Certified ScrumMaster

Certified ScrumMaster - Shanghai - September 20-21

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.

"I've been to many project management courses and this is by far the best!"

- Project Manager

"A good introduction to the fundamentals and ideas behind the Scrum approach.  Provided insightful exercises and practical knowledge to solidify the concepts introduced."
- Developer

Introduction: This Learning Event is ideal for those who want to create:

• high-performance teams that out-perform the competition
• exceptional quality products that delight customers
• a culture of continuous growth and capacity-building for individuals and teams
• dramatically reduced time-to-market
• ultra-efficient work processes

Learning Objective(s):
By successfully completing this Learning Event you will be able to:

• Remove obstacles that prevent teams from becoming high-performance.
• Enable a team to follow the Scrum process to deliver great products and continuously improve their quality.
• Describe Scrum to others including roles, meetings, artifacts and principles.
• Fulfill the requirements of the Certified ScrumMaster program including preparation for the CSM Exam.

Agenda Overview:
Day One
Learn the principles, practice and process of Scrum
Understand the role of the ScrumMaster
Changing organizations with Scrum

Day Two
In-depth simulation to practice Scrum
Scrum requirements and estimation
Scrum execution

- Project Manager

 "Fantastic course, enjoyed it, things are made easier."
- Program Manager

Agenda*:

Day 1

• Introductions
• Waterfall/Lean/Agile Simulation
  • Lecture: Foundations and History of Agile
  • Exercise: Processing Pennies
  • Discussion: Real Life?
• Scrum Process Overview
  • Lecture: the Scrum Process (Meetings, Artifacts)
  • Exercise: Explaining Scrum
  • Lecture: Scrum and Quality
  • Discussion: Your Quality
  • Lecture: Scrum Teams
  • Discussion: Scrum Roles
  • Lecture: The Definition of "Done"
  • Lecture: Scrum IS/IS NOT
• The ScrumMaster Role
  • Exercise: The ScrumMaster Job Description
  • Discussion: ScrumMaster Self-Evaluation
  • Lecture: Removing Obstacles
  • Exercise: Your Obstacles
• Day 1 Wrap-up

Day 2

• Creating a Product Backlog with User Stories
• Prioritizing and Ordering PBIs
  • Estimating Value
  • Estimating Effort
• Planning a Project or Release
• Sprint One
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprinting
  • Sprint Review & Retrospective
• Sprint Two
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprinting
  • Sprint Review & Retrospective
• Review
• Graduation

Seminar details:

Schedule: 2 full days 9:00am to 5:30pm with 4 breaks of 10 minutes and a 70 minute lunch break per day.

Anyone!  Project Managers, Team Leads, Developers, Architects, Business Analysts, Functional Managers, Consultants, Executives!