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The complete guide to Agile, Scrum Master and Kanban

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Overview

What does this course include?

A step by step guide on how to manage your Project using Kanban and Scrum (with included tools!)

A 100 page book purposely written for this course

Videos that will describe and explain how to Project Plan and deliver Business value

A thorough explanation on how to apply the Agile principles within your organization

Bonus Lectures that will deepen your knowledge about Agile Leadership

Several problem solving mechanisms to use

Who should take this course?

Whether you are a project manager, product manager, business stakeholder or  someone who wants to understand and practically apply methods from Scrum, Kanban and Agile, this is the place to start. If you are preparing for a scrum master certification, this class will give you a full walkthrough of what these courses offer so that you are prepared when dedicating time towards it.


Course Overview

  • Overview of Agile - The development methodology behind Agile and why it is important for us to understand the manifesto and how we can apply that in our day to day projects.

  • A complete overview of Scrum and Kanban - This will include all the roles within a scrum team, artifacts, ceremonies and advice on workshops and team exercises you can do with your new Scrum Team or Kanban Team.

  • Project Planning and Project Management from scratch - This course will also take you through how to plan an Agile Project, Estimations, Story Points, Value Points and necessary steps to take within production.

  • Agile Reporting - How do you report back ROI to your organization or stakeholder? Well, there’s a full guide in here to help you.

  • Manage Risks and see problems before they appear - This course also includes a guide on how to see problems coming and how to deal with them.

What is Scrum?

Scrum is a project management method within Agile  for managing and completing Projects. With Scrum, you can calculate estimates based on complexity and risk, but also add ROI and business value to your estimations.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Students will easily be able to practically apply each 12 steps of the Agile Manifesto

Learn to differentiate and understand risks and pitfalls in an Agile environment and how to overcome them

Students will be able to practically apply their new Scrum Master and Kanban knowledge to lead teams through production sprints

Students will be able to demonstrate a deep knowledge in Project Planning as well as risk mitigation

Students will be able to add value to their organization through learning about Business Value in an Agile environment

Who is teaching this course:

The founder Daniel has worked in several industries in the past and was first introduced to Agile 9+ years ago at Electronic Arts where he lead a team of designers and producers through several video game development cycles working on titles such as Battlefield.

His experience has taken him around the world where he's actively learnt and also taught Scrum and Agile within large scale organizations in the Airlines Industry, Electronics Industry and Gaming industry.

Being an agile veteran, he also coaches and hosts seminars around the world, teaching Agile as well as Digital Transformation.

Facebook: @nextgenacademygroup

LinkedIN: @nextgenacademy

Syllabus

  • Course intro
  • Intro to the Agile Course
  • How is traditional project management different from Agile?
  • Agile comparison
  • Waterfall and Agile Car
  • Agile Principle 1 2
  • Agile Principle 3 4 5
  • Agile Principle 6 7 8
  • Agile Principle 9 10
  • Agile Principle 11 12
  • The 4 Core values of Agile
  • What are Story Points and how do we work with them?
  • Writing user stories - INVEST
  • User story writing
  • Why do we use Value Points?
  • Let's plan our sprint
  • How does a Burndown chart work?
  • Let's look at Kanban
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Scrum Ceremonies
  • Scrum Team Roles
  • The Product Backlog
  • Prioritization
  • Product Vision
  • Product Roadmap
  • Release management
  • Problem Solving - The 5 Whys
  • The Fishbone diagram
  • Planning Poker
  • Agile Transformation Challenges
  • Growing Great Scrum Masters
  • Congrats! You completed the course

Taught by

Daniel Matros

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