Software Project Lead to Advanced Scrum Master E-Learning

Scrum Masters are responsible for promoting and supporting Agile Scrum by making sure everyone understands Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values. This Skillsoft Aspire journey will guide you through the different stages and skills required to go from a Software Project Lead to an advanced Scrum Master.

This LearningKit with more than 19 hours of learning is divided into three tracks:

Track 1: Software Project Lead
Track 2: Software Product Owner
Track 3: Scrum Master
Track 4: Advanced Scrum Master

Demo Software Project Lead to Advanced Scrum Master Training

Course content

Track 1: Software Project Lead

In this track, the focus will be on transitioning to Scrum, managing Scrum projects, and Lean and Scrum development practices.
Courses (3 hours +):

Transition to Scrum: Agile Foundation to Scrum

Course: 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Agile, Scrum, and Lean Defined
• Agile versus Traditional Project Management
• Agile Mindset
• Scrum versus Agile
• Scrum versus Lean
• Scrum Basics
• Common Misconceptions about Scrum
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundations: Transitioning to Scrum

Course: 47 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum as a Transformational Tool
• Benefits of Scrum
• Scrum Framework
• Scrum Roles
• Scrum Roles Interaction
• Scrum Artifacts
• Scrum Activities
• Scrum Activities at Work
• Bringing Scrum to Work
• Course Summary

Scrum Practices: Managing the Scrum Project

Course: 50 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Practices for Managing Scrum
• Practices for Scrum Planning
• Practices for Scrum Team
• Scrum Estimating Techniques
• Backlog Best Practices
• Scrum Tracking Practices
• Scrum Forecasting
• Scrum Reporting Practices
• Scrum Quality Practices
• Course Summary

Lean in Scrum: Lean Development Practices

Course: 24 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Seven Wastes of Lean
• Lean Principle 1: Eliminating Waste
• Lean Principle 2: Building in Quality
• Lean Principle 3: Creating Knowledge
• Lean Principle 4: Deferring Commitment
• Lean Principle 5: Delivering Fast
• Lean Principle 6: Respecting People
• Lean Principle 7: Optimizing the Whole
• Course Summary

Applying Scrum Development Practices

Course: 48 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum in Software Project Development
• Scrum Practices for Improving Team Performance
• Scrum Practices for Managing Backlogs
• Scrum Practices for Effective Daily Scrum Meetings
• Scrum Practices for Process Improvement
• Scrum Practices for Quality Improvement
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Software Project Lead

Track 2: Software Product Owner

In this track, the focus will be on Scrum product development.
Courses (5 hours +)

Scrum Concepts & the Product Owner

Course: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Products
• Scrum Product Development
• Scrum Product Owner
• Scrum Events and the Product Owner
• Product Owner Qualities
• Product Owner Interactions
• Product Ownership
• Defining Product Requirements
• Product Owner Collaboration Techniques
• Course Summary

Scrum Product: Defining the Why & How of the Product

Course: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Defining Product Purpose
• Product Strategy
• External Influence on Product Strategy
• Co-creating the Product Design
• Product for Customers and Users
• Customer Research as Input for Product
• User Stories
• User Stories to Product Specifications
• Empathy Maps
• Product Discovery Aspects
• Course Summary

Scrum: Product Development Framework

Course: 47 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Providing Transparency on Goals and Progress
• Release Burn-up Chart
• Sprint Review for Product Owners
• Sprint Review Guidelines
• Product Assumptions
• The Importance of Testing Assumptions
• Assumption Validation
• Minimal Viable Product
• Planning a Minimal Viable Product
• Minimal Viable Product Case Studies
• Course Summary

Scrum: Product Backlog

Course: 55 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Product Backlog
• Product Outcome vs. Output
• Maximizing Value through Product Backlog
• Meaning of Value
• How to Measure Value
• Values and Stakeholders
• Criteria for Product Backlog Order
• Techniques for Ordering Product Backlog
• Common Product Backlog Techniques
• Product Backlog Ordering Techniques
• Collaborative Ordering Techniques
• Course Summary

Scrum: Creating Effective Product Backlogs

Course: 41 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Responsibilities for Managing the Product Backlog
• Product Backlog Item Categories
• Best Practices for Creating Backlogs
• Fine-tuning Product Backlogs
• Product Backlog and Communication
• Minimum Viable Product Release
• Other Approaches for Refining Product Backlogs
• Release Planning
• Strategies for Incremental Delivery
• Course Summary

Product Development Practices

Course: 45 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Test-Driven Development
• Performing TDD Tests
• Refactoring
• Continuous Integration and Scrum
• Adopting Continuous Integration
• Becoming an Effective Product Owner
• Collaboration with Scrum Master
• Best Practices for Collaboration with Team
• Case Study: From Requirements to Product
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Software Product Owner

Track 3: Scrum Master

In this track, the focus will be on Scrum Master responsibilities with the team and Scrum meetings.
Courses (5 hours +)

Scrum Master: Scrum for the Team

Course: 42 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Pillars and Values
• Scrum Framework
• Scrum Team Roles and Responsibilities
• Scrum Master vs Product Owner Roles
• Servant Leadership
• Scrum Team Characteristics
• Team Size Considerations
• Scrum Artifacts
• Scrum Team Productivity
• Scrum Team Best Practices
• Course Summary

