Driving project success today demands more than rigid plans—it requires adaptability, collaboration, and iterative improvement. Participants will learn to apply Agile Scrum techniques to manage complexity and uncertainty across project lifecycles. They will engage in real-world simulations to practise sprint planning, backlog grooming, and team facilitation.
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply Scrum techniques to manage evolving project requirements
- Facilitate sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Prioritise tasks and maintain effective backlogs
- Use agile metrics to track progress and adapt delivery
- Improve team collaboration and stakeholder alignment
Key Topics:
- Scrum roles and responsibilities
- Sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Backlog refinement and prioritisation methods
- Agile performance metrics and burn-down charts
- Conflict resolution and agile team dynamics
Module 1: Introduction to Agile and Scrum
- Understand the Agile Manifesto
- Principles and values of Agile
- Overview of Scrum framework
- Benefits of Scrum and Agile methodologies
Module 2: The Agile project planning and roadmap
- The Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
- Release Planning and Roadmap
- User Stories and Product Backlog Refinement
- Story Points estimation
Module 3: Application of Scrum events, Scrum artifacts and Scrum task-board
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog
- Definition of Done
- Scrum task-board
Module 4: Track and monitor Agile project with risk mitigation
- Sprint Execution and Backlog Management
- Tracking Progress with Burndown/Burnup Charts
- Managing Change and Adaptation
Module 5: Agile collaboration and communication, agile leadership and culture
- Facilitating Effective Meetings
- Communication Techniques in Agile Projects
- Collaborative Decision Making
- Agile Leadership Principles
- Building an Agile Culture