Agile Teams are Cross-Functional and Self-Organising 02:34
  • 28: How The Pillars of Scrum Enable Continuous Improvement 03:48
  • 29: How Agile Teams Demonstrate Transparency 04:23
  • 30: The Importance of Maximising The Amount of Work Not Done 03:30
  • 31: How Agile Teams Maintain Sustainable Pace 03:47
  • 32: The Critical Factors in Creating Motivated Teams 02:23
  • 33: The Importance of Psychological Safety For High Performing Teams 03:53
  • 34: Incremental and Iterative Delivery 03:36

• Roles in Agile Teams 06:07

  • 35: Roles in Agile Teams Introduction 00:18
  • 36: The Three Scrum Roles 03:27
  • 37: Commonly Used Non-Agile Scrum Roles 02:22

• Common Agile Practices 1:48:02

  • 38: Iterations and Timeboxing 02:40
  • 39: Daily Stand-up Meetings 03:15
  • 40: Agile Board 03:36
  • 41: Iteration Planning 04:14
  • 42: Iteration Review 03:25
  • 43: Retrospective 04:08
  • 44: Agile Coaching 04:00
  • 45: Backlog Refinement 04:16
  • 46: Limiting Work in Progress (WIP) 04:04
  • 47: Product Roadmaps 04:50
  • 48: Backlog 04:17
  • 49: User Stories 03:32
  • 50: Three C's (Card, Conversation, Confirmation) 02:13
  • 51: Definitions of Done and Ready 06:21
  • 52: Relative Sizing 05:22
  • 53: The Agile Estimation Game 03:09
  • 54: Story Points 04:04
  • 55: Velocity 03:46
  • 56: Pair Programming 04:06
  • 57: Mob Programming 04:28
  • 58: Test Driven Development 04:27
  • 59: Behaviour Driven Development 05:33
  • 60: Refactoring 03:46
  • 61: Emergent Design 04:37
  • 62: Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment 04:51
  • 63: Automated Testing 05:02

• Agile in Practice 38:03

  • 64: Agile in Practice Introduction 00:27
  • 65: Agile Approaches - Scrum 04:31
  • 66: Agile Approaches - Kanban 04:31
  • 67: Scaling Methods 03:34
  • 68: Refactoring Solution Architecture 03:49
  • 69: Decoupling Team Dependencies 03:35
  • 70: Decomposing Into Independent Goals 03:32
  • 71: Shortening Cycle Time 03:06
  • 72: Short Lead Time From Business Need To Solution Deployment 03:34
  • 73: Team Is Continuously Improving 03:36
  • 74: Mean Time To Restore 03:48

• Practice Exam 28:00

  • 75: Practice Exam 28:00

The BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile is relevant to anyone requiring an understanding
of the use of Agile or looking to adopt it. This includes, but is not limited to, organisational leaders and managers, marketing executives and managers, and/or all professionals working in an Agile environment, including software sesters, developers, business analysts, UX designers, project management office (PMO), project support and project coordinators.

What will I learn?

You’ll gain a broad understanding of agile including:
Why Agile?
The factors that drive Agile adoption
The Agile Manifesto in detail
The Agile mindset
Roles in Agile teams
Common Agile practices
The practical application of Agile

The exam:

One hour ‘closed book’ with 40 multiple choice questions

Pass mark is 65% (26/40)

Business and IT professionals who are interested in Agile practices and the Agile methodology.

Anyone requiring an understanding of Agile as well as organisational leaders and managers wanting to understand the value of Agile practices.

Those who work in an Agile environment, including software testers, developers, product owners, business analysts and Scrum masters.

There are no entry requirements for this certification.

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