Find out which fundamental ideas and principles make Agile and Scrum so important to contemporary project management. To prepare you for the move into an active Scrum Master, this program will educate you in the Agile Manifesto and the basics of Scrum. Prepare yourself to adopt a mindset prioritizing adaptability, teamwork, and ongoing growth.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to: 

• Understand the foundational principles and values that underpin Agile methodologies.
• Explore the benefits of Scrum’s adaptive approach and why it is better than traditional project management methodologies in complex and new environments.
• Cultivate the Scrum values that drive project success through high-performing teams..
• Comprehend the interwovenness of Scrum’s three pillars namely transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
• Learn the differences between a framework and a methodology, clarifying Scrum’s role in customizing Agile practices to various project demands.

Topics:

• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum’s Adaptive Approach
• Scrum Values
• Scrum Pillars
• Framework vis a vis Methodology

Know the special responsibilities that make a Scrum team successful. By teaching you about the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team and showing you how each function fits into a high-performing, collaborative workplace, this lesson will provide you with valuable knowledge. Learn the positions and duties that are essential to Agile success.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Define the role and responsibilities of the Scrum Master.
2. Define the role and responsibilities of the Product Owner in managing the product backlog and prioritization techniques
3. Define the characteristics of the Development Team and its role, responsibilities and collaborative practices.
4. Understand the interactions between the Scrum roles.
5. Develop leadership skills necessary for a befitting Scrum role.

Topics:

1. Scrum Master: Roles, Responsibilities, and Key Skills
2. Product Owner: Roles and Responsibilities
3. Development Team: Characteristics and Practices
4. Scrum Role Interplay
5. Leadership Skills for Scrum Roles

Master the art of Scrum ceremonies to ensure your team stays aligned and productive. This lesson covers essential events like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, equipping you with the tools to facilitate these events effectively. Lead your team through successful sprints with structured and purposeful ceremonies.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Facilitate effective Sprint Planning sessions, setting goals, and planning tasks
2. Conduct efficient daily scrum meetings with the best practices for stand-up meetings
3. Lead productive sprint reviews demonstrating completed work and gathering feedback
4. Conduct insightful sprint retrospectives reflecting on sprint performance and identifying improvements
5. Understand the overview, purpose and outcomes of each Scrum event 

Topics:

1. Sprint Planning
2. Daily Scrum Meetings
3. Sprint Review
4. Sprint Retrospective
5. Overview of all Scrum events

You will learn how to create and manage Product Backlogs, Sprint Backlogs, and Increments in this subject, with a focus on the Definition of Done. Use these artifacts to your advantage to produce outstanding results and preserve clarity through the development process.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to::

1. Describe and create a Product Backlog: Creation, management, and user stories.
2. Describe and create a Sprint Backlog : Planning, estimating, and prioritizing tasks
3. Understand and deliver a potentially shippable product Increment.
4. Apply the Definition of Done (DoD) to ensure high-quality increments.
5. Utilize Scrum artifacts to enhance transparency and inspection.

Topics:

1. Product Backlog: 
2. Sprint BacklogIncrement: Understanding and applying DoD
3. Definition of Done: Importance and application
4. Scrum artifacts 

The practical components of sprint execution are the main focus of this subject, including task assignment, progress tracking, and adaption. Take the lead on productive sprints with your team to provide measurable outcomes and ongoing development. Examine any challenges, resolve them, and integrate your learnings in the next phase of development. 

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Effectively execute sprints to deliver high-quality product increments.
2. Track progress and make adjustments during the sprint.
3. Assign tasks and ensure team alignment.
4. Address impediments and remove obstacles.
5. Ensure continuous delivery of value through iterative development.

Topics:

1. Sprint Execution
2. Adjusting sprint plans
3. Addressing and removing impediments
4. Team alignment and collaboration
5. Continuous delivery and iterative development

This lesson offers guidance on how to promote a transparent and cooperative culture through insightful sprint retrospectives and successful daily scrums. Organize and reflect on your work to improve the performance of your team consistently through effecting practical changes and reinforcing a culture of teamwork.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Conduct effective Daily Scrum meetings to ensure team alignment on best practices and common pitfalls
2. Reflect on sprint performance and identify techniques for continuous improvements during sprint retrospectives.
3. Facilitate open and honest communication during retrospectives.
4. Implement actionable changes for continuous improvement based on retrospective outcomes.
5. Foster a culture of transparency and collaboration.

Topics:

1. Daily Scrum Meetings
2. Sprint Retrospective
3. Open Communication and Feedback
4. Implementing Changes 
5. Building a Team Culture

Using the Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of Done (DoD), set clear guidelines for completion and quality. You will learn how to put these important ideas into practice in this subject, ensuring that your increments live up to the greatest expectations. Use clear criteria to ensure the reliability and standards of your deliverables.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Define the importance of Definition of Done (DoD) and apply it to ensure high-quality increments.
2. Develop clear acceptance criteria for user stories.
3. Ensure all team members understand and agree on the DoD.
4. Use acceptance criteria to validate completed work.
5. Enhance product quality through stringent DoD and acceptance criteria.

