By completing this course, you’ll gain a strong foundation in Agile principles and Scrum practices, the most widely used Agile framework across industries today.
Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management
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Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management
This course is part of Agile Project Management Specialization
Instructor: John Johnson
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
7 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Agile history, benefits, and who uses it across industries and roles. Team formation, planning and how to effectively meet Sprint objectives .
Understand Scrum at scale, alternatives, and avoid pitfalls. Scrum team makeup & roles, user story writing, sprint planning, execution & retro tools.
Learn how to run a successful scrum team for speed, innovation, leadership, and control while also considering risk and portfolio management.
Skills you'll gain
- Scrum (Software Development)
- Agile Project Management
- Risk Management Framework
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Project Management
- Lean Methodologies
- User Story
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Agile Product Development
- Team Management
- Continuous Delivery
- Backlogs
- Scalability
- Agile Software Development
- Sprint Planning
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology
- Agile Methodology
- Product Management
- Kanban Principles
- Planning
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Assessments
26 assignments
Taught in English
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This course is part of the Agile Project Management Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course
This first module starts with why agile methods are used – based on case studies that prove its effectiveness and the history of getting to Scrum.
What's included
6 videos20 readings6 assignments1 plugin
This Module explores who uses agile across industries, exploring the types of work management and how Scrum Agile fits into the world of work.
What's included
6 videos19 readings6 assignments
This module gets into the mechanics of Scrum and how Scrum is performed and executed. Here you’ll learn team formation, planning and retro games, and how to effectively manage work to meet Sprint objectives.
What's included
6 videos18 readings6 assignments
This module we look at what Scrum looks like at Scale, and how it differs from other Agile frameworks in terms of scale, program and portfolio management, risk management, and pitfalls of Agile.
What's included
6 videos18 readings6 assignments
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4 readings2 assignments
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