Join this free online course to learn how to build better products by balancing human needs, business values, and technical feasibilities with a human-centered product backlog. The world is becoming more complex and digital transformation is radically changing people’s lives. This in turn leads to rising expectations for products and services that are expected to help users get their job done – both at work and in their private lives. Hence, product organizations have to change the way they build products.
By combining User Experience Design, Agile approaches, and New Work topics, they have the chance to move the user into the center, create an environment of collaboration, and spark creativity to foster innovation.
If you’re interested in understanding how to balance human needs, business value, and technical feasibility with a human-centered product backlog, this course is made for you. You’ll learn how you can iteratively refine your product backlog, what touchpoints you need with your customer, and lots of good practices to make your new product tangible while validating your ideas right from scratch. We’ll highlight synergies between Agile and User Experience Design which will help you to integrate the human perspective into software development.
At the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with the methods and tools to deliver great products that users love.
Course Content
Week 1: Good Product Backlog Definition
Week 2: Product Backlog Structure and User Story Mapping
Week 3: Product Backlog Validation and Refinement
Week 4: Product Backlog Ranking
Week 5: Final Exam
