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Agile: Certified ScrumMaster

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Most Technology Training classes will be delivered online until further notice.

Before each sesson, Tech Training will provide a Zoom link for live online classes, along with any required class materials.


 

This course provides an overview of the Scrum framework and prepare attendees to take on the ScrumMaster role. Learn about Agile, the foundation of Scrum, and the fundamentals associated with the framework including its events, artifacts and roles.

Who should attend?
This class is suitable for those practicing or looking to serve as a ScrumMaster, but is highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Formal Leaders, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).

Participants will learn these topics through exercises, discussions, and case studies based on the instructor's real-world experience in working with Scrum teams.

Upon completion of the course, all students will be eligible for ScrumMaster Certification with the Scrum Alliance. Attendees will also receive a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, an organization that provides valuable materials and resources exclusively to CSMs.

Prerequisites:

Prior to attending this course, enrollees will receive the following resources to read / watch:

  • Agile Manifesto
  • Scrum Guide
  • Scrum Alliance Scrum Foundations Video

Outline:

1. Introduction

2. Scrum Theory

  • Scrum and Agile
  • Scrum Values
  • Empirical Process vs. Defined Process
  • Products vs. Projects
  • The Building Blocks of Scrum
  • Definition of Done

3. Scrum Roles

  • Product Owner
  • ScrumMaster
  • Developers

4. Scrum Events

  • The Sprint
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Scrum
  • Sprint Review
  • Sprint Retrospective

5. Scrum Artifacts

  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Potentially Releasable Product Increment

6. The Sprint and the Increment

7. The Value of Engineering Practices

8. ScrumMaster Skills:

  • Agile Facilitation
  • Agile Coaching
  • Service to the Scrum Team
  • Service to the Product Owner
  • Service to the Organization
Mike Stuedemann

Mike is a Co-Founder and Partner at agilityIRL where he educates, coaches and consults with individuals, teams, and organizations in pursuit of building products that delight their customers.

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