Scrum Fundamentals

About This Course

“Michael's passion and enthusiasm for Agile practices is evident both in the way that he presents his material and the subject matter itself.” - Jamie Phillips, Consulting Software Engineer, Picis

Are you new to Scrum? Are you not familiar with the key Scrum meetings? Do you want to learn the Scrum artifacts? Do you want to learn the Scrum values? Then this course is for you!

This course is the fastest path you can take to 'level up' your Scrum skills.

In this course you will learn:

The mindset of successful Scrum team members. You will learn how your mindset influences your actions and how to construct an effective mindset.

The how and why of the key Scrum meetings.

The five Scrum values and why they are important.

All about the Scrum artifacts including the sprint and product backlogs.

How to visualize your work.

This course is for people who want to ‘raise the bar’ on their skills and increase their confidence.

Course Staff

Rob Rubin, Ph.D.

Rob has been leading revolutionary online learning initiatives since 20012. As the founding VP of Engineering at edX, the MIT and Harvard non-profit to revolutionize learning, Rob led the effort to develop and open-source the edX platform, working with Stanford, Google and McKinsey, and “helping a 1000 flowers to bloom” in the Open edX eco-system. As an Entrepreneur in Residence at Microsoft, Rob led the creation of the Microsoft Professional Programs. In a collaboration with MSFT, Harvard and Raccoongang, Rob led the development of AlosiLabs, a break-through open-source adaptive learning engine. Rob is a Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner and a Certified Scrum@Scale Trainer. Rob holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University.

Michael de la Maza, Ph.D.

Michael de la Maza is a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC). As an Agile coach, his major engagements have been with Paypal, State Street, edX, Carbonite, Unum, and Symantec. Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Microsoft in 2006) and co-founder of Inquira (acquired by Oracle in 2011). He is the co-author of Agile Coaching: Wisdom from Practitioners and Why Agile Works: The Values Behind The Results. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.

Frequently Asked Questions

What web browser should I use?

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See our list of supported browsers for the most up-to-date information.

How long will it take me to complete this course?

We expect this course to take between 15- 60 minutes to complete. By watching a few short videos, and answering a few questions, we hope to be able to personalize the course to your level of knowledge.

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