Scrum Master Certified Extended Outline

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Course Description

The two-day Scrum Master Certified training program, accredited by SCRUMstudy, provides an in-depth understanding of the Scrum framework as well as the components, roles and processes of Scrum. Students finish the course prepared to take the Scrum Master Certification exam and implement Scrum in their organizations. Courses are offered as Instructor-led, E-learning or Live-over-web opportunities.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone interested in learning how to implement and run Scrum in their organization and desiring to become certified as a Scrum Master. This includes Scrum team members, Product Owners, Product Managers, Project Sponsors, programmers, designers, testers, software engineers, and business executives.

Course Outline

Introduction

Introduction to Scrum

  • What Is Scrum?
  • Key Principles

Scrum Overview

  • Overview
  • History
  • Benefits
  • Scalability
  • Aspects
  • Processes

Scrum Concepts & Principles
Concepts
Principles
Aspects

Scrum Phases & Processes
Initiate
Plan & Estimate
Implement
Review & Retrospect
Release

Roles and Organization in Scrum
Scrum Master Roles
Product Owner Role
Scrum Team
Non-Core Roles

Business Justification
Value-Driven Delivery
Responsibilities
Factors
Techniques
Continuous Value Justification
Confirming Benefits Realization

Quality
Definition
Acceptance Criteria
Quality Management in Scrum

Change
Supporting Change
Change Requests
Flexibility vs. Stability
Integrating Change
Scaling in Programs and Portfolios

Risk
Risk vs. Issues
Risk Attitude
Identification
Assessment
Prioritization
Mitigation
Communication
Risk Burndown Chart

Project Vision Meeting
Team Selection
Outputs

User Group Meetings
Epics
Personas
User Stories
Prioritization

Sprint Planning Meeting
Epics
Personae
Outputs

Conducting The Daily Standup (Or Daily Scrum)
The Daily Standup Meeting
Three Questions
War Room
Managing Distribution Teams

Grooming The Prioritized Product Backlog Meeting
Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meeting
Change Requests
Risks
Outputs

Sprint Review Meeting
Sprint Review Meeting
Tracking Overall Progress
Outputs

Retrospect Sprint Meeting
Retrospect Sprint Meeting
Explorer-Shopper-Vacationer-Prisoner
Speed Boat
Metrics and Measuring
Outputs

Release Planning Meeting
Release Planning
Length of Sprint
Release Preferences
Outputs

Scrum Artifacts
Product Backlog
Deliverables
Sprint Backlog
Burndown Charts

Creating Deliverables
Create the Deliverables
Update the Scrum Board
Impediment Log
Refactor

Convening A Scrum of Scrums
Projects, Programs, and Portfolios
Scaling Scrum
Convening a Scrum of Scrums
Four Questions

Review

Self-study, Exam Prep

Prerequisites

None but it’s preferable for the student to be Scrum Developer Certified.

Exam

A voucher for a multiple-choice 100-question exam will be given at the completion of the course. The 120-minute exam is proctored online and can be taken at the student’s convenience.

Reference Material

Each student will receive a workbook. Other Scrum-related study material and books are available for purchase prior to, or during, the class.

Course Director

Patrick von Schlag
Mr. von Schlag has more than 25 years of real-world experience managing IT and business organizations. He has served as a consultant, facilitator, and instructor in support of more than 200 organizations. With an emphasis in best practices, Mr. von Schlag has obtained all Scrum certifications: Scrum Developer Certified, Scrum Master Certified, Scrum Product Owner Certified and Agile Expert. He specializes in program deployments, focusing on practical benefits.

His customer list includes The Walt Disney Company, Microsoft, Nike, Sears, the US Marine Corps, the US Army, the US Air Force, 2nd and 5th Fleet US Navy, DISA, IRS, Federal Reserve, The Hartford, Citigroup, Amgen, Los Angeles County, Port of Long Beach, GDIT, Accenture, Serco, Deloitte, and hundreds of other market-leading companies.

Mr. von Schlag has extensive executive-level experience in market strategy, business planning, enterprise sales, marketing, and solution development and deployment. He is committed to helping customers achieve tangible bottom line results with improved quality and quantity of best business practices.

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