Learn, understand and execute on the three overarching principles behind Scrum: iterative development, self-management, and visibility

Even projects that have solid, well-defined project plans encounter some degree of change and waste. Shifting market conditions, budget cuts, staff restructuring, or any number of influences will disrupt the best plan while contributing to customer dissatisfaction and staff discouragement. Moreover, projects that begin with changing or unclear requirements make it difficult to even establish project expectations. Scrum is the agile development process that allows teams to deliver usable software periodically throughout the life of the project, absorbing change and new requirements as the project proceeds.

Beginning with the history of agile development and moving through the disciplines promoted by Scrum, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Scrum methodology while specifically reviewing the behaviors expected of a ScrumMaster. This 2-day class is suitable for those practicing or looking to practice the art of the ScrumMaster, but is highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Managers, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).

In-Class Group Exercises

This course is a stimulating combination of class interaction, case studies, group exercises and workshops. Each is designed to allow you to easily grasp new concepts and techniques. Specifically, you will cover:

The "Art of the Possible": learn how small change can have a large impact on productivity

Product integrity: review various options employees use when faced with difficulty, learn the importance of delivering high quality products in Scrum

Customer Expectations: Using a changing schedule and agile estimating and planning, assess the work to properly set customer expectations and manage customer satisfaction

Running the Scrum Project: Run a full Scrum project that lasts 59 minutes. You will walk through all steps under the Scrum Framework

Agile Estimating and Planning: Break into teams, and through decomposition and estimating plan out a project through delivery

Team Dynamics: Since Scrum deals with change, conflict will happen. Learn methods to resolve problems in a self-managed environment

Key Benefits of Attending You Can Immediately Use:

• 1.Learn the details on Scrum roles: Team Member, Product Owner, ScrumMaster
• 2.Gain an understanding of the foundational/critical concepts of Scrum with our Certified Scrum Trainer® instructional program
• 3.Understand how to apply empirical thinking to your project work
• 4.Learn how a team's productivity can be adjusted to account for its composition
• 5.Appreciate the importance of organizational agreement on software readiness
• 6.Hear why the ScrumMaster role can be the most satisfying as well as the most difficult job on a project
• 7.Discover how conflict resolution plays a critical role in Scrum
• 8.Work on a real-world Scrum project live in the classroom
• 9.Learn, practice and utilize the Scrum Framework
• 10.Gain a detailed understanding of how to know when software is "Done" under Scrum
• 11.Review and understand the critical characteristics a ScrumMaster must have to succeed
• 12.Get to the heart of the matter with Scrum, coaching and team productivity
• 13.Compare traditional and Agile project estimating and planning
• 14.Conduct decomposition to estimate a Scrum project
• 15.Practice Scrum meetings including; Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Burndowns, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective
• 16.Achieve the first step in Scrum AllianceSM recognized certifications, enabling you to advance to higher levels of recognition
• 17.Learn a framework to operate large projects using Scrum
• 18.Implementing Scrum is about getting results, learn how to maximize your returns using Scrum
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This certification program was developed for any professional who is currently involved in or will become involved in the running of Scrum projects.

Current Scrum Team Members not certified, including:

• Business customer, user or partner
• Product Owners
• Team Members
• Acting ScrumMasters who currently are not certified

Positions within organizations that are interested in moving

• to Scrum, including:
• Project Manager
• Project lead
• Project sponsors
• IT Manager/Directors
• Business Analyst
• Developers/Programmers