Corporate Revolutionary Academy

New agile leadership course

Scrum for managers and stakeholders

A Roadmap to Agile Success

  • Learn how to successfully interact with a Scrum team as a stakeholder.

  • Get introduced to the new way of working with product development in an Agile, iterative and effective manner.

  • Get a general overview of the Scrum framework in theory and practice.

  • Understand the use of Scrum in product development & management.

  • Get the business benefits of the Lean-Agile approach.

Format

Online,
self-study

Hybrid training

Bi-weekly live Q&A on Zoom

Video material

16 hours video
550 slides

No subscription

Lifetime content access, including updates.

Discounts

Students 50%*

Price incl. 25% VAT

€ 1.290

*Requires proof of enrollment, such as uploading your Student ID.
What you are going to learn

Successful interaction with a Scrum Team

Scrum is rapidly becoming the global tool of choice, when companies building digital products need a new way of working.

Scrum for Managers and Stakeholders is designed for those who work with or around Scrum teams in a traditional or Agile environment. It offers a management-focused view, explaining how Scrum differs from traditional methods and how to bridge the two. The course covers key concepts, Scrum’s origins and values, and provides practical guidance for interacting with Scrum teams.

Who will benefit most from this course?

  • Senior Managers and Executives (CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CHROs): Leaders integrating Agile and Scrum into their strategy. The course helps align business goals with Agile teams to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Functional managers (Design, Operations, PMO, Customer Service, IT): Managers overseeing departments that work with Scrum teams. This course equips them to effectively collaborate and balance cross-functional goals with Agile practices.
  • Stakeholders needing a Scrum refresher: Individuals with limited or no experience in Scrum. The course provides a foundation in Agile methodologies, helping them engage with Scrum teams and explore new ways of working seen from a leadership perspective.
  • Professionals new to Scrum: Individuals with limited or no experience in Scrum. The course provides a foundation in Agile methodologies, helping them engage with Scrum teams and explore new ways of working seen from a leadership perspective.

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What is Scrum and Agile?

  • Scrum is an Agile framework for managing complex projects, focusing on iterative progress through Sprints (1-4 weeks). Core roles include the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers.
  • Scrum promotes transparency, inspection, and adaptation, enabling teams to deliver high-quality products and respond quickly to changing requirements.
  • It enables collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within cross-functional, self-organizing teams.


  • Agile is a flexible approach to managing projects, focused on delivering work in small, manageable pieces. It emphasizes collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement, allowing teams to respond quickly to changes and customer needs.
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With the course you will discover how to: 

Engage effectively with Scrum Teams
  • Learn how to work successfully with Agile Scrum teams, whether as a CEO, CFO, CMO, or other company stakeholder.
  • Understand the new dynamics of accountability and collaboration required in an Agile environment.
Understand the Scrum framework
  • Gain a confident, general overview of the Scrum framework, including its Roles, Events, and Artifacts – seen from a management perspective.
  • Learn the theoretical and practical aspects of Scrum to understand how it functions in a real-world setting.
Improve product development and delivery
  • Understand how to work with Scrum teams to improve product development, management, and delivery processes.
  • Learn to apply Lean-Agile principles to enhance iterative product development and maximize business value.
Navigate organizational change
  • Learn how to integrate Agile practices within the constraints of a traditional company structure.
  • Understand the impact of Agile on organizational culture, leadership skills, and management approaches.
Adapt to Agile practices
  • Explore Agile practices and how they can supplement or replace traditional project management methods.
  • Learn about various Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile, and understand their relevance to modern business contexts.
Maximize Agile business benefits
  • Be enabled to reap the business benefits of Lean-Agile, iterative product development.
  • Learn to balance planning and execution while focusing on delivering continuous value to customers.
Manage complexity and change
  • Understand how to plan and deliver products in a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) environment.
  • Learn strategies to reduce complexity, manage risk, and improve responsiveness to change.
Promote continuous improvement
  • Embrace the principles of continuous improvement and empirical process control within the Scrum framework.
  • Enable a regular reflection, adaptation, and transparency culture to enhance team performance and product quality.
Develop new leadership skills
  • Gain insights into the leadership skills required to support Agile practices and empower self-managing teams.
  • Understand the importance of stakeholder involvement, cross-company engagement, and fair play in achieving Agile success.
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Unique approach to Agile and Scrum training:

The leadership perspective

Other Scrum courses see managers and stakeholder as external to the Scrum framework, people who needs to be "handled".

This course, based both in Scrum theory and 10+ years of personal experience, focuses on you, the stakeholder, and how you can get the best results when working in a Scrum/Agile setting.
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Don't get frustrated with your Scrum Team: Get involved!

Do you ever feel that they are are speaking a different language?
Scrum needs you as an engaged stakeholder to be successful!

