Scrum Essentials for Agile Practitioners

Duration:   2 Days

 

Description:

This course provides an introduction to Agile principles, and how Scrum implements those principles.  It describes and provides hands on experience with the responsibilities of the Scrum Master.  Participants learn about facilitating Scrum teams and how to coach an organization in its transition to Scrum.  Participants also gain hands on experience with tools for evaluating the progress of an organization’s transition to Scrum, as well as practice facilitating Scrum Retrospectives.

 

Target Audience:

This course is intended for those who want an introduction to Scrum and in depth understanding of the ScrumMaster role and its responsibilities.  It is recommended for aspiring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Members of a Scrum Team, Resource Managers, Developers, Quality Assurance Engineers and Managers, Project Managers and Product Managers.

 

Pre-reqs:  None

Course Outline

•  Introduction

• Overview of Agile and Scrum

  When to use Scrum

  Agile Manifesto

  Agile principles

  Overview of Scrum

  Scrum Artifacts and Ceremonies

• Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

  Product Owner

  Scrum Master

  Development Team

  Other roles (not defined by Scrum)

• The Scrum Master role in depth

  Job Description

  Influence vs. control

• Transitioning to Scrum

  Evaluating the progress of the transition

  Finding areas for improvement

  Coaching the organization

  Communities of Practice

• Scaling Scrum

  Scrum of Scrums

  Scaling the Product Owner

  Scaling the Product Backlog

  Scaled Agile Framework

• Facilitating a Retrospective

  Before the Retrospective

  Set the atmosphere / establish safety

  Gather data

  Generate insights

  Determine actions / create action plan

  Close the retrospective