Advance your career as an IT Scrum Master. As more organizations adopt Agile development practices, the demand for Scrum Masters, especially in the IT industry, is expected to grow significantly over the next 10 years. In this program, you’ll develop the skills, tools, and portfolio to have a competitive edge in the job market.
Scrum Masters play a crucial role leading teams using Agile project management methodologies to lead projects to a successful completion. They work to remove any obstacles that may hinder project completion or progress. They facilitate Scrum events such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. They plan, track, and lead all communication and collaboration between leadership and key team members.
An IT Scrum Master needs to be proficient in IT Fundamentals, the Software Development Lifecycle, DevOps, and Agile Project Management in order to lead successful IT projects. In this program, you’ll master these essential skills, tools, and methodologies. Upon completion, you’ll have a portfolio of real world projects and a Professional Certificate from IBM to showcase your proficiency to potential employers.
This program is ideal for existing software and IT professionals who want to level up their careers with modern development practices and skills. Additionally, the content covered during this program will help prepare learners for certifications such as the Scrum Alliance CSM, PMI-ACP, and PMI-DASM.
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: Introduction to Scrum Master Profession
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Course 2: Information Technology (IT) Fundamentals for Everyone
- This course will guide you through fundamental concepts and skills to confidently navigate various aspects of IT and the digital world. You ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Introduction to Software Engineering
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Course 4: Introduction to DevOps
- Get started with your DevOps journey with this beginner-friendly course! DevOps skills are high in demand and expected to be one of the ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum
- Get started with using Agile Development and Scrum with this self-paced introductory course! After successfully completing this course, you ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: Working as a Scrum Master
- With the evolving trends, it’s become essential for project management in all development spheres to take on a new avatar. Organizations ... Enroll for free.
Course 7: Scrum Master Capstone
- This course enables learners to apply the knowledge and skills of a Scrum Master that they have acquired throughout their participation in ... Enroll for free.
Course 8: Practice Exam for Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
- This course provides an overview of the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification. We will share the process required to ... Enroll for free.
- Unleash your career potential with our course on the fundamentals of the Scrum Master role. Whether you're new to Agile methodologies or ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Information Technology (IT) Fundamentals for Everyone
- This course will guide you through fundamental concepts and skills to confidently navigate various aspects of IT and the digital world. You ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Introduction to Software Engineering
- Are you curious about the lucrative field that is software engineering and how you might be a part of it? This is the course for you! By ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Introduction to DevOps
- Get started with your DevOps journey with this beginner-friendly course! DevOps skills are high in demand and expected to be one of the ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum
- Get started with using Agile Development and Scrum with this self-paced introductory course! After successfully completing this course, you ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: Working as a Scrum Master
- With the evolving trends, it’s become essential for project management in all development spheres to take on a new avatar. Organizations ... Enroll for free.
Course 7: Scrum Master Capstone
- This course enables learners to apply the knowledge and skills of a Scrum Master that they have acquired throughout their participation in ... Enroll for free.
Course 8: Practice Exam for Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
- This course provides an overview of the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification. We will share the process required to ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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Get started with using Agile Development and Scrum with this self-paced introductory course! After successfully completing this course, you will be able to embrace the Agile concepts of adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement - resulting in early deliveries and value to customers. You will look at Scrum as a framework and learn how to apply it alongside Agile. You will also become familiar with related methodologies like Waterfall, Extreme Programming (XP), and Kanban. Apply Agile practices derived from lean manufacturing concepts, like test-driven development. Learn how a scrum team functions. Also learn about the importance of Agile iterative planning and enable yourself to write good user stories and track your team’s progress using a kanban board. Create and refine a product backlog collaboratively with the team and the customer, in a flexible and blameless culture. You'll also learn how to use burndown charts, achieve sprint goals, and conduct the sprint review and retrospective. This approach will lead you to higher levels of efficiency, with the ability to plan and execute sprints with your development team, measuring success with actionable metrics. This course is about more than facts and processes. It is about working collaboratively on a self-organizing team, coached by a scrum master, and building what is needed, rather than simply following a plan. Developed and taught by an experienced Agile practitioner, the course includes hands-on practice through realistic scenario-based labs using GitHub and ZenHub. The course will benefit anyone who wants to get started with working the Agile way or transform the organizational culture to adopt and realize the benefits of Scrum. This includes Project Managers, Product Managers, and Executives. It is particularly suitable for IT practitioners such as software developers, development managers, and IT Scrum Masters.
