Agile Leadership Capstone

This course is part of the Agile Leadership Specialization

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Oxana Trotsenko

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Agile Leadership SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

About this Course

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This capstone project course takes you through a guided journey of putting together a comprehensive agile transformation packet. To create this packet, you will be creatively applying the concepts and tools we have covered in the first four courses of this Specialization.
In the capstone course scenario, you were hired as a Senior Scrum Master at Nike. You will understand what a Fortune 100 company would be looking for in a candidate by analyzing a real Nike job posting. If you aspire to work in a similar role, this exercise should give you an idea of where you stand today and what skills you might want to hone on in the future. 

You then will be completing a probationary assignment as a part of the requirement of this new role. Your plan should help you answer the question of what steps you will take in your first 30 days at Nike to develop yourself, your team, and the enterprise.

The packet you will be developing consists of the following four elements:

Transformation roadmap
One-month-long Sprint Plan for personal development
One-month-long Sprint Plan for developing a brand new Agile team
Change management plan to strengthen Nike’s internal culture, support innovation, and fend off intense competition (alternatively, you may choose to create a plan for the company you are working for)

The capstone project will provide you with a hands-on experience of strategically planning for change and applying Scrum tools. Don’t forget to have fun with it!

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

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Course 5 of 5 in the

Agile Leadership Specialization

Beginner Level

Helpful to have had 4 years of business workplace experience with some leadership responsibility.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

What you will learn

Apply parallel planning method

Develop a strategy for personal, team, and organizational transformation

Create a plan for change

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 5 of 5 in the

Agile Leadership Specialization

Beginner Level

Helpful to have had 4 years of business workplace experience with some leadership responsibility.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

Instructor

Instructor rating

5/5 (10 Ratings)

Oxana Trotsenko

Lecturer

Business School

6,847 Learners

5 Courses

Offered by

University of Colorado System

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Planning for Personal Transformation

In the first module, you will focus on your personal transformation. Your completed Agile Leader Workbook will be your starting point. You will complete the personal transformation section of the roadmap, develop a Product and Sprint Backlog, or, in other words, plan a Sprint.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 29 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Planning for Team Transformation

In the second module, you will focus on training your newly formed team you will be leading at Nike on principles of Agile and Scrum. How would you teach someone who has no experience and knowledge about agility, change resiliency, and Scrum?

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 28 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Planning for Enterprise Transformation

In the third module, your goal is to develop a change management plan for advancing Agile within Nike. You will develop your plan based on the information about the company and where it stands on its Agile journey presented in the case study. Needless to say, there are some opportunities, and it’s your job to help capitalize on these opportunities that will propel Nike to the next level of Agile adoption.

2 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 32 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM AGILE LEADERSHIP CAPSTONE

by CCFeb 28, 2021

I have very much enjoyed this Specialization. Although it is geared more toward project management I find many of the principles are very useful when managing a sales team.

by CBJan 3, 2021

Another amazing, well lead class by Oxana! This course did a great job in applying the lessons into a real life project!

by DGMar 31, 2021

Excellent overview of Agile that doesn't focus on Scrum (only), but to overall change management. Excellent approach!

by EPApr 21, 2021

Oxana is an excellent instructor. Very thorough, gives great examples.

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About the Agile Leadership Specialization

Constant fast change has become a reality of our time. Agile has become a popular leadership philosophy and a project management methodology for addressing this reality. While the theory is simple, it’s much more challenging to become Agile in practice.

To bridge the gap between an easy theory and complex application, you will learn three critical success components for executing the complexity of Agile in practice: the neuroscience of change, social psychology, and change management. In this specialization, you will learn how to become an agile leader, how to build agile teams by using Agile philosophy and Scrum tools, and how to approach transforming a traditional organization into agile. This specialization will prepare you to build change-resiliency within yourself, your team, and your organization and implement Agile practices where appropriate to leverage its maximum benefits.

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When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
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Will I earn university credit for completing the Course?
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Agile Leadership Capstone