NICF - AGILE AND SCRUM FUNDAMENTALS (SF) (SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING)

NICF - AGILE AND SCRUM FUNDAMENTALS (SF) (SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING)

Funded

Course Duration

8.0 hr(s)

Who Should Attend

  • Individuals who want to know more about agile methodology
  • IT professionals or others working within an organization that has adopted and adapted Agile and Scrum
  • Product management professionals who are working on iterative and incremental delivery

Course Overview

NTUC LearningHub Course Code: NICF029

TPGateway Code: TGS-2020505875 (F2F) / TGS-2018502629 (VLC)

Agile is the buzz word in the industry as of now for Project Management. This methodology describes how to embrace change. The main advantage of agile is working on the customers changing requirements and bringing value to the organization.

The purpose of this one day Agile and Scrum Foundation is to enable you to know how to deliver incrementally and iteratively as well as what is the advantages of using agile over more traditional approaches.

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand Agile Framework
  • Understand Agile methodology
  • Understand SCRUM methodology
  • Understand Project Management in a modern way

Pre-requisites

  • Knowledge, Skills & Experience
    • Be able to speak, listen, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualification (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6
    • Well versed in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Hardware & Software

This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download

 

Minimum Specs

Recommended Specs

Processor / CPU

1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent

1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent

Memory

4 GB RAM

8 GB RAM

Hard Disk

10 GB available storage space

 

Display

1280 x 768 screen resolution

 

Graphics

2GB Graphics Card

 

Others

  • Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband (min 10 mbps)
  • Speakers and Microphone: built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth
  • Webcam: built-in or USB plug-in
 

Course Outline

Introduction to agile

  • Agile methodology
  • Difference between traditional waterfall approach and agile
  • Differentiate iterative, incremental and agile methods

Manifesto values

  • What makes agile unique
  • What the enticing factors of Agile are
  • Why agile is the trend?

Principles of agile (building blocks of Agile)

  • What to take note of, whenever Agile is going to be planned
  • What are the building blocks of Agile
  • Why Agile? Myths and facts about Agile? Benefits of Agile
  • How Agile is addressing the current issues
  • Why an organisation should consider Agile

Scrum – definition

  • What is Scrum methodology?
  • Why do companies move to Scrum?
  • Comparison overview of all methodologies

Why scrum?

  • Advantage of Scrum
  • How scrum is Agile?

Scrum – the cutting edge Methodology

  • Description of the different facets of Scrum
  • Considerations for implementing Scrum

Roles and events

  • Product owner
  • Scrum master
  • Development team
  • Product vision statement
  • User story creation
  • Estimation
  • Review
  • Retrospective
  • Daily Scrum

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

  • Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub 

Upon meeting 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

  • Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore to certify that the participant has achieved the following Competency Standard(s):

- Programme Management (ICT-PMT-3002-1.1)

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English

Trainer: Trainee Ratio is 1:25

Mode of Delivery: Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom

As this is a government subsidised programme, the entire training programme will be video recorded for audit purposes by the relevant funding agency. To ascertain their presence, Trainees / Participants are required to

  • Turn on web camera to show real-time video, as opposed to using a profile picture / video (jpg/jpeg, gif or png image file) for the entirety of the training and assessment session.
  • Ensure that their faces are fully visible (not just the forehead / eyebrows)
  • Use their full name as per NRIC / Passport as their Screen Name on Zoom

Courseware:

1. Learner’s Resources on Canvas

Professional Development Units (PDUs)

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive 7 PDUs. You may claim the PDUs on PMI’s portal with the following details:

  • Provider ID: 3163
  • Activity ID: NICF029
  • Activity Name: NICF - Agile and Scrum Fundamentals (SF)

Price

For Classes commencing on or after 1st Jan 2023 (GST 8 %)

  

Individual Sponsored 

Company Sponsored 

 

Non-SME 

SME 

Before GST 

With GST 

Before GST 

With GST 

Before GST 

With GST 

For International Students (Full Course Fee) 

$340.00

$367.20

$340.00

$367.20

$340.00

$367.20

For Singapore Citizens and PRs aged 21 years and above

$170.00

$197.20

$170.00

$197.20

$102.00

$129.20

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above 

$102.00

$129.20

$102.00

$129.20

$102.00

$129.20

Funding Eligibility Criteria:

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

 

Remarks:

 Individual Sponsored Trainee 

Company Sponsored Trainee 

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP: 

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP. 

PSEA: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) funds to offset course fees payable after funding.
  • For Virtual Learning Class (VLC), check my SkillsFuture (TGS-2018502629),scroll down to “Keyword Tags” section to verify for PSEA eligibility. 
  • For Face-to-Face class, check my SkillsFuture (TGS-2020505875), scroll down to “Keyword Tags” section to verify for PSEA eligibility.
  • If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.  
  • And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA. 
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
  • Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim. 

Terms & Conditions apply. NTUC LearningHub reserve the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice.

Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

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