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Get started with your DevOps journey with this beginner-friendly course! DevOps skills are high in demand and expected to be one of the fastest-growing skills in the software industry. This course is designed to be a first step in obtaining those valuable skills. This self-paced introductory course explores DevOps as a cultural movement. It describes the business case for DevOps, and covers its essentials. This course teaches new ways of thinking, working, organizing, and measuring to fully realize the benefits of DevOps. By applying DevOps practices, you will be able to build better products for your users. You will learn how breaking down silos and organizing developers and operators into single cross-functional teams is necessary for truly adopting DevOps. Having everyone contributing and everyone being responsible for success is at the heart of DevOps. You will see how building a culture of shared responsibility and transparency is the foundation of every high-performing DevOps teams. You’ll learn how you can use cloud native architecture to build resilience in your products and learn about helpful DevOps tools like horizontal scaling and independently deployable microservices. You will explore how Agile Methodologies like Scrum are crucial to DevOps as well as learn about Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), which enables frequent deployments and working as a team to create high-quality code. This course concludes with case studies about DevOps-based scenarios, which you will analyze and relate to DevOps concepts learnt throughout this course. This course is designed for those new to DevOps as well as those looking to increase their current knowledge of DevOps.
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Are you curious about the lucrative field that is software engineering and how you might be a part of it? This is the course for you! By taking this course you will gain foundational knowledge of software development, programming, and the many exciting job roles and career paths that the IT industry offers. Learn about the power of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and modern software development frameworks methodologies like Agile and Scrum. Explore fundamental programming principles and foundations of design, architecture, and deployment. The course offers a number of labs that will help you get important hands-on experience. These include, getting started with an IDE, basics of programming in Python, and Hello World in 10 languages. The field of software engineering is growing at an estimated rate of 22% according to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics. In addition to aspiring software engineers, front-end, back-end, full stack developers and DevOps professionals, this course is also suitable for those in related careers such as Product and Project Managers, IT Managers, Information Developers, UI/UX designers and others who communicate and interact with software engineers. You will learn about the different job opportunities and possible career paths in the software engineering field and also hear from industry professionals about what they do on a day-to-day basis. Professionals in the software engineering field are in great demand and now is a great time to learn more about this exciting domain. Start by enrolling now!
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This course will guide you through fundamental concepts and skills to confidently navigate various aspects of IT and the digital world. You will be introduced to the vast field of IT, covering a wide range of topics to build your IT knowledge. You will delve into hardware, operating systems technology, software, programming, databases, networking, storage, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and support and operations. Designed to summarize the IT Fundamentals and Cloud specialization courses, this course is ideal for individuals seeking non-IT practitioner roles, such as project managers. It provides essential insights into the IT field, equipping you to collaborate effectively with IT teams and make informed decisions within your role. Each lesson contains materials such as hands-on labs and interactive activities to practice your newfound skills, glossaries to help you learn new vocabulary, as well as practice and graded quizzes to assess what you’ve learned. If you seek a non-technical role in the IT industry, this course provides you with a strong foundation so you can thrive in the ever-evolving IT landscape.
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Unleash your career potential with our course on the fundamentals of the Scrum Master role. Whether you're new to Agile methodologies or seek to enhance your project management skills, this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to excel as a Scrum Master. Throughout the course, you'll learn the essential aspects of being a Scrum Master. By contrasting Scrum with traditional project management methods, you'll gain a deep understanding of why Scrum is a game-changer in today's dynamic business landscape. We also dive into the practical skills required to become a highly effective Scrum Master. Through hands-on practice and real-life scenarios, you'll develop your abilities to navigate challenges, foster collaboration, and drive successful project outcomes. Although this course is beneficial for learners who are already project managers, it is not essential for them to have project management experience. With engaging video content and interactive exercises, you'll find yourself immersed in the world of Scrum. The course is designed to prepare you for the final exam, designed to simulate the certification exams you may encounter. Gain the confidence and experience you need to ace those tests and prove your expertise as a Scrum Master.
Taught by
Bethany Hudnutt, Daniel C. Yeomans, John Rofrano, Rav Ahuja and Skills Network
