Certified ScrumMaster®

Certified ScrumMaster 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

Certifications:

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) is the most popular agile certification in the industry. It is the first best step in learning the Scrum framework.