Certified ScrumMaster®: Virtual In-House Training
This course covers Scrum and the principles and tools required to be an effective ScrumMaster. You will come away with a good understanding of the Scrum framework and the underlying principles required to make effective decisions regarding the application of Scrum to different situations.
At the end of the course, you will receive membership to the Scrum Alliance for two years and, following completion of an online test, will become a Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster®. Our Certified Scrum Trainers pay the initial, two-year membership fee for each student who successfully completes our Certified ScrumMaster® course. This membership fee also covers the cost of the CSM Test. A link to the test will be sent to you following your course. The CSM test has a passing score of 37 out of 50 questions within a 60-minute timeframe. You will have two attempts within 90 days after you receive your welcome e-mail to pass the test at no cost. After two attempts or 90 days, you will be charged $25 for each additional attempt.
What you will Learn
At the end of this program, you will be able to:
Provide a clear understanding of the fundamental principles of Scrum
Use the principles, practices, and tools required to be an effective ScrumMaster
Make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations, including:
Practical, project-proven practices
The essentials for getting a project off on the right foot
How to write user stories and structure your product backlog
How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
How to successfully scale Scrum
Tips and tricks from the instructor's many years of using Scrum in a wide variety of environments
Getting Started
Introduction
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
Agile Principles and Scrum Overview
Agile Principles
Lean Principles
Process control models
Incremental and Iterative development
Shifting the focus on product management
Overview of the Scrum process
The Team
Dedicated cross-functional teams
T-shaped people
Sprint Planning
Team capacity
Facilitating the Sprint Planning meeting
The Sprint backlog
Sprint Burndown chart
Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
The team and building effective teams
ScrumMaster responsibilities
Product Owner responsibilities
The Scrum project community
What happens to traditional roles in Scrum?
Scrum Meetings
Daily Scrum
Reviews
Retrospectives
Product Backlog and User Stories
Product backlog characteristics
User stories
Getting your first backlog
Getting backlog items ready
Slicing User stories
Estimation for Forward Planning
Why comparative estimation works
Planning poker
Affinity estimation
Release Planning and Tracking Progress
Velocity
Release planning
Tracking release progress
Scaling Scrum
Scrum of Scrums
Scaling the product backlog
Scaling across a program and business areas
Distributed teams