Agile Scrum Master

Overview:

Introduction:

Agile Scrum is a simple method for managing and completing even the most complex project. It has also been the number one reason why projects have been delivered on time. Whether you are a scrum master, product owner, team member, business stakeholder, or simply someone who wants to understand what makes scrum tick.

Program Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Learn what scrum is and why it is so powerful for delivering even the most complex project on time.

• Explain what the Scrum practices are.

• Understand techniques to deliver your project on time.

• Explain what the Waterfall Model is and Why it is less flexible than Agile.

• Understand what Agile is & How it differs from Scrum.

• Explain the difference between roles, events and artifacts.

• Understand what was updated in the latest version of the Scrum guide.

Targeted Audience:

• Aspiring Scrum Masters.

• Project Managers.

• Software Developers and Engineers.

• Quality Assurance (QA) Professionals.

• Product Owners.

• Team Leaders and Supervisors.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

The world before Agile and Scrum:

• The Waterfall Model.

• The Birth of Agile.

Introduction to Scrum

• Scrum Theory and Scrum Skeleton.

• Self Managing Teams & Lean.

• Scrum Values.

• Intro to Scrum Theory.

• Empirical Process Control Theory.

• The Importance of Scrum Events.

Unit 2:

Scrum Team Accountabilities:

• Developers and Scrum Team Size.

• Team Accountabilities.

• The Scrum Team.

• The Increment.

• The Product Owner.

• The Developers.

• The Scrum Master.

Unit 3:

Scrum Events:

• About Scrum Events.

• Compulsory Events.

• Sprint Planning.

• Three Sprint Planning Topics.

• The Daily Scrum.

• Daily Scrum: Different ways of running it.

• The Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective.

Unit 4:

Scrum Artifacts:

• Artifacts Introduction.

• Product Backlog Refinement.

• Flash Update: The Product Goal.

• Prioritising the Backlog.

• The Sprint Backlog.

Unit 5:

Output from the Retrospective in The Sprint Backlog:

• Artifact Transparency.

• Definition of Done.

• Definition of Done for Multiple Teams.

• Sprint Goal, Definition of Done and Product Goal.