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Day 1

Through a series of exercises and discussions, attendees will have a base understanding of Scrum and the principles on which it is based.  By the end of the day attendees can expect to:

• Have a definition of what Scrum is

• Understand how Scrum is underpinned by the Agile Manifesto and Agile principles

• Understand the difference between a defined approach and empirical approach to process control

• Understand where Scrum is applicable

• Understand the Scrum Roles

• Dived deeper into the Role of the ScrumMaster

• Have experienced Agile delivery

Day 2                                          

The second day is explores the Scrum Rhythms, Rituals, and Writings in more depth, and introduces some of the more common practices used by Scrum teams.  By the end of the day attendees can expect to have:

• Have learnt new tools for Product Backlog Refinement

• Created Agile requirements with User Stories

• Understood how to apply the concept of Done and its importance

• Learnt how to do Sprint Planning

• Understood how a team works inside a Sprint

• Experienced Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives

• Understood Release Planning and how to track progress

Agenda

• An overview of Scrum

• Empirical Process Control and complexity

• What is Agile

• The Scrum Roles

  • ScrumMaster

  • Product Owner

  • Team

• Agile Simulation

• Scrum Values

• Scrum wRitings (Artefacts)

  • The Product Backlog

  • Definition of Done

  • Sprint Backlog

  • Burndowns

• Scrum Rythms

  • The Release

  • The Sprint

  • The Day

• The Rituals of Scrum

  • Sprint Planning

  • Daily Scrum

  • Sprint Review

  • Sprint Retrospective

What background do I need?

A basic knowledge and some experience with Agile is preferred, but not required.  The basic rules of the Scrum Framework are reviewed in the opening of the course, and the Scrum Framework is explained in detail throughout the course.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course has the highest value for practicing Scrum Masters, 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 Scrum Master. Agile Coaches using approaches other than the Scrum Framework (e.g., XP, Lean) may also find the course valuable. Beyond that, the course is useful to those who may have obtained a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) qualification from the Scrum Alliance, or other Agile certifications from scrum.org, IC Agile or Scaled Agile.