Scrum Master: Sprint Goals & Planning

Course: 39 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of Sprint Planning
• Key Elements of Sprint Planning
• Why Set Goals?
• Defining Sprint Goals
• Definition of Done
• Defining Increment
• Estimating the Sprint Backlog
• Sprint Planning Meetings
• Avoiding Common Sprint Planning Mistakes
• Course Summary

SCRUM Meetings: On-target Daily Meetings

Course: 44 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Events
• Purpose of the Daily Scrum
• Daily Scrum Participants
• The Scrum Master Role in Daily Scrum
• Preparation for the Daily Scrum
• Daily Scrum Best Practices
• Daily Scrum Artifacts and Tools
• Avoiding Common Mistakes
• Daily Scrum for Large or Distributed Teams
• Using JIRA Scrum Board
• Course Summary

Scrum Sprint: Review

Course: 48 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of the Sprint Review
• Key Elements of the Sprint Review
• Sprint Review Participants
• Demonstrating the Product Increment
• Eliciting Feedback
• Adapting the Product Backlog
• Beyond the Product Demo
• Effective Sprint Review Meetings
• Avoiding Common Sprint Review Mistakes
• Course Summary
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Scrum Sprint: Retrospective

Course: 37 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of the Sprint Retrospective
• Key Elements of the Sprint Retrospective
• Sprint Retrospective Tools and Techniques
• Sprint Retrospective and the Product Backlog
• Sprint Retrospective Participants
• Team Values and Behaviors
• Avoiding Common Sprint Retrospective Mistakes
• Scrum Master Role in the Sprint Retrospective
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: Quality & Productivity

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Quality Management in Scrum
• Quality Ownership
• Agile Testing
• Quality Metrics
• Productivity Metrics
• Quality vs. Productivity
• Improving Quality
• Scrum Master Role in Productivity and Quality
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: Effective User Stories

Course: 42 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Definition of a User Story
• Adding Detail to User Stories
• Determining the Correct Level of Detail
• Selecting the User Role
• Compound and Complex User Stories
• Techniques for Splitting User Stories
• User Stories and Tasks
• Estimating User Stories
• Avoiding Common Mistakes with User Stories
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: The Definition of Done

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Five Levels of Planning
• Evolution of Product Scope
• Definition of Done in Product Development
• The Definition of Done and Product Quality
• Variations of Defining Done
• Creating a Definition of Done
• The Definition of Done and the Sprint Goal
• The Definition of Done and Empiricism
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Scrum Master

Track 4: Advanced Scrum Master

In this track, the focus will be on team velocity, advanced Scrum concepts, scaling Scrum, and Scrum metrics and business values.
Courses (6 hours +)

Scrum Master: Scrum for the Team

Course: 42 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Pillars and Values
• Scrum Framework
• Scrum Team Roles and Responsibilities
• Scrum Master vs Product Owner Roles
• Servant Leadership
• Scrum Team Characteristics
• Team Size Considerations
• Scrum Artifacts
• Scrum Team Productivity
• Scrum Team Best Practices
• Course Summary

Scrum Master: Sprint Goals & Planning

Course: 39 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of Sprint Planning
• Key Elements of Sprint Planning
• Why Set Goals?
• Defining Sprint Goals
• Definition of Done
• Defining Increment
• Estimating the Sprint Backlog
• Sprint Planning Meetings
• Avoiding Common Sprint Planning Mistakes
• Course Summary

SCRUM Meetings: On-target Daily Meetings

Course: 44 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Events
• Purpose of the Daily Scrum
• Daily Scrum Participants
• The Scrum Master Role in Daily Scrum
• Preparation for the Daily Scrum
• Daily Scrum Best Practices
• Daily Scrum Artifacts and Tools
• Avoiding Common Mistakes
• Daily Scrum for Large or Distributed Teams
• Using JIRA Scrum Board
• Course Summary

Scrum Sprint: Review

Course: 48 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of the Sprint Review
• Key Elements of the Sprint Review
• Sprint Review Participants
• Demonstrating the Product Increment
• Eliciting Feedback
• Adapting the Product Backlog
• Beyond the Product Demo
• Effective Sprint Review Meetings
• Avoiding Common Sprint Review Mistakes
• Course Summary

Scrum Sprint: Retrospective

Course: 37 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Purpose of the Sprint Retrospective
• Key Elements of the Sprint Retrospective
• Sprint Retrospective Tools and Techniques
• Sprint Retrospective and the Product Backlog
• Sprint Retrospective Participants
• Team Values and Behaviors
• Avoiding Common Sprint Retrospective Mistakes
• Scrum Master Role in the Sprint Retrospective
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: Quality & Productivity

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Quality Management in Scrum
• Quality Ownership
• Agile Testing
• Quality Metrics
• Productivity Metrics
• Quality vs. Productivity
• Improving Quality
• Scrum Master Role in Productivity and Quality
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: Effective User Stories

Course: 42 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Definition of a User Story
• Adding Detail to User Stories
• Determining the Correct Level of Detail
• Selecting the User Role
• Compound and Complex User Stories
• Techniques for Splitting User Stories
• User Stories and Tasks
• Estimating User Stories
• Avoiding Common Mistakes with User Stories
• Course Summary

SCRUM Quality, Planning, and Completion: The Definition of Done

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Five Levels of Planning
• Evolution of Product Scope
• Definition of Done in Product Development
• The Definition of Done and Product Quality
• Variations of Defining Done
• Creating a Definition of Done
• The Definition of Done and the Sprint Goal
• The Definition of Done and Empiricism
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Advanced Scrum Master