Topics:

1. Definition of Done (DoD)
2. Acceptance Criteria
3. Team Alignment 
4. Validating Work
5. Improving Product Quality

The Definition of Ready can help you make sure that your stories are prepared for development. More efficient sprint planning and execution are made possible by this section of the course, which focuses on establishing and maintaining readiness standards. Use well-defined, actionable user stories to set up your team for accomplishment.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Understand the significance of Definition of Ready and apply it to ensure stories are ready for development.
2. Develop criteria for stories to be considered ready.
3. Ensure team alignment on the Definition of Ready.
4. Improve sprint planning through well-defined readiness criteria.
5. Enhance team productivity by preparing stories in advance.

Topics:

1. Definition of Ready
2. Criteria for Ready
3. Ensuring team alignment 
4. Improving sprint planning 
5. Enhancing Productivity

To produce high-quality products while balancing time, cost, and scope restrictions, master the art of release planning. Techniques for drafting successful release plans and informing stakeholders about them are covered in this session. Reach the objectives of your project with flexible and well-organized release planning.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Create and manage effective release plans using the best techniques and practices 
2. Balance scope, time, and cost constraints in release planning.
3. Communicate release plans to stakeholders.
4. Track progress towards release goals.
5. Adjust release plans based on feedback and changes.

Topics:

1. Release Planning: 
2. Balancing Constraints
3. Communicating Release Plans
4. Tracking Progress
5. Adjusting Plans 

To properly manage and visualize the development of your team, use Sprint Burndown Charts. You will learn how to make and read these charts in this subject, which will help you to spot possible problems and maintain the focus of your sprints. With immediate progress tracking tools, you can increase the productivity of your team.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Create and use sprint burndown charts to track progress.
2. Interpret and analyze Sprint Burndown data.
3. Identify potential issues and take corrective actions.
4. Communicate sprint progress to the team and stakeholders.
5. Use burndown charts to improve team performance.

Topics:

1. Definition
2. Interpreting Sprint Burndown data
3. Identifying and Addressing Potential Issues
4. Communicating Progress 
5. Performance improvement

Release Burn-Up Charts allow you to monitor the advancement of your project toward its release objectives. To assist you in interacting with stakeholders and modifying plans as necessary, this subject addresses the preparation and understanding of these charts. With lucid and useful progress statistics, steer your projects toward successful releases.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Create and use release burn-up charts to track progress towards release goals and for  team motivation and alignment
2. Interpret and analyze release burn-up data.
3. Communicate release progress to stakeholders.
4. Adjust plans based on burn-up chart data.
5. Differentiate a burn-up chart from a burndown chart highlighting its advantages and disadvantages

Topics:

1. Definition
2. Interpreting Release Burn-Up data
3. Communicating Progress
4. Adjusting plans
5. Burndown vs Burnup chart

Strategically plan and manage product development to align with business objectives and market needs. This module equips you with techniques to prioritize features, create roadmaps, and adjust plans based on feedback. Ensure your product’s success with thorough and agile product planning.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Plan and manage product development techniques and product planning strategies effectively.
2. Align product goals with business objectives.
3. Prioritize features and create a roadmap.
4. Communicate product plans to stakeholders.
5. Adjust product plans based on feedback and changes.

Topics:

1. Product Planning and Development
2. Product Goals vs Business Objectives
3. Features and Roadmap
4. Communicating Product Plans
5. Adjusting Plans

Learn to craft compelling user stories that capture requirements and drive development. This module teaches you how to write, prioritize, and refine user stories, ensuring they are clear and actionable. Empower your team with user stories that enhance understanding and guide project progress.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Write and manage effective user stories.
2. Capture requirements through user stories.
3. Prioritize and refine user stories in the product backlog.
4. Ensure user stories are clear and actionable.
5. Use user stories to drive development and testing.

Topics:

1. Effective User Stories
2. Capturing Requirements 
3. Refining User Stories
4. Clarity and Action
5. Development and Testing

Master Agile estimation techniques to plan and execute your work efficiently. This module introduces relative estimation and practical methods like planning poker, enhancing your ability to estimate tasks accurately and effectively. Boost your team’s performance with collaborative and precise estimation practices. 

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Apply Agile estimation techniques to plan work.
2. Use relative estimation to size user stories.
3. Conduct effective estimation sessions.
4. Improve the accuracy of estimations through team collaboration.
5. Use estimation data to inform planning and decision-making.

Topics:

1. Techniques and Best Practices
2. Relative Estimation and Sizing
3. Effective Estimation Sessions
4. Estimation Accuracy 
5. Using estimation data for planning

Enhance your team’s estimation accuracy and collaboration with Planning Poker. This module guides you through the process of using Planning Poker to estimate tasks, ensuring consensus and understanding among team members. Make estimation sessions engaging and effective with this interactive technique.

At the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Use Planning Poker to estimate tasks collaboratively.
2. Facilitate Planning Poker sessions with the team.
3. Reach consensus on estimates through discussion.
4. Improve team understanding of tasks through estimation.
5. Use Planning Poker to enhance team collaboration and accuracy.

Topics:

1. Planning Poker: Process and Benefits
2. Facilitating Planning Poker sessions
3. Reaching Consensus on Estimates
4. Improving Task Understanding
5. Enhancing collaboration and Accuracy