COURSE OVERVIEW:

Scrum is the art of doing twice the work in half the time!

Scrum is a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organisations generate value through adaptive solutions.

Scrum is simple.  It is the opposite of a big collection of interwoven mandatory components. Scrum is not a methodology. Scrum implements the scientific method of empiricism. Scrum replaces a programmed algorithmic approach with a heuristic one, with respect for people and self-organisation to deal with unpredictability and solving complex problems.

The fundamental unit of Scrum is a small team of people, a Scrum Team. The Scrum Team consists of one ScrumMaster, one Product Owner, and Developers. Within a Scrum Team, there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal.

Prescribed events are used in Scrum to create regularity and to minimise the need for meetings not defined in Scrum. All events are timeboxed. Once a Sprint begins, its duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened. The remaining events may end whenever the purpose of the event is achieved, ensuring an appropriate amount of time is spent without allowing waste in the process.

Scrum’s artifacts represent work or value to provide transparency and opportunities for inspection and adaptation. Artifacts defined by Scrum are specifically designed to maximise transparency of key information so that everybody has the same understanding of the artifact.

Scrum is a very simple framework, and is the way of thinking that top companies has adopted to produce world-class and high quality results. With this framework, you would learn how you can create projects through an all-at-once product development using a team-based and scalable approach.

This course contains proven steps and strategies on how to learn Scrum fast and how to use this framework in order to conserve time and budget while hitting targets in a timely manner. It will also show you what kind of products are worth developing and how you can use Scrum principles within a large group to create projects that are measurable, efficient, and reliable when it comes to delivering customer satisfaction and good return of investment.

The first part of this course starts by defining Scrum and explores the Scrum framework. Then discusses how the Scrum system is designed to cut the time and resources that any organisation needs to finish a project. Also, discusses how to create projects through an all-at-once product development using a team-based and scalable approach. Then explains how the people within the Scrum team should fulfil their roles efficiently to prevent any problems. Finally, discusses the protocol that allows all stakeholders and members of the Scrum team to keep track of activities and artifacts they need to accomplish.

The second part starts by discussing how to make sure that the practices of all stakeholders and members of the Scrum team works well with the agile principles they need to follow. Then explains what is the product backlog and when does it exist. Also, explains how to estimate the size of work to build and measure the velocity at which you will be able to get the work accomplished. Then discusses how to turn your Scrum team into a high-performance group that would deliver high business value. Then explores how organisations can strategise portfolio planning and how to determine whether teams can still accommodate additional work. Finally, explains how to create a product vision to generate a product backlog.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

·       The Scrum framework

·       How Scrum is the most efficient system?

·       The Waterfall Method and its issues

·       The three pillars of Scrum framework

·       How Scrum works?

·       What you do when you Scrum?

·       What makes Scrum great?

·       What to expect from a Scrum project?

·       Can Scrum work all the time?

·       The Cynefin framework

·       The product owner and his/her responsibilities within the Scrum framework

·       The ScrumMaster and their responsibilities within the Scrum framework

·       The development team and their responsibilities within the Scrum framework

·       The activities and artifacts needed to create a product or complete a project

·       How to create the items or stories in the backlog?

·       The principles of agile

·       The categories of the agile principles

·       The product backlog and what should be in it?

·       The traits of good and efficient product backlogs

·       How to groom the product backlog?

·       When is the backlog ready?

·       How to estimate work?

·       The definition of velocity

·       What you need to measure velocity?

·       The planning poker technique and its rules

·       How to calculate the velocity range?

·       What affects the velocity? And when is it misused?

·       How to produce the feature team?

·       The roles of the component team members

·       How to make multiple teams work together?

·       How to cater to multiple products?

·       What is portfolio management?

·       How to create outflow strategies?

·       How to manage in-process items/products?

·       What products should you produce?

·       The envisioning’s goal, timing and process

·       Who should participate in envisioning?

·       The inputs needed when envisioning or re-envisioning products

·       How to make a high-level backlog?

·       The product roadmap

·       How to make envisioning economically sensible?

·       How to aim for a realistic confidence threshold?

How to set the bar to a helpful level?

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 4-5 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.