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Welcome

Learn the foundations of Agile

This custom designed course combines self-directed learning with peer support to allow you to take charge of your own learning while gaining the support and accountability of a learning cohort.

  • Carefully selected videos, reading materials and exercises

  • Online support from instructors with over 20 years experience

  • Peer support and accountability from a study group

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pre-Work

    • Welcome from your instructors

    • How the Study Groups work

    • Sign-up for your study group

    • Study Group Session: Kickoff
  • 2

    Agile and Scrum Overview

    • What is Agile?

    • Introduction to Scrum (video) [5min]

    • Scrum Values

    • The Scrum Guide

    • Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

    • Empiricism (video) [3min]

    • Agile vs Waterfall (video) [3.5min]

    • Scrum vs Waterfall

    • Scrum vs Kanban

    • Quick Quiz

    • Study Group Session: Agile and Scrum Overview

    • Bonus reading: Kanban and Scrum - Making the most of both
  • 3

    Scrum Product Owner

    • Product Owner in a Nutshell

    • The Many Hats of a Product Owner

    • Accountabilities of the Product Owner

    • Bonus reading: Prioritisation techniques

    • Study Group Session: Product Owner
  • 4

    Scrum Team & Scrum Master

    • High performance teams

    • Autonomy (11.5 min)

    • Self-Managing Team (2.5 min)

    • Cross Functional Team (8.5 min)

    • Scum Master - Role (8 min)

    • Accountabilities on a Scrum team (10.5 min)

    • Definition of "Done" (9.5 min)

    • Servant Leadership (2 min)

    • Coaching (9 min)

    • Facilitation (3 min)

    • Study Group Session: Scrum Team & Scrum Master
  • 5

    Sprints & Events

    • Sprint Planning (6 min)

    • Sprint (0.5 min)

    • Daily Scrum (8 min)

    • Sprint Increment (1 min)

    • Sprint Review (5 min)

    • Sprint Retrospective (5 min)

    • Bonus reading: Examples

    • Study Group Session: Sprints & Events
  • 6

    Product Vision

    • Product Discovery

    • Product Vision

    • Product Goal

    • OKRs

    • Study Group Session: Product Vision
  • 7

    Product Backlog

    • Product Backlog

    • User Stories

    • Acceptance Criteria

    • Bonus reading: Test Strategy

    • Study Group Session: Product Backlog
  • 8

    Product Planning

    • Adaptive Planning

    • Release Planning and Inception Workshops

    • Story Mapping

    • Sizing

    • Bonus reading: Forecasting

    • Bonus reading: Slicing Work

    • Bonus reading: Managing blockers to improve predictability

    • Study Group Session: Product Planning
  • 9

    Certification and Next Steps

    • Congratulations!

    • Study Group Session: Next Steps

    • Course Completion Survey

    • PSM Exam Prep

Instructors

Founder | Melbourne Australia

Ben Hogan

Ben is the founder of Freshwater Academy and an expert practitioner and trainer.

Ben teaches Product and Tech Strategy, OKRs, Wardley Mapping, Product Discovery, Lean, Agile and Kanban.

For more info connect with him on linked-in: www.linkedin.com/in/agileben/ and follow him on Twitter: @agileben

Co-facilitator

Zoe Hogan-West

Zoe is the co-founder of Freshwater Academy. She gets entrepreneurs and small businesses feeling productive, focused and proud of their achievements through coaching, teaching and facilitation.