Scrum Foundations : A Beginner'S Guide To Agile Success

A comprehensive, pragmatic and easy to understand approach to Scrum

What you'll learn

Develop a comprehensive grasp of the core principles that underpin Agile methodologies.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles and methodologies of the Scrum framework, along with its real-world application.

Acquire practical skills to effectively implement Scrum practices, including sprint planning, backlog management, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.

Grasp the invaluable advantages derived from embracing an iterative and incremental approach.

Requirements

No experience is necessary - this course will teach you from the ground up! However, some prior experience of project management and delivery in a software development environment would be useful, but is not essential.

For current non-Agile team members whose organization is making, or is considering, the switch to Scrum

Those wishing to better apply Scrum and Agile principles in their organization

Any Scrum team member who has a basic understanding of Scrum and wants to improve

Anyone who works with Scrum teams and wants to understand how best to engage with them

Current Project Managers wishing to broaden their range of skills and knowledge

Business stakeholders who will be involved in Scrum initiatives

Description

Scrum is a framework in which teams can deal with complex problems while delivering valuable products.This course will provide you with essential knowledge and techniques to successfully perform in any Scrum-related role or environment.The course explores the Scrum framework in deep detail with a perfect alignment between theory and practice, which will help you to connect with the concepts covered in the course.To understand Scrum, you first need to understand Agile and that is where this course starts.We kick-off with the Agile Manifesto, how it was created and what the values and principles mean. This is followed with the Scrum framework with its values, roles, artifacts, and eventsBy the end of this course, you’ll have a working understanding of the fundamentals of Agile as well as its most popular framework – Scrum, setting you up to hit the ground running whether you are working in a Scrum Team or looking to implement Scrum into a team.This course has been created by Agile Soup Ltd and is not affiliated with nor endorsed by the Scrum Alliance or Scrum org. It is based on the knowledge and experience of the instructor and includes a lot of additional practices from other Agile frameworks that instructor uses with Scrum in a work environment over the past 12 years.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to the course

Section 2: What is Agile?

Lecture 2 The Agile Manifesto - Values

Lecture 3 The Agile Manifesto - Principles

Lecture 4 Frameworks and Practices that support the support the Agile Manifesto

Lecture 5 Process Models and Stacey Matrix

Lecture 6 The Business Benefits of Agile

Section 3: The Scrum Framework

Lecture 7 Scrum Definition

Lecture 8 Scrum Values

Lecture 9 The Sprint

Section 4: Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

Lecture 10 The Scrum Team

Lecture 11 Developers

Lecture 12 Product Owner

Lecture 13 Scrum Master

Section 5: Artifacts

Lecture 14 Product Backlog (Official Artifact)

Lecture 15 Stakeholder Mapping

Lecture 16 Creating a Product Vision

Lecture 17 Creating a Product Backlog

Lecture 18 Writing User Stories

Lecture 19 Estimating User Stories

Lecture 20 Sprint Backlog (Official Artifact)

Lecture 21 The Increment & DoD (Official Artifact)

Section 6: Scrum Events

Lecture 22 Sprint Planning

Lecture 23 Daily Scrum

Lecture 24 Sprint Review

Lecture 25 Sprint Retrospective

Section 7: Additional Content

Lecture 26 Kick-Off Session for New Projects

Lecture 27 Usefull Metrics

Lecture 28 Continuous Improvement for Scrum Masters

Those interested in working within a Scrum team, or those aspiring to be a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Developer,For current non-Agile team members whose organization is making, or is considering, the switch to Scrum,Those wishing to better apply Scrum and Agile principles in their organization,Any Scrum team member who has a basic understanding of Scrum and wants to improve,Anyone who works with Scrum teams and wants to understand how best to engage with them,Current Project Managers wishing to broaden their range of skills and knowledge,Business stakeholders who will be involved in Scrum initiatives