This course is part of the Software Product Management Specialization

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Software Product Management SpecializationUniversity of Alberta

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In this six-week capstone course, you will gain practical management experience in a safe, simulated software production setting. You will apply Agile practices and techniques to conquer industry-inspired challenges. Interacting with a realistic client, you will discern what they want and express what they truly need in software requirements to drive software production. Upon completing the capstone, you will be prepared to advance your career as a confident software product management professional.

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Software Product Management Specialization

Approx. 19 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Draw upon practical management experience in a simulated setting
Apply Agile practices and techniques to conquer industry-inspired challenges
Practice interaction with a realistic simulated client
Advance your career as a confident software product management professional

Skills you will gain

Agile Software Development
Software Product Management
Software Project Management
Scrum (Software Development)

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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100% online

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Course 6 of 6 in the

Software Product Management Specialization

Approx. 19 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

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Instructor

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Kenny Wong

Associate Professor

Computing Science, Faculty of Science

329,428 Learners

11 Courses

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University of Alberta

UAlberta is considered among the world’s leading public research- and teaching-intensive universities. As one of Canada’s top universities, we’re known for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering and health sciences.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Capstone Project - Week 1

Welcome to the first week of the capstone. This week, you will be primarily focusing on eliciting requirements. You will get to meet your client as well as collaborate with an expert advisor. You will also meet the development team that you will be working with. They will help you to clarify and elaborate on the information elicited from the client and expert. You will finish off the week by creating a Requirements Document.

4 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 20 min), 14 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Capstone Preview1m

0.1 Introduction2m

0.4 Plagiarism2m

1.6 Video Simulation: Development Team Introduction (Monday)3m

1.7 Video Simulation: Development Team Meeting (Monday)6m

1.8 Tutorial: Google Docs Tutorial (Video Tutorial)4m

14 readings

Meet Your Facilitators10m

Software Product Management Capstone: Open Study Guide10m

Course Map: Software Product Management Capstone10m

0.2 Tutorial: Capstone Introduction10m

0.3 Software Product Management Capstone Community Guidelines10m

0.6 Discussion Forum: Introduce Yourself10m

0.7 Capstone Assignments Time Estimates10m

0.8 Resource: Software Product Manager Job Posting10m

1.1 Email: Greetings from Inukshuk Books10m

1.2 Tutorial: Decision Tree10m

1.3 Decision Tree: Meeting the Client10m

1.4 Decision Tree: Expert Advisor Meeting10m

1.5 Email: TedTalk Video10m

1.9 Tutorial: Google Docs Tutorial (Written Tutorial)10m

1 practice exercise

0.5 Plagiarism Quiz30m

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Capstone Project - Week 2

Now that the requirements are elicited, it’s now time to start refining those user stories! This week, you will conduct Requirements Technical Reviews on your peers Requirements Documents. You will also discuss risks with the development team and generate a risk plan.

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Capstone Project - Week 3

There’s a lot of work to be done this week to prepare for the first sprint. User stories need to be prioritized and assessed for risks, release and iteration plans need to be created, and design needs to begin. You will work with your team to get everything ready so that Sprint 1 can start promptly next week!

4 hours to complete

1 video (Total 4 min), 8 readings, 4 quizzes

1 video

3.10 Video Simulation: Task Breakdown Meeting4m

8 readings

3.1 Resource: Project Requirements/User Stories10m

3.2 Email: Size Estimates and Dependencies10m

3.3 Tutorial: Prioritization Template10m

3.4 Decision Tree: Prioritization Meeting10m

3.5 Email: Risk Assessment10m

3.7 Exercise: Week 3 Release Planning10m

3.9 Resource: Week 3 Project Release Plan (Proposed Solution)10m

3.11 Email: Task Breakdown10m

1 practice exercise

3.6 Assessment: Prioritization (Graded)20m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Capstone Project - Week 4

This is your first development sprint! You will have stand-up meetings with the development team. Your team will also demo the product to the client and expert at the end of the week. There will be issues that need solving, plans to make for the next sprint, and monitoring that will need to be done!

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 18 min), 5 readings, 4 quizzes

5 videos

4.1 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Wednesday)1m

4.4 Simulation: Office Chat Conversation (Thursday)54s

4.5 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Friday)2m

4.6 Video Simulation: Client Demo and Backlog Refinements (Friday)9m

4.8 Video Simulation: Sprint Retrospective (Friday)3m

5 readings

4.2 Email: Acceptance Tests10m

4.9 Resource: Sprint 1 Retrospective - Meeting Minutes10m

4.10 Exercise: Week 4 Release Planning10m

4.12 Resource: Week 4 Project Release Plan (Proposed Solution)10m

4.14 Email: Iteration Plan Explanation10m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE

by MMOct 28, 2017

I couldn't decide what I liked best during this course, whether that was the content, the way it was presented or the interactivity of the material! Great job!

by JJJun 13, 2020

Great course. You are immersed in a pseudo-realistic experience working with a real software development project. Overall very well done. One of the more enjoyable capstone courses that I have taken.

by FDSep 14, 2017

Great course with lots of good material and assignments. Video content gives a thorough insight to the different subjects and makes it easier to complete assignments.

by NKJun 29, 2019

The course was extremely help to understand software production management, agile principles and how to run projects successfully in agile methods. Thank you.

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About the Software Product Management Specialization

In this Software Product Management Specialization, you will master Agile software management practices to lead a team of developers and interact with clients. In the final Capstone Project, you will practice and apply management techniques to realistic scenarios that you will face as a Software Product Manager. You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from the insights of others as part of a Software Product Management

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