Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools (2021)

Course details

The Agile mindset is an exciting way to quickly deliver higher-quality products. This course helps you compare the strengths and weaknesses of several top agile software tools. These include Microsoft Excel, Atlassian JIRA, Trello, Microsoft Azure DevOps, and open-source GitLab. The course highlights the advantages of simple tools like spreadsheets and more complex product management packages. This course helps project managers, software developers, agile coaches and other professionals determine which tool is the best fit for their team. Agile expert Doug Rose provides a fast-paced tour and an unvarnished look at what some of the tools get right and what some get wrong. Doug concludes each section with suggested strategies for selecting the right tool for your team—always remembering that no tool should ever overshadow the core values of the agile manifesto.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - How to evaluate agile tools
02 - What you should know
03 - Remember agile values

1. Staying Lightweight with Microsoft Excel

04 - See the benefits of Excel
05 - How to create a spreadsheet backlog
06 - Ways to show the team's progress

2. Plugging into Atlassian Jira

07 - Log into Jira
08 - How to build a Jira backlog
09 - Set up team sprints
10 - Create tasks from user stories
11 - Configure your task board
12 - Use epics to group your stories
13 - Complete Jira sprint
14 - Summary of Jira

3. Collaborating with Trello Cards

15 - Log in to Trello
16 - Create a product backlog with Trello cards
17 - What to put on your Trello cards
18 - How to prioritize cards on your board
19 - Plan out your sprint
20 - Break user story cards into tasks
21 - Track cards across the board
22 - Close out boards at the end of a sprint

4. Going Big with Microsoft Azure

23 - An overview of Azure DevOps
24 - Create an Azure DevOps account
25 - Select the scrum process
26 - Start an Azure product backlog
27 - Organize Azure stories on a backlog board
28 - Add Azure stories to sprints
29 - Create Azure tasks for the sprint task board
30 - Track progress with Azure dashboard

5. Embracing Open Source with GitLab

31 - The GitLab download and initial install
32 - Set up GitLab groups to mirror your organization
33 - List GitLab stories on a backlog board
34 - Add labels to keep track of GitLab stories
35 - Prioritize GitLab stories in the backlog
36 - Set up GitLab sprint milestones
37 - Add tasks to GitLab User Stories
38 - Use a wiki page to run GitLab retrospective
39 - The benefits of open source GitLab

Conclusion

40 - Tools needed to support the agile mindset

Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools (2021)

Authors

Doug Rose