Agile Planning & OKRs 2025 | Transforming Project Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Agile Foundations: Grasp the core principles of Agile planning and differentiate it from traditional planning approaches
- Outcome Orientation: Comprehend the essentials of outcome-based planning, ensuring team flexibility without losing sight of key objectives
- Strategic Flexibility: Learn techniques to maintain a laser-focused strategy while giving teams the autonomy they need to innovate
- Planning Layers: Understand the multiple stages of Agile planning, from the product vision and roadmap to sprint planning
- Hands-On Practice: Engage in practical exercises to internalize the different stages of planning and ensure their applicability in real-world scenarios
- OKRs Unveiled: Delve into the concept of Objectives and Key Results, understanding their purpose, structure, and significance in Agile planning
- Crafting OKRs: Acquire the skills to effectively create OKRs that align with business outcomes and inspire teams towards achievement
- Integration Mastery: Learn how to integrate OKRs within the Agile planning process, ensuring alignment from high-level objectives to daily tasks
- Efficiency and Efficacy: Master strategies to ensure projects remain under budget and ahead of schedule without compromising on quality or scope
- Continuous Improvement: Embrace an iterative approach to planning, ensuring constant refinement and alignment with evolving business needs
Requirements
- No prior experience is required. Having basic understanding of Agile would help you to better understand certain concepts of the course, but is not required
Description
New for 2025!
Subtitles available in English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian
Built-in AI Assistant support powered by ChatGPT+ (subscription required)
Refreshed exercises and tools for today’s high-stakes planning environments
The planning problem: too busy, too late, too costly?
If your projects regularly miss deadlines, go over budget, or under-deliver, the issue often isn’t the team—it’s the planning. Traditional planning models weren’t built for today’s rapid, customer-driven landscape. That’s where Agile planning and OKRs come in.
This course shows you how to plan smarter, move faster, and drive results without sacrificing flexibility or vision.
Designed by Masha Ostroumova, enterprise Agile coach and transformation consultant, this course is part of the acclaimed PO Academy series, tailored to turn great planners into strategic business leaders.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Agile planning vs. traditional planning
Unpack the mindset shift from rigid Gantt charts to iterative, outcome-driven roadmaps
Learn why Agile planning creates space for innovation while staying laser-focused on goals
Master outcome-based planning
Empower teams with clarity and autonomy
Keep stakeholders aligned without micromanagement or micromanaged timelines
Layered planning that scales
Understand the relationship between vision, roadmaps, quarterly plans, and sprints
Practice each layer with hands-on templates and real-world exercises
Write effective OKRs
Translate fuzzy goals into sharp, actionable Objectives and Key Results
Learn OKR best practices that connect team work to business outcomes
COURSE FEATURES
Real-life examples and exercises to apply planning tools immediately
Templates to craft roadmaps, define OKRs, and build product plans
Insights from 10+ years of Agile coaching experience across industries
AI Assistant built-in for real-time help on OKR writing, prioritization, and feedback loops
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
Product Owners and Product Managers who need to balance vision and execution
Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, and Delivery Leads supporting multiple teams
Business leaders and startup founders looking to align execution with strategy
Anyone involved in product planning who wants to deliver more value with less chaos
WHY LEARN AGILE PLANNING AND OKRS?
Get real results – Plan projects that hit goals, satisfy customers, and scale smoothly
Stay ahead of change – Make your plans responsive without losing direction
Lead with clarity – Help your teams see the bigger picture and execute with purpose
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
I’m Masha Ostroumova, founder of Agile Apothecary and enterprise Agile coach. I’ve led Agile transformations for organizations in tech, retail, banking, pharma, and more. I created this course to help product leaders and Agile teams reclaim planning as a strategic advantage—not a bottleneck.
Make 2025 the year your plans start working for you
No more guesswork. No more planning theater. Just smart, flexible, outcome-driven roadmaps.
Enroll now and start building plans that actually deliver.
Who this course is for:
- Product Managers and Product Owners
- Project managers
- Executives and business owners
- Beginner Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 26,189 Reviews
- 141,756 Students
- 14 Courses
Having nearly 10 years of experience as Agile practitioner, Product Owner and Agile coach, I have worked with hundreds of teams to help them become more customer-centric, efficient and outcome-driven.
I used to work for NTT Communications, Rakuten, Indeed and most recently - for McKinsey & Company Japan, driving large scale Agile transformations across multiple industries and locations as an Enterprise Agile Coach. Now I have my own coaching and consulting business, Agile Apothecary (see "website")
I am passionate about teaching and coaching - nothing can be compared with the joy of helping someone to understand a new concept or to improve the way they are doing something.
I live and work in Tokyo, Japan and do a lot of snowboarding and scuba diving in my free time.