Managing Flow: A Systems Thinking Guide for Scrum Masters

Posted By: lucky_aut
Date: Sept. 3, 2025

Managing Flow: A Systems Thinking Guide for Scrum Masters
Published 9/2025
Duration: 1h 54m | .MP4 1280x720 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 687.80 MB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English

See the bigger picture, manage dependencies, and boost team flow — with systems thinking and Jira

What you'll learn
- Grasping the Basics of Systems Thinking in Agile
- Understanding Feeds, Upstream, and Downstream Applications
- Mapping and Visualizing Dependencies Across Teams
- Facilitating Conversations on Technical Dependencies
- Extra Content : Jira Basics

Requirements
- Desire to learn

Description
Scrum Masters often face the same challenge: their teams get stuck in a web of dependencies, unclear handoffs, and hidden blockers. Despite following Agile practices, delivery slows down and value flow breaks.

This course,Managing Flow: A Systems Thinking Guide for Scrum Masters, is designed to help you move beyond surface-level fixes and develop a deeper perspective. By applying systems thinking, you’ll learn to see your projects as interconnected systems rather than isolated tasks — enabling you to anticipate risks, improve collaboration, and guide your team with confidence.

In this course, you will:

Understand what systems thinking is and why it matters for Scrum Masters

Explore the six fundamental concepts of systems thinking

Learn practical tools like causal loop diagrams and the iceberg model to uncover root causes

Apply systems thinking to real-world Agile challenges, including managing upstream and downstream dependencies

Understand APIs as the invisible engines of modern projects and their role in Agile delivery

Explore how API testing fits into a systems thinking approach to build resilience and predictability

Gain Agile and Jira basics, including story points, Agile vs. Waterfall, and Jira setup and integrations

By the end, you’ll be equipped with both themindsetand thepractical toolsto help your team reduce blockers, manage flow, and deliver value more consistently.

Whether you’re a new Scrum Master or an experienced Agile practitioner, this course will help you grow from simply facilitating ceremonies to becoming a systems thinker who enables lasting change.

Who this course is for:
- Scrum Masters
- Project Managers
- Project Coordinator
- Aspiring Scrum Masters
- Agile Practitioners
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