Agile Release Management for Scrum and Kanban Teams

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this course, you will learn the essentials of Agile Release Management for Scrum and Kanban teams, exploring key principles and practical strategies for effective release planning. By applying Agile concepts, you’ll gain the skills to drive successful releases, from product vision creation to scaling practices for large teams. Whether you're new to Agile or looking to enhance your existing knowledge, this course offers hands-on exercises to ensure you can immediately apply what you’ve learned to real-world situations. Throughout the course, you will begin by understanding the core fundamentals of Agile release practices, including the creation of product roadmaps, velocity planning, and stakeholder engagement. You’ll then move into mastering effective release planning with practical exercises on MVPs, risk management, and release scheduling. Finally, you will dive into the technical aspects of release infrastructure, learning about deployment pipelines, continuous integration, and the key strategies for scaling Agile releases across multiple teams. This course is designed for Agile practitioners, product owners, and release managers who are eager to improve their release management processes. No prior experience with Agile release management is required, though familiarity with Scrum or Kanban will be helpful. The course is suitable for those working in small to large teams, looking to adopt or scale Agile release management practices. By the end of the course, you will be able to define your product vision, develop Agile product roadmaps, create effective release plans, implement release infrastructure best practices, and scale your release management processes across multiple teams.