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Automate Agile Workflows and Project Backlogs

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Automate Agile Workflows and Project Backlogs

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Identify routine PM tasks that an AI assistant or automation can handle.

  • Use an automation tool to rank backlog items and justify manual adjustments.

  • Apply automations to send updates from a PM tool to communication channels.

  • Build and test cross-tool automation that enforces a WIP rule, and deliver a runbook.

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March 2026

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There are 5 modules in this course

Struggling to see the big picture through a mountain of administrative tasks? In "Automate, Prioritize, and Project Backlogs," you'll learn to transform your workflow by partnering with AI. This module teaches you to delegate routine duties, like drafting status updates or summarizing meetings, to an AI assistant, freeing you to focus on strategy. You will get hands-on experience using AI tools to instantly organize chaotic backlogs into clear, prioritized plans. Critically, you’ll master applying human oversight to AI-generated results, making key adjustments and justifying your decisions, ensuring your team always focuses on the most impactful work.

What's included

3 videos2 readings5 assignments

"Automate Project Updates Across Platforms" is a beginner-level module for anyone tired of manually copying project updates between apps. You will learn the essential skill of tool integration to save time, reduce errors, and improve team communication automatically. Through step-by-step instructions, you will connect a project tool like Trello to a communication platform like Slack. You’ll configure pre-built integrations to send automatic notifications about key project activities to a specific team channel. By the end, you will have built a real-world automation, streamlining your workflow and freeing you to focus on more important work.

What's included

6 videos3 readings4 assignments

Is your team struggling to move tasks from "In Progress" to "Done"? "Automate WIP Limits for Agile Projects" is a beginner-level module that provides a practical solution. You will learn why Work-In-Progress limits are essential for Agile success and how to enforce them automatically. Through a step-by-step screencast, you will use the automation tool Butler to build a rule that manages your team's workflow and prevents overload. By integrating with tools like Slack, this system protects your team’s focus, eliminates bottlenecks, and creates a smooth, predictable path to completing work.

What's included

4 videos2 readings4 assignments

"Automate Workflows Across Tools Seamlessly" is a beginner-level module for professionals who want to stop manually copying information between apps like Trello, Confluence, and Slack. You will learn to think like an automation designer by breaking down manual tasks into a sequence of triggers and actions. Using a no-code platform, you’ll build and configure a complete, multi-step workflow that connects your tools and passes data between them. By the end, you will have a working prototype and the confidence to apply process improvement principles, enhancing your team’s collaboration, transparency, and overall efficiency.

What's included

2 videos3 readings6 assignments

In this project, you will learn to stop chasing status updates and manually enforcing rules by building smart, scalable automations. Step into an operations analyst role to solve a common bottleneck: a failing Work-In-Progress (WIP) limit. You will design and build a live, cross-tool automation that detects a WIP limit breach on a project board and automatically sends an escalation alert. By creating an integration diagram, a test log, and a professional runbook, you will deliver a robust, maintainable solution, proving your job-ready skills in automation and integration engineering for any hiring manager.

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2 readings1 assignment

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