Agile Programming Techniques

Agile Programming Techniques

ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Programming (ICP-PRG)

Course Overview

Agile Programming Techniques is a practical, hands-on course that equips software developers and technical testers with the skills to build maintainable, high-quality systems using agile practices. It forms part of the ICAgile Agile Engineering Track and leads to the ICP-PRG certification.

Participants will learn to integrate agile software engineering techniques that support both functional correctness and long-term maintainability—turning software development into a repeatable, disciplined engineering practice.

Key topics include:

• Writing effective unit tests using test doubles and dependency injection

• Safely refactoring and maintaining legacy codebases

• Applying Test-Driven Development (TDD) to drive design and quality

• Using Specification by Example to ensure the system meets business needs

• Leveraging tools like Cucumber and Gherkin to enable collaboration between technical and non-technical team members

The course emphasizes practical exercises in a live, instructor-led format. You'll work in your preferred language (Java, C#, or JavaScript) using a collaborative online environment.

What You Will Learn

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Write and maintain high-quality unit tests

• Apply safe refactoring techniques to legacy code

• Identify seams for introducing testability

• Implement TDD and BDD to improve code structure and clarity

• Write executable specifications using Cucumber

• Align development with stakeholder expectations through Specification by Example

• Approach software development as an engineering discipline

Course Format and Delivery

Delivery Method: LiveOnline (via Strigo virtual classroom)
Schedule: 3 sessions of 4.5 hours each
Cost: $1,250 USD

Certification

This course is accredited by ICAgile. Upon successful completion, participants earn the ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Programming (ICP-PRG) credential.

It forms part of the ICAgile Agile Engineering Track, which includes Agile Fundamentals and Agile Design & Architecture. Completion of the full track qualifies learners for the ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Engineering (ICE-AE) designation.

Who Should Attend

• Software developers looking to strengthen their agile engineering practices

• Technical testers seeking hands-on experience with TDD, BDD, and ATDD workflows

Prerequisites

Participants should have working knowledge of Java, C#, or JavaScript, and a basic understanding of agile principles. Completion of Agile Fundamentals or equivalent foundational training is recommended.

Topics Covered

• Unit Testing – Structure, quality, and maintenance of test suites

• Dependency Injection – Use of stubs, mocks, and test doubles to isolate code

• Refactoring – Safe techniques for improving legacy code

• Legacy Code – Introducing tests into untested codebases

• Test-Driven Development (TDD) & Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) – Driving design through testing

• Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) – Using Specification by Example to validate business needs

• Cucumber & Gherkin – Writing collaborative executable tests understood by business and technical teams

Upcoming Sessions

• July 16–18, 2025 | 12:00pm–4:30pm EDT

• October 15–17, 2025 | 12:00pm–4:30pm EDT

All sessions are delivered live by an expert instructor in a fully interactive online environment.