This free online course lays out the roles and responsibilities of a Scrum master in facilitating a successful project.
This course on Scrum master training has been designed to teach you about Agile project management. While completing this course, you will be taken through the responsibilities of a Scrum master in ensuring the completion of a project. By the end, you will become familiar with industry best practices needed to become successful as a certified Scrum master.
In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
- Describe the importance of Scrum or agile practices in making organizational decisions
- Discuss how to use meaningful and functional ways to understand customer needs
- Define different Scrum practices and how Scrum is deployed in an organization
- Discuss how Scrum enables organizations to take control of key objects
- Describe how to deliver working software frequently and how to build projects around motivated individuals
- Discuss how ensuring appropriate alignment of roles and tasks is very essential when facilitating a Scrum team
- Discuss how Scrum ensures there is justification for the business side of a project throughout its lifecycle
- Explain the core roles in Scrum
- Describe some of the tasks and responsibilities of a scrum master
MODULE
Introduction to Scrum
In this module, you will be introduced to the importance of Scrum or Agile practices when making organizational decisions. You will also be introduced to the core principles and concepts in Scrum.
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Scrum Aspects
This module introduces the roles of the Scrum Master in ensuring appropriate alignment of tasks when facilitating a Scrum team. The module also introduces the concept of business justification when commencing a project.
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Meetings in Scrum
This module introduces you to some of the activities that take place in Scrum meetings and the duties of the Scrum Master in coordinating the meetings. The module also introduces you to the tools used in facilitating successful Scrum meetings.
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Facilitating Projects in Scrum
In this module, you will be introduced to how the Scrum Master helps in facilitating the project deliverables and project timelines. You will learn about the various activities that occur during the sprint. You will also be introduced to the use of Scrum in large scale projects.
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Course assessment
Course Description
One of the important aspects of Scrum is that it helps us to make organizational decisions in the most suitable way. This free online course begins by explaining how to use meaningful and functional ways to understand customer needs. It is critical to understand the customers or intending users in order to deliver the right products. The material introduces you to standard Scrum practices and shows how it can be effectively deployed in an organization. You will also learn about Agile methodologies and its manifesto. Study the processes used in Scrum practices in order to ensure control over key organizational objects. The course goes on to explain the importance of customer satisfaction in any project and how it is prioritized alongside the delivery of quality software. It is crucial to always ensure the delivery of quality products. You will see that having motivated project team members is invaluable to ensuring the production of quality products. This course introduces you to some of the core principles and concepts of Scrum and its approach to project management. You will also learn about the processes used in the Scrum lifecycle to ensure the success of a project.
This course explains the 18 core Scrum processes and discusses how they are organized into five large groups. It explains in detail the concepts of initiation, planning and estimation, implementation, review and release. You will learn about the benefits of the key aspects of Scrum and how it can be scaled by a Scrum master to facilitate a better working environment. The master has to ensure appropriate alignment of roles and tasks during the creation of the Scrum team. The course discusses how the Scrum master ensures there is justification for the business side of a project throughout its lifecycle. They are responsible for establishing the core roles in Scrum and enable the organization of appropriate authorities and responsibilities in each of the positions. Another important area is the business value and unique propositions that must be considered in order to commence a project. You will be taken through value delivery and how the assignment of Scrum roles is important during business justification.
Furthermore, this course explains the roles of a Scrum master in facilitating the production of quality solutions for customers. There are metrics used for defining quality within a Scrum project. One of the most important activities that take place during a project are the Scrum meetings. You will learn about the roles of the Scrum master in facilitating and supporting Scrum meetings. An important initial task by the master is in ensuring the team members understand the project vision at the beginning of every project. This course takes you through how the Scrum Master uses the Scrum meetings to ensure that the vision is well communicated. Sprint meetings are vital during every Scrum project. You will learn about the various techniques that can be used in facilitating coordination among product owners and members of the project team during sprints. If you want to use the Scrum-Agile framework in facilitating smooth projects as a Scrum master, register for this course today.
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