Fundamentals of Scrum and becoming a Scrum MasterLaajuus (8 ECTS)

Objective

The goal of this course is for students to get familiar with Agile Methodologies and its Frameworks, such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP. The student will learn about the events, artifacts, and rules in an agile management system. After passing this course, the students will be able to join any kind of agile team and engage with the development team more effectively. In the end, the students will get familiar with Trello and Jira, two of the most useful and well-known agile management tools.
The student will specifically get familiar with the topics related to becoming a Scrum Master to lead agile and scrum teams.
The student will also get prepared for the Scrum Master Certificates.

Content

What is Agile? - Agile Values and Principles
Scrum: The most common approach (Scrum Team Members - Scrum’s primary Artifacts - Scrum Events - Scrum Board - Scrum Charts)
Extreme programming
Kanban
Introducing Trello and Jira
Introduction to Azure DevOps - Getting more into the details
Preparing to become a Scrum Master

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Exercises 30%
Quizzes 20%
Project 40%
Essay 10%