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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Kim Brainard

Learn how to apply scrum and gain practical agile skills to drive results in any role, whether you want to work as a scrum master or grow your capabilities. CSM® courses are delivered by Scrum Alliance-certified trainers who possess deep scrum knowledge. When you complete the course, you will receive a two-year Scrum Alliance professional membership.

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16 hours |

Start August 26, 2019 CUT

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Location

In-Person

69 Yonge Street, Suite 1306, Toronto, ON M5E 1K3, CA

Schedule Details

Monday, August 26 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CUT

Tuesday, August 27 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CUT

Course

In this highly interactive course, you will acquire the fundamental skills, behaviors, and mindset necessary to become a successful Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM). This training introduces you to how the fundamentals of Agile are applied to Scrum, so you can help your team work together efficiently, and increase customer satisfaction with the continuous delivery of high-value software.

Key Features of this CSM Certification training:

Instructor-led training by real-world Certified Scrum Trainers (CSTs)
After-course instructor coaching benefit
A copy of The Scrum Guide included
CSM exam included

You Will Learn How To

Become a Certified ScrumMaster and servant-leader to your development team, Product Owner, and organization
Apply effective facilitation for Scrum meetings
Review effective change agent techniques to foster organization buy-in to Scrum
Identify opportunities to remove impediments for team members

Important Course Information

CSM Certification Course Description

Learning Tree's ITIL Foundation Certification training course includes 13 hours of instructor-led training (ILT) presented by a CST. During the course, you acquire the specific skills, behaviors and the mindset necessary to become a successful Certified ScrumMaster and servant-leader. Through training, practice sessions and role-playing activities, you learn Scrum to create customer satisfaction with the continuous delivery of high-value software.

Agenda

Course Outline

Introducing Agile Principles

Defining Agile values and principles
Contrasting Waterfall and Agile product-development philosophies
Confronting the challenges of adopting Agile
Creating a cross-functional team

Defining the Scrum Framework

Adopting Scrum

Defining the core Scrum Framework
Core Scrum team, artifacts and ceremonies
Adapting traditional business process to Scrum
Applying core Scrum Values

Scrum Roles, Ceremonies and Artifacts

Introducing the Core Scrum Roles

Outlining the three roles: ScrumMaster, Product Owner and Development team
ScrumMaster: performing as a servant leader to the team
Product Owner: developing the product vision and backlog
Development team: delivering the product increment

Defining the Core Scrum Ceremonies

Refining the Product Backlog
Holding the Sprint Planning meeting
Hosting the Daily Scrum
Leading Sprint Reviews
Facilitating successful Sprint Retrospectives

Detailing the Core Scrum Artifacts

Creating the Product Backlog
Implementing the Sprint Backlog
Defining the Definition of Done
Developing potentially shippable product increment

Refining the Product Backlog

Iterating the Product Backlog

Developing the Product Vision
Building the Product Backlog
Continuously refining the Product Backlog

Refining Product Delivery

Comparing iterative and incremental delivery
Decomposing Epics into features and stories
Releasing products with Minimal Marketable Features

Estimating and Prioritizing Product Backlog Items

Creating user stories

Writing user stories with the Connextra format
Evolving product requirements
Applying frameworks to focus user stories
Developing products with progressive elaboration
Defining appropriate acceptance criteria
Removing user stories when appropriate

User story estimating

Sizing user stories
Estimating effort and business value level through relative measurement
Comparing and contrasting affinity and planning poker estimation techniques
Breaking user stories into tasks

Prioritizing the Product Backlog

Ranking product backlog item priority at the release, product and project level
Utilizing prioritization techniques and frameworks
Identifying high-priority items for sprint planning

ScrumMaster Responsibilities to the Team

Growing the Scrum team

Enforcing the Scrum process
Establishing team working agreements
Removing Impediments
Becoming an Agile coach for your team

Ensuring long-term success

Continuously improving the team
Reporting appropriate metrics
Managing and reducing external dependencies
Adopting best practices for software engineering
Acting as an Agile champion in your organization

Who should attend

Who Should Attend this CSM Training Course

This course has the highest value for practicing ScrumMasters, but can also be useful to Product Owners, members of Scrum Development teams, managers, Human Resource (HR) specialists and anyone else who needs to appreciate the role and competencies required of a ScrumMaster.

Course Preparation

The Scrum Guide will be emailed to students for pre-course reading.
A Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) leads this course. In-person, on-time attendance, and full participation is expected. While emergencies are understandable, being fully present for the full two days is a requirement for the CST to recommend you to the Scrum Alliance for certification.

Industry Credits & Certification

In addition to CSM, this course can help you earn the following industry credits and certifications:

Scrum Alliance’s Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certification. Click to view our options for CSD - Certified Scrum Developer Training ›
Scrum Alliance’s Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) certification. Click to view our options for Certified Scrum Professional Training ›
Earn 13 PDUs endorsed by Project Management Institute
Earn 13 Scrum Alliance SEUs
Earn 13 NASBA Credits (live, in-class attendance required)

Agile Learning Path

This course is part of Learning Tree’s Agile Learning Path. Chart your course to success today! View Learning Tree’s Agile Learning Path ›

Reviews

4.94 out of 5.0 stars

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Kim is an excellent teacher, applying real life examples to each event of the course. Her thoroughness of the material, yet willingness to ensure everyone had a solid understanding of not just the what, but also the why, made this course a total success. First time pass on my exam all because of an outstanding teacher!

Fantastic! Kim was engaging and made the 2-day learning session fun and I felt knowledgeable and prepared walking out.

Kim was awesome and super fun. Took the time to listen and adapt

The instructor was knowledgeable and used tools and techniques to aid in our understanding and retention of the course material. The hard part will be applying it at my organization. Thank you!

Kim is an exceptionally effective facilitator. Her approach kept the class engaging throughout and made the experience both meaningful and memorable.

Best person ever to take this course. She shows what Agile really is, and I don't mean the topic, I mean the whole class is agile. It's so engaging you will definitely learn and retain that knowledge.

I loved learning from Kim! She is engaging, funny, and very smart. I would definitely take another course with her in the future.

Kim was amazing. I really enjoyed her method of teaching and her personality.

The course was upbeat and thorough. Student participation was constant throughout the course, and the instructor Kim was absolutely amazing in her approach and delivery. Would HIGHLY recommend.

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