Overview

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.

Syllabus

Course Overview and Introduction

In this module, we will introduce you to Agile Release Management, outline the course's objectives, and give you an overview of the key concepts. You will also meet your course instructor and begin engaging with practical exercises to help you apply your learning immediately.

Core Fundamentals of Agile Release

In this module, we will delve into the core fundamentals of Agile Release Management. Topics include defining product visions, creating roadmaps, analyzing your team’s current release state, and learning how to apply Scrum’s perspective to improve release effectiveness. Practical exercises will guide you through creating your product vision, roadmap, and refining your team’s release strategy.

Effective Release Planning

In this module, we will focus on effective release planning. You will learn how to balance scope, time, and cost through planning techniques, define MVPs and MVFs for risk management, and apply these insights in practical exercises to create detailed release plans with fixed scope and dates.

Release Infrastructure Essentials

In this module, we will explore the essential tools and strategies for successful Agile releases. Key topics include the deployment pipeline, continuous integration and delivery, configuration management, and the use of feature toggles and dark launches to reduce risk. You’ll learn how these strategies contribute to stable and repeatable releases.

Scaling Agile Releases

In this module, we will examine how to scale Agile release practices for large teams and organizations. We will discuss the SAFe, LeSS, and Nexus frameworks, and how they support large-scale collaboration, integration, and release coordination. You'll also assess your readiness to scale Agile releases across your organization.