
Learn to run a real scrum project end to end in Jira, from backlog grooming to sprint planning, including epics, user stories, and story points, delivering value on time.
Continuously review the product backlog for sprint readiness, plan multiple sprints ahead, involve the entire team in story-point estimation, and keep scrum calls focused on blockers and release planning.
Identify the scrum roles, including product owner, scrum master, and the project execution team, and align backlog and sprint planning with business partners using JIRA.
Identify and sequence scrum events from backlog refinement to sprint planning, daily scrum, and sprint retrospective, guided by velocity and prioritized user stories.
Learn how to structure a scrum schedule with sprint zero planning, backlog grooming, and two-week sprints, including sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, demos, and UAT considerations.
Access Jira from the Atlassian site, start the free plan, set up a workspace, and build a kanban board with stories, bugs, and epics while removing sample items.
Add teammates to your Jira project by using add people, assign roles (member or viewer), and invite users to the PM Predators workspace; manage status and permissions via user management.
Explore release planning within agile projects by breaking the product into sprints and incremental releases, prioritizing features, and aligning milestones with flexible, value driven deliveries.
Plan releases through product increment planning in Miro by mapping features to quarterly or monthly timeframes, with product owners and business partners prioritizing the PMO system across sprints.
Plan quarterly releases in JIRA using high-level features from a Miro session, then the product owner and team create four versions and map to user stories and sprints.
Create epics in Jira to plan a first-quarter release for a Scrum project, using backlog view and epic panel. Copy text, paste into Jira, and rearrange priorities.
Create and populate epics in Jira by entering prompt-assisted descriptions, success criteria, dependencies, and assumptions; assign owners, labels, dates, sprints, releases, and use comments for discussions.
Create the backlog in jira manually or with ai-generated stories, add epics and user stories, and refine through backlog grooming with stakeholders.
Navigate and analyze the backlog by filtering stories by epics, assigning story points and priorities, and using the shortcut menu to copy links and assign tasks for sprint planning.
Create a focused user story that describes one specific functionality, centers on the user role, desired outcome, and benefits, and defines clear success criteria for testing in Jira or DevOps.
Master a user story framework to define description, business value, acceptance criteria, scenarios, and dependencies. Use ChatGPT prompts to generate and review user stories with product owners and business users.
Explore story point estimation as a relative measure of complexity, effort, and uncertainty using the Fibonacci sequence, and see how collaborative estimation guides sprint velocity and risk.
Learn how backlog grooming revises and prioritizes the product backlog to keep user stories ready for future sprints, improve sprint planning, and enhance cross-team collaboration.
Explore backlog prioritization techniques like the Moscow method and Kano model. Use value versus effect to identify quick wins, major projects, and time wasters for your project.
Learn how to run a backlog grooming session in Jira with the product owner and the development team, prioritize user stories, and estimate story points for sprint planning.
Analyze the finalized backlog to confirm story content and point estimates, and establish priorities for the release. Use this clarified backlog to guide the development team and sprint planning.
Define the minimum viable product as the simplest working version within scrum to validate core requirements and gather feedback. Compare MVP to a broader release with multiple features.
Build a product roadmap from epic due dates in a timeline view, keep user stories in sprints, and assign start and due dates for export to dashboards.
Learn how Scrum velocity, measured in story points per sprint, drives sprint planning, release timing, and roadmaps, with examples of how team performance affects timelines.
Establish the initial team velocity to plan the first sprint around a story-point capacity. Use internal historical velocity or vendor velocity as the starting point, refining it later.
With about 5 hours of content, this is the most comprehensive step-by-step course on how to manage a Scrum Project with a global impact and high visibility.
Gain knowledge on the exact steps necessary to manage a Scrum project - from Product Increment Planning until the Final release is deployed.
Information gathered is from specific past job experience - this is not a theory course, but a course to teach you specific step-by-step procedures to manage a Scrum project.
Gain real-world knowledge of managing a Scrum project as we work through a sample project with real implications. The sample project deals with building our organization's new PMO application on the web.
Know what to do when you're assigned to a Scrum project. Sometimes, Project Managers transitioning into Agile are confused as to what to work on first. This course helps to clarify what to do during a large implementation, leveraging the Agile Methodology.
Resources You Can Keep! - Lectures throughout the course have resources that you can download and leverage in your own professional setting as a Project Manager or Scrum Master.
How long will it take?
With over 40 lectures and about 5 hours of content, if you budget just 30 minutes a day, you can complete this course in approximately 10 days.
Is it for me?
This course is for you if you want to learn step-by-step how to manage a Scrum project. This is especially true if you're new to the Agile Methodology or have been assigned to an Agile Transformation team. Remember, this is not a "theory" course but a course to mimic as if you were managing a real-world project. The skills you learn here can be applied to real-world projects.
What if I don't understand a topic?
As you move through the course, I will provide prompts where you can reach out to me with questions or feedback. I will PERSONALLY get back to you to answer any questions you may have.
What you’ll learn
Manage a complete Scrum project lifecycle using real-world workflows, agile best practices, and proven team techniques.
Understand all Scrum roles, events, artifacts, and responsibilities to confidently lead agile teams.
Build and maintain a JIRA Scrum project, including release setup, epics, user stories, sprints, and burndown charts.
Create a clear and actionable Product Backlog, analyze backlog items, and apply effective prioritization techniques.
Write high-quality User Stories, estimate story points, and use ChatGPT to accelerate backlog creation.
Plan and run Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives with confidence and consistency.
Increase delivery success by tracking velocity, team performance, dashboards, and accountability practices.
Generate a complete Product Roadmap and MVP plan, and produce stakeholder-ready release and status reports.
Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to transition from their current job role to a career in project/program management.
Project Managers who are not familiar with the Agile or Scrum Methodologies.
Anyone new to the Project Management profession who wants to understand how to manage a Scrum project.
The "accidental" project or program manager.
Project Managers who have been newly assigned to Agile Transformation teams.