About this course: This course covers techniques for monitoring your projects in order to align client needs, project plans, and software production. It focuses on metrics and reviews to track and improve project progress and software quality. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - Apply techniques to measure and visualize project progress - Integrate Agile review practices to increase project visibility - Reflect on lessons learned in software projects through retrospective exercises - Improve project and process quality through ongoing measurement

Created by: University of Alberta

Taught by: Kenny Wong, Associate Professor
Computing Science, Faculty of Science

Basic Info	Course 5 of 6 in the Software Product Management Specialization.
Commitment	4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Syllabus

WEEK 1

Module 1: Right Product

Welcome to the first module! This module is all about creating the “right product”. You will examine various ways of ensuring that you are creating the right product for both your client and your users. You will learn how to conduct a sprint review meeting and...

7 videos, 6 readings

Graded: Module 1: Assessment (Graded)

WEEK 2

Module 2: Done Right

Welcome to the second module! Now that you’ve learned about how to make sure you’re creating the “right product”, it’s time to explore how to ensure that product is “done right”. Here, you’ll start with review techniques, some issues surrounding project monito...

7 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Module 2: Assessment (Graded)

WEEK 3

Module 3: Managed Right

This third module examines the concept of managing your project right. You will learn some important and popular project management techniques. The module starts off by introducing you to the Daily Scrum meeting. You will learn ways to implement daily scrums w...

6 videos, 3 readings

Graded: Module 3: Assessment (Graded)

WEEK 4

Module 4: Project Retrospectives

Welcome to the final module of the course! The previous module was focused on ensuring your project was managed right by exploring techniques in project planning. This module will focus on an often-neglected, but very valuable tool: Retrospectives. You’ll expl...

8 videos, 2 readings

Graded: Module 4: Assessment (Graded)

Graded: Course Assessment (Graded)

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