  • There is no Project Manager anywhere - who do you talk to?
  • You can't just order them to do something.
  • There is no Project Plan - how can they work at all?
  • They are changing your estimates and suggesting changes.
  • They apparently don't want to stick to deadlines.
  • They won't write a full and detailed specification of everything.
  • You have to wait for the next Sprint to get anything done.
  • They want to release the product before all the features are finished.
  • They need clarity and priority, from you and other managers.
  • Help the team understand customer needs - bring them along.
  • Join Scrum Events to learn what is going on with the product.
  • Innovate as you go - in a structured and effective manner.
  • Work with the team to improve process continuously and smartly.
  • Help the company strike a balance between planning and flexibility.
  • Trust the team to find their own way to work - it pays off.
  • Test business assumptions fast and get happier customers.

What is included?

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15 hours of video

Access 75 lessons in 10 sections at you own pace - use the main path, the alternate learning paths or select content in the order that suits you.

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Self-assessments

Check your understanding of each module with a short quiz that supports the learning process.

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Mini-scenarios

Apply your knowledge in small, focused scenarios.

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15 role checklists

Learn what to do and not to do as a manager. Covered roles are CEO, CFO, CMO, CSO, CHRO, CTO/CIO, PMO and many more.

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Certification included

Pass the 100-question certification exam to obtain the personalized Certificate of knowledge issued by our academy.

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Practice exam

Take a practice exam from a large question bank before attempting the certification exam.

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E-docs

In-depth knowledge and solutions for essential challenges in Scrum, with a leadership perspective.

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Scrum overview

One-page diagram showing the elements of Scrum and elements in the surrounding organization for easy reference.

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All 550 slides included

A full, searchable PDF version of all slides in the course - the missing manual to Scrum for managers!

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Community

Join a growing community of learner - we guarantee an answer to any question posted in the community threads.

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Live online events

Participate in live online events, onboarding webinars, Q&A sessions and course development workshops.

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Glossary

Get a handy reference document  for 200+ essential concepts and terms from the course.

Bonus content

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Scrum Sprint simulator

Experience a Sprint at Agile Ice Machine Inc.! Encounter real challenges faced by a Scrum Team. As the Scrum Master, guide them through Scrum events and team dynamics.

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Mobile flashcards

More than 100 microlearning flashcards for the Quizlet app - special premium card set without ads - free for you. Learn the basics of Scrum on your smartphone.

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Learning paths

Six alternate focused learning paths through the course content for folks in a hurry, like "Just the Basics" or "My Scrum is Broken".

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Curated links library

Αccess the Corporate Revolutionary Library, a selected, evolving source of more than 500 Agile Leadership- related articles from the web.

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Construction toy game

Learn how to run a fun live Scrum game simulation of iterative product development with your own favorite construction toy.

+ any other content for this course in the future!

Your purchase gives you lifetime access to all future versions of this course, including new bonus content, new questions for exams, additional flashcards, ebooks and other resources that are added to the course on an annual basis. Get notified though our newsletter.

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Course content and structure

Introducing Agile & Scrum

A new way of working. Understand the foundational principles of Agile and Scrum, where they came from and the difference between the two.

  • Agile: The management perspective
  • Scrum and other ways of working with products and projects
  • Agile: History, theory and application
  • Essential Scrum theory
  • Scrum: The management perspective

The Scrum Framework

Discover the Scrum framework and the Roles, Events, and Artifacts that are its critical components. Gain an in-depth understanding of Scrums iterative approach to product development.

  • Scrum overview
  • The Scrum Events
  • The Scrum Roles
  • The Scrum Artifacts

Working with Scrum Teams in general

Scrum is easy to learn - but hard to master. Learn how to engage with Scrum teams effectively as a stakeholder. Learn how to map traditional delivery methodology to the Scrum approach - and when not to, if you want to get the benefits of the Agile approach.

  • Mapping Scrum to the rest of the organization
  • Organizing Scrum Teams
  • Business priority
  • Estimations in Scrum
  • The people doing the work

Value-driven product development in practice

The focus of Scrum is to create value for the customer or end user in support of the organizations strategic and business priorities. Learn how to define and analyze value, optimize and organize around it.

  • Defining product value
  • Releasing the product
  • Product Value and the backlog flow
  • The Customer and other stakeholders
  • Scrum and sales
  • Scrum and the Project Triangle
  • Product prioritization
  • Agile portfolio management
  • Scrum specification
  • Scrum and budgets
  • The Agile product roadmap and vision
  • Special topics
  • Agile and Scrum built-in quality

Keys to Agile and Scrum success

Further detailed insights into critical elements that enables successful Scrum implementation and operation. Responsibilities of managers and stakeholders in an Agile environment.

