Agile Decision Making

We all know scrum masters want to encourage scrum teams to make effective decisions, but did you know you should think through HOW you make decisions before you make them? Learn how to maximize your agile decision making in this course with expert advice from Frederik Vannieuwenhuyse.

Who is this course trying to help? 

• Scrum masters working to help their team understand decision making and make effective decisions. 
• Scrum masters working to help their teams manage themselves.
• Anyone, whether on a scrum team or not, making decisions who wants to be more deliberate in making successful decisions.  

This course is aligned with the following Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) learning objective: 

• 2.2: demonstrate at least three techniques for facilitating group decision making.

This course is aligned with the following Advanced-Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM®) learning objective: 

• 3.2  apply a technique to improve the team’s ability to manage themselves.

Course Sections: 

• So Many Decisions: How Will You Decide?
  • Types of decision making
  • Scrum teams and decision making
• Decision-Making Authority and Scrum Teams
  • What needs to be decided? 
  • Who should decide? 
• Sociocracy and Consent Decision Making
  • Why is consent decision making best for agile teams? 
  • What does consent decision making look like? 
• Tips and Resources
  • Tips for effective decision making
  • Course resources
  • Claim SEUs

Course created in collaboration with subject matter expert: Frederik Vannieuwenhuyse

Frederik Vannieuwenhuyse, Certified Team Coach and Certified Enterprise Coach, works as scrum master, agile coach, facilitator, and educator. He lives in Belgium. Frederik is active in the agile community, organizing conferences and regularly speaking at events.