Course Overview
This hands-on course follows on from COMP 2831 and begins with an in-depth overview of the goals of Agile, followed by hands-on Scrum implementations. Students will practice how to implement primary agile methods within the Scrum Framework. COMP 2833 assumes that all participants have strong English communication and interpersonal skills. In class exercises include: self-directed teams, writing of user stories, Agile estimating with relative sizing, co-location, metric reporting and test-driven development. Topics include: Scrum, and Lean/Kanban. Participants will experience the roles of Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, and Developer, both real-time in class and also online with a dispersed agile team. As an added bonus, this course helps students prepare to challenge the Professional Scrum Master™(PSM 1) certification exam from Scrum.org (additional cost). COMP 2833 is a required course in the Computer Systems Certificate (CSC) and an elective in the Applied Software Development (ASD) Associate Certificate. It is the prerequisite for the follow-on COMP 2836 - Agile Product Owner course in the Agile Development Associate Certificate from BCIT Computing. Upon completion, successful students will have gained significant experience forming and working in Agile teams.
Registration requirements
Departmental approval is required to register for this course. Departmental approval is required for this course. You will not be able to register without it.
Domestic fees
$713.04
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain and apply the core values of the Agile Manifesto.
- Implement key Agile methods: Scrum, and Lean/Kanban.
- Learn how to use a Lean/Kanban approach when operating exclusively in a product maintenance mode in both local and remote environments.
- Explain the difference between a traditional Project Manager and an Agile Project Leader.
- Communicate and collaborate in a dispersed online Agile team utilizing Scrum team standards.
- Deliver a product developed interactively based on Agile Management Frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Explain and implement key agile practices such as user stories, agile planning, agile metric reporting, and self-directed teams.
- Implement and practice client/team collaboration techniques.
- Create Agile requirements based on the five stages of the development of an agile "User Story".
- Implement User Story Mapping and User Story Splitting.
- Implement an Agile estimating technique (planning poker).
- Define and Manage Product Backlogs.
- Plan Iterations (Sprints) while conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews & Retrospectives.
- Track and Report project progress using a Scrum Board and Project Burn-Down Chart.
- Set a strategy to transition a traditional organization to an Agile organization.
- Implement formats for lean documentation and Agile presentations.
Effective as of Winter 2023
Related Programs
Agile Scrum Methods (COMP 2833) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Computing and Academic Studies
- Agile Development
Associate Certificate Part-time
- Applied Software Development (ASD)
Associate Certificate Part-time
- Computer Systems
Certificate Part-time
- Computer Systems
Diploma Part-time
Course Offerings
Spring/Summer 2026
Below are two offerings of COMP 2833 for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.
CRN 63473
Dates
Apr 14 - Jun 30 Loading
- CRN 63473
- $713.04 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Edward Rubuliak
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Please email cstflex@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 48 hours - 36 hours synchronous online classes and 12 hours asynchronous activities/labs. The class meets once per week for 3 hours online and requires an additional 1 hour per week asynchronously. Please Note: Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are mandatory. You should prepare to spend 2-3 hours on homework for every 1 hour of class time. This course may require an average total time commitment of 13-16+ hours per week. 3 hours of synchronous class, 1-hour asynchronous class time and 9-12+ hours per week for homework. Late registration is not permitted. BCIT Computing is primarily a Microsoft Windows environment. Students must provide their own current model Windows-compatible PC with microphone and video camera. i5 or higher equivalent processor, with 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. Highspeed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. Mac users must have the ability to manage and support their iOS computer. They may need to create a virtual Windows environment using Parallels or VMWare Fusion. COMP instructors may not be able to assist Mac users with software compatibility issues. BCIT does not provide access to Parallels or support for students to use a Mac to run Windows.
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CRN 65322
Dates
Apr 15 - Jul 08 Loading
- CRN 65322
- $713.04 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Edward Rubuliak
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Please email cstflex@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 48 hours - 36 hours synchronous online classes and 12 hours asynchronous activities/labs. The class meets once per week for 3 hours online and requires an additional 1 hour per week asynchronously. Please Note: Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are mandatory. You should prepare to spend 2-3 hours on homework for every 1 hour of class time. This course may require an average total time commitment of 13-16+ hours per week. 3 hours of synchronous class, 1-hour asynchronous class time and 9-12+ hours per week for homework. Late registration is not permitted. BCIT Computing is primarily a Microsoft Windows environment. Students must provide their own current model Windows-compatible PC with microphone and video camera. i5 or higher equivalent processor, with 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. Highspeed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. Mac users must have the ability to manage and support their iOS computer. They may need to create a virtual Windows environment using Parallels or VMWare Fusion. COMP instructors may not be able to assist Mac users with software compatibility issues. BCIT does not provide access to Parallels or support for students to use a Mac to run Windows. No class July 1 (Canada Day).
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Status
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