  • The case for and against Scrum
  • Cultural change
  • Implementation of Scrum
  • Managing complexity
  • Specific implementation considerations.
  • Configuring and adapting Scrum
  • Change Management and Agile Transformation
  • Scrum in sub-optimal configurations

Working with Scrum Teams as a …

Understand the typical challenges for key management roles that are working with Scrum Teams (from CFO to Head of Design) and their solutions. You can pick the parts of this section that are relevant to your job situation or go through them all for deeper insights. Each role module has a downloadable checklist attached.

  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • Project Manager
  • Chief Sales Officer (CSO)
  • Head of Subject Matter Experts
  • Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
  • Head of Design
  • Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
  • Enterprise Architect (EA)
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO/CIO)
  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Head of IT Operations
  • Head of Strategy
  • Head of Customer Service
  • Head of Project Management Office (PMO)

Scrum dysfunctions and pitfalls

How to identify and handle dysfunction, risk, crisis and conflict in a constructive way when interacting with a Scrum Team.

  • When Scrum goes wrong
  • Plans and challenges

Scaling Scrum and other advanced topics

Scaled Scrum and Agile, Technical debt, Agile risk management, Agile in contracts and other enterprise-related topics.

  • Scrum scaling, variations and spin-offs
  • Agile and contracts
  • Technical architecture in Scrum
  • Agile in governments
  • Scrum and DevOps
  • Boyscouting
  • Technical debt
  • Agile tooling
  • Agile risk management

Measuring Agile

Explore and understand key performance indicators and metrics relevant to Agile product management and successful implementation.

  • Reporting in Scrum
  • The burndown chart
  • Capacity, Velocity and Story Points
  • Product inventory
  • Scrum and time tracking

Agile Leadership

Agile leadership is at the core of successful Scrum and business agility in general. This is basic introduction to the subject will enable you to start or continue your journey as a more Agile leader.

  • Defining Agile Leadership
  • Local culture clashing with Agile
  •  Further Agile Leadership practices
  • Truth, trust and self-leadership
  • Leadership and Agile Teams
  • Leadership behaviors and effects
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Course content and structure

Christian Triantafillou Schade

Agile Leadership Consultant, writer and trainer. Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer (RTE).
About your trainer
Christian is an Agile practitioner, seasoned project manager, accredited Scrum & DevOps trainer and leadership consultant. He is now bringing his expertise and unique view of Agile, modern leadership and related disciplines such as Scrum and DevOps to the students at the Corporate Revolutionary Academy, which he has co-founded.
" I have extensive experience in the digital industry and have witnessed both the success and failure of Lean-Agile methodologies such as Scrum or SAFe. I've also made my own share of mistakes, which can now benefit you through the training available in the Corporate Revolutionary Academy.

Ultimately, effective leadership, an open mindset, and intelligent practices are key to success. It's not just about theory, a practical perspective is also necessary.

The ability to organize work and use conceptual tools is the most important human superpower. However, this ability also contains the potential for failure. To succeed, it's essential to know the basics, to do what you say you will and communicate what you're doing.

Improving the way we work is a never-ending process. Both the Agile approach and the organization must adapt to the changing context surrounding them." 
Christian is highly experienced and has worked with:
  • Building, training and coaching Scrum teams and scaled Agile setups
  • Roles: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Director, Agile Director, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Agile Excellence and Leadership Consultant, Agile Coach, DevOps trainer.
  • International and Danish corporations
  • Startups, SME's and large corporations
  • Public and private sector organizations
  • Many industries, such as media, finance, digital services
  • Project Risk Analysis, high-risk projects and project disaster recovery
  • Agile and classic project and portfolio management
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Frequently asked questions

How do I get my student discount?

1. Apply for a student discount with the relevant form.
2.During the signup process, you can attach a photo of your current student card or similar documentation.
3. If valid, we will mail you a discount code for 50% to be used during course enrollment.

Don't enroll in the course before receiving your discount code, or you will have to pay the full price. We usually respond with a code within 24 hours.

Can I wait with the exam until a later date?

Yes, of course, you don't have to take the certification at all if you don't need it. Please be aware, though, that we are changing the questions in the final exam once in a while, so if you have attempted it several times, you cannot expect to be successful, unless you have the course lessons freshly in mind.

Why do I need to pay  for the online Coaching sessions?

The course gives access to three kind of live online guidance and training:
  • The monthly intro session for the course. The course is discussed and any related questions are answered by the trainer. While this is not mandatory, it definitely is a good place to start the Scrum for Managers and Stakeholders couse. This is free for enrolled learners
  • The bi-weekly Q&A, where your trainer answers questions across all our offered courses, this is free for enrolled learners
  • Individually booked premium coaching sessions, these have a cost associated with them
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