Master Azure Boards to be more agile

Duration : 1 day

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Azure Boards provides project delivery teams with interactive and customizable tools they need to manage their delivery projects. It provides a rich set of features, including native support for Agile, Scrum, and Kanban processes, calendar views, configurable dashboards, and built-in reports. This training introduces the basics of Azure Boards.

Audience

Anyone who wants to acquire the skills necessary to develop a real ease in handling the elements of an Azure Board.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Agile principles

Objectives

• Gain knowledge of Azure Boards
• Distinguish the different types of elements used by Azure Boards
• Work with Azure Boards in a project context (agile vs. non-agile)
• Configure Azure Boards for a specific delivery process or project
• Build dashboards based on elements of Azure Boards

Teaching method

The participants will carry out a series of labs, and quiz.

Contents

Chapter 1: Explore Azure Boards

• Azure Boards overview
• Reminder on agile Scrum rituals and artifacts
• Links between Agile Scrum Principles and Azure Boards Practices

Chapter 2: Discover Azure Boards items

• Items
• Boards
• Backlogs
• Sprints
• Queries
• Delivery Plans
• Retrospectives
• Activity Feed
• State Visualizer
• Estimate
• Labs Activity

Chapter 3: Working with Azure Boards

• In an agile project context
• In a non-agile project context
• In a support and maintenance context
• In an architecture/analysis context
• Labs Activity

Chapter 4: Configure an Azure Boards

• Set up a team
• Set up a project
• Set up a process
• Set up a dashboard
• Labs Activity

Chapter 5: More with Azure Boards

• Wiki
• Repos
• Test Plans
• Artifacts
• Pipelines
• Microsoft Teams
• Quiz

Chapter 6: Conclusion

• Azure Boards Summary
• Lessons Learned
• Do and do not with Azure Boards