Learn the essentials of working as a ScrumMaster or Scrum team member in this course. While the Scrum Alliance provides a list of core concepts that must be covered in the class, each instructor creates his or her own material, allowing courses to differ based on the strengths, interests, and experiences of the instructor.

Course Description

This course will be held at the 2007 Fall Scrum Gathering. Combine this course with a gathering registration for special savings. See the 2007 Fall Scrum Gathering Programme for full details.

This two-day course not only provides the fundamental principles of Scrum, it also gives participants hands-on experience using Scrum. This course puts theory into action through a variety of exercises. During the course, attendees will learn why such a seemingly simple process such as Scrum can have such profound effects on an organization. Participants gain practical experience working with Scrum tools and activities such as the product backlog, sprint backlog, daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning meeting, and burndown charts. Participants leave knowing how to apply Scrum to all sizes of projects, from a single collocated team to a large, highly distributed team.

Following successful completion of the course, each participant will be designated Certified ScrumMaster. This certification includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.

You Will Learn

• Practical, project-proven practices
• The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
• How to write user stories for the product backlog
• Why there's more to leading a self-organizing team than buying pizza and getting out of the way
• How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
• How to successfully scale Scrum to large, multi-continent projects with team sizes in the hundreds
• Tips and tricks from the instructor’s ten-plus years of using Scrum in a wide variety of environments

Professional Development Units (PDUs)

PMPs: You can receive 14 PDUs for this course. 

Dates:	12-13 Nov 2007
Location:	London, United Kingdom
Venue:	Fall Scrum Gathering Dexter House 2 Royal Mint Court London, United Kingdom
Price:	£1500 + VAT
Notes:	A cocktail reception will be held for CSM students on Monday night. This special event is sponsored by Danube Technologies, makers of ScrumWorksPro.

• Overview of Scrum
  • Why Scrum works
  • What Scrum is
  • Origins
• Sprints
  • Potentially shippable
  • Architecture on a Scrum project
  • Sprint length and release sprints
  • Abnormal terminations
• The ScrumMaster
  • Responsibilities and mindset
  • Situational ScrumMastering
  • ScrumMaster as team member
• The Product Owner
  • Description and responsibilities
  • Sharing the vision
• Product backlog
  • User stories on the product backlog
  • Backlog-writing workshops
  • INVEST in your backlog
• Meetings
  • The daily scrum
  • Sprint review
  • Sprint retrospective
• Sprint planning
  • Prioritization and the sprint goal
  • Sprint planning meeting
• Release planning
  • Velocity
  • Estimating the product backlog
  • Release planning meeting
• Tracking progress
  • Burndown charts
  • Task boards
• The team
  • Composition and cross-functionality
  • Organizing
• Scalability
  • The scrum of scrums
  • Focus of initial sprints
  • Shared vs. specific product backlogs
  • Scaling the product owner
  • Getting started

Whether you’re a manager, programmer, tester, analyst, product manager, or someone interested in working on or with a Scrum team, this course is suited for you. You will leave with solid knowledge of how and why Scrum works. Through practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussion you will be prepared to plan your first sprint immediately after this class.