Wednesday, March 4, 2026

CST489/499 - Week 7

This week, I completed IBM's Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum course through Coursera.
Link to view completed certificate

The course covered Scrum roles such as the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team, as well as Kanban and other Agile planning tools. I also learned how to set up and manage a Kanban board in GitHub and how to write effective user stories, though I was already familiar with this from CST438.

A few other topics included sprint planning and how to conduct a "daily stand-up," where each team member briefly reports on their progress. I learned about burndown charts and how they can be used in GitHub projects to track sprint progress.

The course explained the difference between a Sprint Review and a Sprint Retrospective. A Sprint Review involves a live demonstration for all stakeholders that shows what was accomplished during the sprint. In contrast, a Sprint Retrospective is typically attended only by the Scrum Master and the Development Team so that team members feel comfortable speaking openly about what went well and what could be improved.

There were many additional topics related to Agile development and Scrum principles, but these were the main hands-on concepts covered in the course.

I did not spend much time studying for my AWS certification this week, so I will need to focus on that along with finishing my Scrum project next week.

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