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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Kert Peterson
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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 Start May 17, 2021 CUT
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69 Yonge Street, Suite 1306, Toronto, ON M5E 1K3, CA

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Monday, May 17 | 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM CUT
Tuesday, May 18 | 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM CUT

In this highly interactive CSM certification course, you will acquire the skills and behaviors 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 ScrumMaster (CSM) Training:

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

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.

 

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