After completing this course, you’ll master Agile principles such as adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement, leading to early deliveries and enhanced customer value. Ideal for those new to Agile, it’s especially beneficial for IT professionals including software developers, scrum masters, product owners, development managers, project managers, product managers, and executives.

You’ll learn to implement Agile practices inspired by lean manufacturing, such as test-driven development, and understand Scrum team dynamics. Gain skills in writing effective user stories, tracking progress with a kanban board, and collaboratively creating and refining a product backlog with your team and customers.

This course emphasizes higher efficiency and effective sprint planning, supported by actionable metrics. Beyond just facts and processes, you’ll work in a self-organizing team environment guided by a Scrum Master, focusing on delivering what’s needed rather than just following a plan.

Developed by an experienced Agile practitioner, the course offers hands-on practice through scenario-based labs using GitHub. This course ends in a final graded quiz as well as an optional project that is a great portfolio addition.

Learning Outcomes

Implement key Agile practices such as small batches, minimum viable product, pair programming, and behavior- and test-driven development.
Master the sprint planning process to effectively create and refine a product backlog.
Discover how to write clear user stories, estimate and assign story points, and track progress using a kanban board.
Learn to create burndown charts to forecast sprint goals and use performance metrics to enhance productivity, performance, and client satisfaction.

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Agile and Scrum

Introduction to Agile Philosophy
Agile Principles
Methodologies Overview
Working Agile
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Scrum Overview
The 3 Roles of Scrum
Artifacts, Events, and Benefits
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Organizational impact of Agile
Mistaking Iterative Development for Agile
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Graded Quiz
Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself

Module 2: Agile Planning

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
Destination Unknown
Agile Roles and the Need for Training
Kanban and Agile Planning Tools
Hands-on Lab: Get Set Up in GitHub
[Optional] Hands-on Lab: Get Set Up in ZenHub
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Creating good User Stories
Hands-on Lab: Create an Issue Template in GitHub
Effectively using Story Points
Building the Product Backlog
Assemble Your Product Backlog
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Backlog Refinement
Refine Your Product Backlog
Sprint Planning
Build a Sprint Plan from the Product Backlog
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Graded Quiz

Module 3: Daily Execution

Workflow for Daily Plan Execution
Move stories from In Progress to Done
[Optional]Hands-on Lab: Move Stories from In Progress to Done using Zenhub
The Daily Stand Up
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Completing the Sprint
Using Burndown Charts
Setup a Burndown Chart for Your Plan
[Optional]Hands-on Lab: Setup a Burndown Chart for Your Plan using Zenhub
The Sprint Review
The Sprint Retrospective
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Using Measurements Effectively
Getting ready for the next Sprint
End of Sprint Activities
Agile Anti-Patterns and Health Check
Summary and Highlights
Practice Quiz
Graded Quiz

Final Quiz

Final Graded Quiz

[Optional] Final Project - Create an Agile Plan with ZenHub

Optional Final Project
Project Overview
Peer-Grading of Final Assignment Project

General Information

This course is self-paced.
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Recommended Skills Prior to Taking this Course

No previous experience necessary.

Agile Development and Scrum

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