Certified ScrumMaster

Friday/Saturday Certified ScrumMaster class in Jacksonville, FL

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.

The 2-day Certified ScrumMaster course introduces attendees to the values, principles, and practices of agile and the agile-based empirical Scrum product development framework.  Successful completers can become Certified ScrumMasters, a first step in the journey of learning Scrum and becoming proficient in its use.

Attendees also learn the paradigm shifts that occur when organizations move from traditional linear / defined development environments to the empirical agile environment and strategies and tactics used to support and manage the change that occurs.  Participants also will learn about the 3 Scrum roles (Team Member, Product Owner, and ScrumMaster), the 4 Scrum meetings (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective) and process of building product in a time-boxed iteration called a Sprint.  Students will assume responsibility for their learning in the course and will work in small teams.  The course includes a detailed Scrum project simulation and other exercises that will reinforce course concepts. Participants will have opportunity to explore and apply self-organization and self-direct concepts that contribute most effectively to building a high performing team environment where quality can be built into a product through the empricial process of inspecting and adapting processes and products.

After completing this course, the student should be able to: 

·     Demonstrate the appropriate understanding and application of Scrum roles, practices, principles, and values

·     Apply appropriate analysis about how empirical the approach to project work should be (when to use Scrum)

·     Appreciate the skills, desired styles, and responsibilities of the Team, Product Owner and ScrumMaster

·     Accept and explain the rationale behind the absence of a project manager in Scrum

·     Apply Scrum estimating and planning techniques and practices

·     Understand the use and presentation of certain data used for inspecting and adapting to improve team performance and the product

·     Understand the criticality of building trust within and between Scrum teams and between teams and management

·     Understand the essence of team self-organization and self-direction to build high perfroming teams, and the necessity of servant leadership

·     Identify and deal with smells (pitfalls) that the organization and its teams may encounter that may impede the use of Scrum

• Values and principles of agile and Scrum
• Characteristics and behaviors desired in an agile-based organization
• Empirical-based development versus defined-based development: differences and appropriate uses
• The Scrum Framework: the practices, roles, artifacts, and meetings
• Scrum odors and impediments to teams and organizations and how they might be avoided or dealt with
• Application of agile and Scrum concepts through interactive exercises
• Debunking agile and Scrum myths
• Other items of interest as desired by the group

This course is intended for those who wish to explore the benefits that agile and Scrum and  who want a foundational education in agile and Scrum values, principles and practices, and enjoy a learning format that is hands-on, experiential and Socratic.  Attendees will utilize a variety of exercises and resources to help them learn and apply Scrum in both software and non-software product development situations.