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Get started with using Agile Development and Scrum with this self-paced introductory course! After successfully completing this course, you will be able to embrace the Agile concepts of adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous improvement - resulting in early deliveries and value to customers. You will look at Scrum as a framework and learn how to apply it alongside Agile. You will also become familiar with related methodologies like Waterfall, Extreme Programming (XP), and Kanban. Apply Agile practices derived from lean manufacturing concepts, like test-driven development. Learn how a scrum team functions. Also learn about the importance of Agile iterative planning and enable yourself to write good user stories and track your team’s progress using a kanban board. Create and refine a product backlog collaboratively with the team and the customer, in a flexible and blameless culture. You'll also learn how to use burndown charts, achieve sprint goals, and conduct the sprint review and retrospective. This approach will lead you to higher levels of efficiency, with the ability to plan and execute sprints with your development team, measuring success with actionable metrics. This course is about more than facts and processes. It is about working collaboratively on a self-organizing team, coached by a scrum master, and building what is needed, rather than simply following a plan. Developed and taught by an experienced Agile practitioner, the course includes hands-on practice through realistic scenario-based labs using GitHub and ZenHub. The course will benefit anyone who wants to get started with working the Agile way or transform the organizational culture to adopt and realize the benefits of Scrum. This includes Project Managers, Product Managers, and Executives. It is particularly suitable for IT practitioners such as software developers, development managers, and IT Scrum Masters....

Top reviews

Mar 19, 2024

Good introduction to agile development and scrum. With a caveat: ZenHub is changing and to complete the lab project some exploration is necessary, further the free trial actually is 14 days.

Jul 23, 2025

The teaching method was quite interesting and easy to follow. If most courses on Coursera applied this method, more participants would be able to maximise the benefit of these courses.

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By kristina k

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Mar 3, 2024

Very well explained!! Very useful

By Jeanne J

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Feb 6, 2024

great intro to terms and concepts

By Sudheer G

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Mar 17, 2023

Good foundational course on Agile

By Ha H

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Mar 13, 2023

Very detailed and helpful course!

By Simranjit S

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Nov 24, 2022

I had a great learning experience

By Spiro S

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Dec 21, 2021

Great course and exelent teacher

By LIM J W

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Jul 11, 2025

John is an excellent instructor.

By Yaakov M

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Jan 5, 2025

detailed concepts well explained

By Guillermo H M S

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Jul 30, 2024

Excelente curso, muchas gracias!

By BAYANGA D M

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Mar 22, 2025

Clear description, and pratical

By Birsel E

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Apr 29, 2024

The explanations were very good

By Derby T M

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Dec 12, 2023

very helpful and concise course

By Diana A

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Jul 23, 2023

Excellent content and teaching

By John E

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May 1, 2022

Very informative great leader

By Emad D N

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Jan 5, 2022

Amazing course. Many Thanks ..

By Carlos B

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Jan 3, 2022

Muy buen curso, me gusto mucho

By David M

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Aug 31, 2025

Muy educativo y clarificador.

By khanyiso s

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Jun 4, 2025

John is an excellent teacher!

By Michael J S

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Jan 24, 2023

its on point I'm grateful

By Bobo C

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Jan 1, 2023

Great breakdown of all topics

By Pedr B

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Oct 21, 2024

Concise and well explained.

By ani s

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Jan 26, 2025

amazing course, thank you!

By Giorgi M

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Sep 9, 2024

Course has best instructor

By Boyanapally A

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Dec 22, 2023

This course is very useful

By Humberto L C V

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Mar 20, 2023

Very Good course! Congrats