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Certified ScrumMaster®

Certified ScrumMaster®

$1,299.00

This Scrum Master (CSM®) course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the Scrum methodology while reviewing the behaviors expected of a Scrum Master.

 

 

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In this ScrumMaster training course you will learn, understand and execute on the three overarching principles behind Scrum: iterative development, self-management and visibility.

Beginning with the history of agile development and moving through the disciplines promoted by Scrum, this ScrumMaster training course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the Scrum methodology while specifically reviewing the behaviors expected of a ScrumMaster. This 2–day Certified ScrumMaster training course is suitable for those practicing or looking to practice the art of the ScrumMaster, but is highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Managers, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).

In this class you will learn:
  • Explain and facilitate the Scrum roles: team member, Product Owner, ScrumMaster
  • Use the foundational, critical concepts of Scrum
  • Apply empirical thinking to your project work
  • Understand your team’s productivity and lead them to improve it
  • Communicate the importance of organizational agreement on software readiness
  • Appreciate that the ScrumMaster role can be the most satisfying as well as the most difficult job on a project
  • Embrace the role of conflict resolution in Scrum
  • Work on real-world Scrum projects
  • Utilize the Scrum framework
  • Know when software is “done” under Scrum
Course Outline:

Part 1: Scrum Theory

  • Empiricism and the three empirical pillars
  • Benefits of an Iterative and Incremental approach
  • The Scrum Framework
  • Scrum Values
  • Scrum alignment to the Agile Manifesto

Part 2: The Scrum Team

  • The responsibilities of the Scrum Team
  • The responsibilities of the Product Owner, Developers, and Scrum Master
  • Single Product Owners
  • Product Owners own the Product Backlog
  • Delivering an Increment
  • Benefits of a cross-functional and self-managing Scrum Team

Part 3: Scrum Events and Activities

  • Benefits of Timeboxing
  • Purpose of a Sprint
  • Define and perform Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective
  • Product Backlog Refinement
  • Inspecting and Adapting events
  • When to cancel a sprint
  • Daily Scrum is not a status meeting

Part 4: Scrum Artifacts and Commitments

  • Purpose of the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
  • The commitments of Product Goals,Sprint Goals, Definition of Done
  • Product Backlog emergence
  • Attributes of a Product Backlog
  • Sprint and Increment relationship
  • Evolution of a Definition of Done
  • Multiple Teams working on one Product Backlog

Part 5: Scrum Master Core Competencies

  • Facilitation
  • Facilitating decision making
  • Teaching
  • Coaching
  • Mentoring

Part 6: Service to Scrum Team, Product Owner and Organization

  • How does a Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team
  • Explaining Technical Debt
  • Understanding development practices to improve quality and reduce technical debt
  • Supporting the Product Owner
  • Organizational impediments that affect Scrum Teams
  • Techniques for resolving impediments
  • Why are there no Project managers in Scrum?

Once completed each student will receive a 2-year membership in Scrum Alliance® and certification. A link will be sent to each student at the end of the session to the online exam.

All students earn:

  • Scrum Education Units (SEUs)
  • Project Management Institute (PMI®) members earn PDUs
  • Free enrollment in Scrum Alliance®

This course is offered in authorized reseller/partner of Cprime.

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