Agile Foundations: Roles, Ceremonies and Delivery Practice Course (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Plenty of teams can recite the Agile Manifesto by heart and still miss every sprint commitment. The gap is usually practice, not theory - knowing which role does what, which ceremony solves which problem, and how a backlog actually gets refined week to week. This Arab British Fellowship Training Academy course builds that practical layer on top of the Agile values and principles participants already know by name.
The programme walks through the three frameworks teams reach for most - Scrum, Kanban and Lean - and shows when each one fits a given project context, rather than treating them as interchangeable labels. It also clarifies where responsibility actually sits: what a Product Owner owns, what a Scrum Master protects, and how Agile Team Members contribute to outcomes.
Estimation, backlog refinement and iterative delivery through continuous integration are covered as day-to-day disciplines rather than abstract concepts, so participants leave able to run them, not just describe them.
The final stretch covers the Agile ceremonies - stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint planning - alongside story mapping and prioritisation techniques, tying communication practices directly to the value delivered to customers.
2Objectives and target group
Who This Course Is For
- Project managers, team leads and supervisors moving into Agile-run environments.
- Aspiring or new Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
- Software developers, testers and designers working inside Agile teams.
- Business analysts and product managers involved in Agile delivery.
What the Course Covers and Delivers
The course builds an Agile mindset and a working command of frameworks, roles and delivery practices so participants can collaborate and deliver customer value faster, iteration by iteration. By the end, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the values, principles and mindset behind Agile project delivery.
- Apply Scrum, Kanban and Lean in real settings and know which one fits which situation.
- Operate confidently within the Product Owner / Scrum Master / Agile Team structure.
- Run sprint planning, backlog refinement and story-point estimation to improve predictability.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies - stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives - in ways that actually improve transparency and performance.
- Write, map and prioritise user stories for maximum customer value.
- Read Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown charts and cumulative flow diagrams to drive continuous improvement.
3Course Content
Module 1: The Agile Mindset
- What Agile actually is, beyond the buzzword
- The Agile Manifesto: values and principles
- Benefits and real challenges of adopting Agile
Module 2: Choosing a Framework - Scrum, Kanban and Lean
- Scrum at a glance
- Kanban at a glance
- Lean at a glance
- Matching the framework to the project context
Module 3: Roles and Accountability
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Agile Team Members
- Working with stakeholders
Module 4: Planning and Estimating the Work
- Release and sprint planning
- Story points and estimation techniques
- Backlog grooming and refinement
Module 5: Running the Ceremonies
- Daily stand-ups
- Sprint reviews and retrospectives
- Sprint planning sessions
Module 6: Delivering Iteratively
- Iterative and incremental development
- Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
- Definition of Done and acceptance criteria
Module 7: User Stories, Mapping and Prioritisation
- Writing effective user stories
- Story mapping
- Prioritisation techniques (MoSCoW, WSJF and others)
Module 8: Metrics and Continuous Improvement
- Velocity tracking, burndown and burn-up charts
- Cumulative flow diagrams
- Turning feedback into improvement, and building an Agile mindset that sticks