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Comprehensive Video Training Series

Complete Guide to Scrum with GitHub Projects

Master GitHub's native project management features for Scrum teams. This 16-video series covers everything from basic setup through advanced workflows including sprint planning, backlog management, and team collaboration.

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Flow Metrics Masterclass: Replace Story Points with Data

Learn data-driven estimation and forecasting using throughput, cycle time, and Monte Carlo simulations. This 21-video series shows you how to eliminate estimation debates and make accurate delivery predictions.

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Additional Video Courses

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Pluralsight Courses

On-site / In-person Training

We provide classroom training and seminars on a variety of topics related to Visual Studio 2022 (VS2022), Azure DevOps (formerly Visual Studio Team Services), Team Foundation Server (TFS2017, TFS2018), and Scrum. Interested in attending a class or running a private class at your company? Drop us a line at info@benday.com.

Scrum Training

Applying Professional Scrum (APS)

This 2-day hands-on, activity-based course teaches students to apply Professional Scrum and develop an Agile mindset. Students experience how Scrum and the Scrum framework improve their ability to deliver value compared to traditional methods. The course provides an active learning environment where students work in Scrum Teams over a series of Sprints to solve complex problems, facing challenges similar to those they face in their work. Students learn not just Scrum, but how to use Scrum well, developing awareness of common pitfalls and how to avoid them. Course includes a free attempt at the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification exam. (syllabus)
$15,500.00

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

This 2-day interactive, activity-based course develops a strong understanding of Professional Scrum and the Scrum Master accountabilities. Through discussion and exercises, students gain deep understanding of Scrum's underlying principles and the Agile mindset while learning practices used by successful Scrum Teams. Students are challenged to explore Agile and Scrum principles to better understand what to do when applying Scrum to support their teams and organizations. The course covers empiricism, Scrum theory, the importance of self-managing teams, and the leadership role of the Scrum Master. Course includes a free attempt at the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification exam. (syllabus)
$15,500.00

Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development (APS-SD)

This 3-day hands-on course teaches teams to deliver quality software using Scrum with Agile and DevOps practices. Students work in Scrum Teams over a series of Sprints, creating code on a realistic software system to learn Scrum while using Scrum. The course includes modern engineering practices like Test-Driven Development, Pair Programming, Agile Testing, and DevOps integration. Classes are exercise-driven, with students collaborating to build and deliver working software increments. Course includes a free attempt at the Professional Scrum Developer I (PSD I) certification exam. (syllabus)

Scaled Professional Scrum with Nexus (SPS)

This 2-day activity-based course teaches how to scale Scrum beyond a single team using the Nexus Framework. Students work together in a Nexus to organize and simulate a scaled product development project, learning to overcome common scaling challenges through 50+ proven practices. The course covers launching, structuring, and managing large Agile projects, identifying and minimizing cross-team dependencies, and organizing multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product. Students develop skills for organizing teams, organizing work, and delivering value across the entire Nexus rather than optimizing individual team performance. Course includes a free attempt at the Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) certification exam. (syllabus)

Technical Training

DevOps with Azure DevOps & Visual Studio 2022

Azure DevOps is more than just version control! This 2-day course will help jump start your team's use of Azure DevOps with Visual Studio 2022. We'll start with Git version control and move on to cover CI/CD pipelines, automated releases, project planning using Work Items, Scrum & Agile Projects, and automated testing. Along the way, we'll also discuss setup, advanced Git features (including branching & merging), and using Visual Studio 2022 & Azure DevOps to enforce code quality through pull requests and automated builds. This course is typically 2 days but can be customized for individual customers to be as short as 0.5 days. (syllabus)

Test-Driven Development with .NET & Visual Studio 2022

This course gives students hands-on experience writing and maintaining applications using Unit Tests and Test-Driven Development with .NET 6/8 and Visual Studio 2022. Throughout the course we discuss the options, process, and motivations for unit testing and TDD using modern .NET development practices including xUnit, Moq, and ASP.NET Core testing patterns. This course is typically 2 days but can be customized for individual customers to be as short as 0.5 days. (syllabus)

QA Testing with Visual Studio 2022 & .NET

This 2-day course provides an overview of testing features in Visual Studio 2022 for both developers and QA testers. Topics include: Unit Testing with xUnit, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Playwright for web testing, Test Plans & Suites, Bug & Defect Tracking, CI/CD Pipelines, and Azure DevOps Release management. This course is typically 2 days but can be customized for individual customers to be as short as 0.5 days. (syllabus)