Agile Project Management Methods including Scrum

This course is for project managers, members of a project team, or other stakeholders on a project who want to learn about Scrum and Agile, as well as anyone who doesn’t have any experience with project management approaches but is looking to get started. No prior knowledge of Scrum is required.

This course provides an in-depth overview of Scrum with examples and advice, as well as overviews on Agile practices and user stories. Learn how to write a user story description, acceptance criteria to capture the detail, the purpose of epics and themes in dealing with large or vague requirements, and how to split stories along with the reasons why user stories are favored over traditional methods of capturing requirements. Also includes a concise overview of Kanban, Origin, how to use the Kanban Board, Workflow, Work in Progress Limits, Priority setting, and the Pull System.

Scrum is one of several frameworks adhering to the Agile approach to project management. For those unfamiliar with it, Agile is an approach that breaks big projects down into manageable chunks called iterations, which are then worked on by cross-functional teams. In this track, we explain the basics of Scrum and the key roles needed when using the Scrum method. Learning Objectives Learn the relationship between Agile and Scrum, and where they differ Learn the main principles and roles of the Scrum framework.