Become a Scrum Master

Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile software development framework that facilitates the production of higher quality software, and a higher quality of life for the development team. This course provides a basic understanding of AGILE/XP principles and tools and techniques used in implementing AGILE/XP in a coordinated fashion to ensure successful project outcomes.

Six Sigma is a data-driven improvement philosophy that views all activities within an organization as processes whose inputs can be controlled to effect significant improvements in process outputs.

To become a Six Sigma Green Belt, you must learn that a process is a means of creating and delivering products and services needed by customers. According to Takashi Osada, a Japanese author, and quality pioneer, “if the process is right, the results will take care of themselves.” By Six Sigma standards, a “right process” is one that creates and delivers precisely what the customer needs. By this logic, no Six Sigma effort can start without having a high-level picture of an organization’s customers and other stakeholders, their needs, and the business processes meant to fulfill those needs.

This course teaches students how to become a Scrum Master.  A Scrum Master helps project teams properly use Scrum, increasing the likelihood of the project’s overall success. Scrum Masters understand Scrum values, practices, and applications and provide a level of knowledge and expertise above and beyond that of typical project managers. Scrum Masters act as “servant leaders,” helping the rest of the Scrum team work together and learn the Scrum framework.