Estimation and Planning for Scrum Teams Self-Paced Course

Building products is complex work, yet the teams doing that work are consistently asked when they will deliver the product to market.

The self-paced Estimation and Planning for Scrum Teams interactive course is designed to help people improve their skills when it comes to effectively estimating, planning and forecasting the delivery of products by implementing proven techniques to make data-driven decisions. The course is designed to help Scrum Teams improve predictability and planning accuracy by mastering agile forecasting techniques that uncover why teams fall behind and how to fix it. The course focuses on why delivering value is more important than following a plan, which is a key principle of Scrum.

Throughout the course, students take part in interactive activities, reading and quizzes while learning from real-world scenarios and enjoyable metaphors.

Course Overview

In this self-paced online course, you will discover practical techniques for creating realistic, evidence-based forecasts in complex environments. You will explore how empiricism, probability, visualization and estimation improve planning, help communicate uncertainty and build stakeholder confidence. By the end of the course, you will understand how to derive actionable insights about how unplanned work and technical debt affect your ability to forecast reliably, enabling more transparent planning and decision making for Scrum Teams.

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to effectively estimate, plan, and forecast the delivery of products by implementing proven techniques to make data-driven decisions.

• Describe the factors that impact predictability and forecast reliability
• Apply effective planning and forecasting communication with Scrum Teams
• Apply Agile estimation techniques to support planning decisions
• Implement adjusted forecasts based on real-world events (e.g., technical debt, frequent re-sizing) and forecasting biases
• Interpret burn-down charts, burn-up charts, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, and the Cone of Uncertainty to make data-driven decisions

Who Should Attend this Course?

The course is intended for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, product managers, project managers and those in similar roles who want to strengthen their estimation, forecasting and planning skills for product delivery.

Take the Course

This course is delivered fully online at your own pace.  You can take it over a period of days, weeks or months, whatever suits your availability and needs. The course will take approximately 4 hours to complete. After completing the course, students will receive a downloadable recognition of course completion certificate.