Practical Scrum: Planning & Scaling

This unit focuses on applying core Scrum practices for planning, estimation, execution, and continuous improvement across contexts. Students will practice product backlog refinement, sprint planning, role responsibilities, and scaling approaches while assessing risks, performance visibility, and investment control to prepare for advanced application and certification content.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze how Scrum practices (including “Done means releasable”) reduce risk and improve release readiness in iterative delivery
• Apply common product backlog practices, estimation techniques, and sprint planning methods to create a prioritized sprint backlog and a releasable increment plan
• Demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of the Scrum Master and Product Owner in facilitating events, enforcing Scrum values, and empowering teams
• Evaluate scaling options (Scrum of Scrums, LeSS) and adapt Scrum practices to at least two non-software domains (e.g., manufacturing, marketing, hardware) while assessing impacts on performance visibility and investment control