Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools

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Free Online Course: Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools is taught by Doug Rose.

Overview
  • 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