Who is this training for?
Anyone who wants to acquire the skills necessary to develop real ease in handling the elements of an Azure Board.
Training objectives
- Gain knowledge about Azure Boards.
- Distinguish between the different types of items 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 the elements of an Azure Boards.
Summary
Azure Boards provides project delivery teams with the 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 reporting. This course introduces the basic elements of Azure Boards.
Course outline
Chapter 1: Learn about Azure Boards
- Azure Boards overview
- Reminder about Scrum Agile Rituals and Artifacts
- Linking Scrum agile principles to Azure Boards
Chapter 2 : Browse Azure Boards items
- Items
- Boards
- Backlogs
- Sprints
- Queries
- Delivery Plans
- Retrospectives
- Activity Feed
- State Visualizer
- Estimate
- Activity : Laboratory
Chapter 3 : Work with Azure Boards
- Work in an agile project context
- Work in a non-agile project context
- Work in a support and maintenance context
- Work in an architecture/analysis context
- Activity : Laboratory
Chapter 4 : Set up an Azure Boards
- Set up a team
- Set up a project
- Set up a process
- Set up a dashboard
Activity : Laboratory
Chapter 5 : To go further with Azure Boards
- Azure Boards and Wiki
- Azure Boards and Repos
- Azure Boards and Test Plans
- Azure Boards and Artifacts
- Azure Boards and Pipelines
- Azure Boards and Microsoft Teams
- Activity : Quiz
Chapter 6 : Conclusion
- Summary on Azure Boards
- Lessons learned
- What to do and what not to do with Azure Boards
Approach and methodology
Pedagogy based on examples, labs and quizzes.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Agile principles.
Recommendations
Review:
- Agile concepts (backlog, user stories, sprint)
- Familiarize yourself with: the Azure DevOps environment (overview)
- Identify your needs: task tracking backlog management improve team collaboration
