Certified ScrumMaster

Certified ScrumMaster - Beijing

All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

This Certified ScrumMaster course is a 2-day intensive introduction to the Scrum framework detailing how Scrum and related agile practices are applied by Scrum teams to rapidly deliver potentially shippable products in frequent, time-boxed iterations.  The course uses a combination of lecture and experiential learning to instill a practical understanding of Scrum focusing on the activities the ScrumMaster, Team and Product Owner perform while delivering to their commitments and aspiring to achieve hyper-productivity.

The course covers the core concepts of Scrum teams and teamwork and the Scrum framework including: roles, activities, and artifacts that are applied to realize product requirements and project delivery; the ScrumMaster role including responsibilities and behavioral characteristics; the Product Owner role, including key responsibilities; and the role of a self-organizing, cross-functional team as the primary organizational unit through which the product is developed and delivered. The Scrum framework will be applied in a mini-project simulation, as well as used in various activities which will be used as checkpoints throughout the class to assure effective understanding of the principles covered.

The course is delivered by 2 experienced agile consultants.  Vernon Stinebaker, the primary trainer and CST has over 20 years experience in the IT industry and currently holds a senior technical and managerial position in a NASDAQ listed software company.  Bill Li, the supporting trainer and Managing Principal of UPerform Consulting Group, has over 16 years of domestic and oversea IT experience and is the Chinese translator and co-translator of 3 Scrum books written by Ken Schwaber and Mike Cohn.  Both bring significant practical experience in agile and traditional project delivery including PMBOK based methodology and CMMI. This course is delivered in either Chinese or English depending on the profile of course participants.  Both trainers speak fluent Chinese and English. 

About a week before coming to class you'll receive via email pre-requisite Scrum overview reading material. Additionally, as part of the two-day class each participant will receive the following:

• A copy of the course materials in electronic format 
• A Scrum Reference card
• Planning poker cards
• A book: Chinese version of <User Stories Applied> by Mike Cohn
• Registration with the Scrum Alliance for the required on-line Certified ScrumMaster evaluation
• 2 year membership with the Scrum Alliance

Participants can also claim 14 PDU's with the PMI.

This course is organized by UPerform Consulting Group - China’s Leading provider of Scrum and Agile Training.

High-level 2 day course agenda. 

Introductions

Ice-Breaker: Traditional vs. Agile approaches to problem solving

Group Activity: Why Projects Fail

Approaches to Project Management - Defined vs. Empirical Approach

Agile Defined

Scrum Background & Origins

Scrum Framework

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  •  Roles
  •  Artifacts
  • Ceremonies
  • Scrum Visualization

Scrum Simulation Game

Project Constraints

Productive Scrum: Done, Ready and Self-organized Team

Agile Requirements: User Stories and Prioritization 

Quality and Test-driven Work

Work Effort Agile Estimation

The Planning Poker Game

Velocity & Release Planning

Sprint Planning Revisit

Project Tracking

Scaling Scrum

ScrumMaster Explored  

Final Review 

Other Advanced Agile/Scrum Topics if necessary

Please contact us if you have questions or require additional detail.

This 2-day class is targeted to individuals practicing or looking to perform as a ScrumMaster or member of a Scrum Team but is also highly valuable for anyone interested in Scrum including Line and Functional Managers, Software Quality Assurance Team Members, Project Managers, Team Leaders, Development Team Members, Product Managers, Software Testing Team Members, etc.