Summary and Setup

This is a new lesson built with The Carpentries Workbench.

Callout

No prior knowledge of GitHub is required to attend this course. Please see the pre-requisites below for further details.

During this Course you will be:

  • Working as an Agile delivery team using GitHub as your project management tool
  • Creating and developing a multicultural recipe collection using GitHub Markdown files
  • Applying your existing Scrum knowledge in a practical, tool-based environment
  • Managing and delivering work through a shared GitHub repository

Important context

  • This workshop builds on your Agile Fundamentals course knowledge.
  • The focus is not learning Agile or Scrum again, but applying it using GitHub.

Prerequisites for Course Participants

This course builds on the Agile Fundamentals course. Before attending this course, all participants are expected to complete the Agile Fundamentals course as a prerequisite.

Prerequisite

Both Online and In-Person Participants

Learn Scrum Roles

  1. Check your assigned role for the course, which will be shared with you before the workshop:

  2. Review the Learner Profiles to understand:

    • Your role and responsibilities
    • Expectations during the course
    • How you will participate in workshop activities

Create a GitHub Account

Please make sure you have a GitHub account before attending the workshop.

  • If you already have an account, no further action is needed.

  • If you do not have an account yet, please sign up at:

Having a GitHub account ready in advance will help ensure a smooth setup and participation experience during the workshop.

Prerequisites for Course Facilitators

Prerequisite
  1. This course uses a template repository created by the course authors, which already contains some pre-populated user stories, and a template project which contains some pre-created epics and user stories carried over into your new repository. This repository will then be used by your group throughout the course. Make sure to name the repository according to your group name.
  2. See Facilitator responsibilities in Learner Profiles.
  3. You need to switch the course from “Learner View” to “Instructor View”, you can find the option on the top right corner. In “Instructor View”, you will find additional guidance notes for facilitators in each chapter, including step-by-step guidance and extra details to support you.