COURSE OVERVIEW
Scrum Masters are expected to coach teams to improve their agile mindset and deliver business value fast. They clear all roadblocks and bottlenecks the team may face on the road to success using Scrum. Our Scrum Master Certified (SMC) certification prepares you to become a true Scrum Master, and have the clarity and confidence to lead Scrum teams. In this 2-day intensive session, you’ll gain the required knowledge (with hands-on practice) that will help you lead your team and produce maximum value in the Scrum framework.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is appropriate for professionals interested in becoming a Scrum Master. This would include any Agile team members, Product/Project Managers, Project Sponsors, programmers, designers, testers, software engineers, executives, business owners and business analysts.
LEARNING OUTCOME
- Understand the fundamentals of Agile (Agile Principles and Manifesto)
- Understand Scrum Roles and Principles
- In-depth understanding of the Scrum framework.
- A practical working knowledge of Scrum Sprints, including meetings and artifacts.
- Hands-on Case Study to implement end to end Scrum framework in a Software development project
- Understand how to scale Scrum to Large projects (Introduction to SAFe)
- Ability to pass your Scrum Master certification exam
COURSE OUTLINE
Agile and Scrum Overview
- Agile Overview
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Principles
- Agile Methods
- Scrum Overview
- Scrum Advantages
Scrum Roles
- Core Roles
- Non-core Roles
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Scrum Team
- Scrum Guidance Body
Scaling Scrum
- Scalability of Scrum
- Scrum in Programs and Portfolios
- Introduction to Safe framework
- Scrum of Scrums (SoS) Meeting
- Transition to Scrum
- Mapping Traditional Roles to Scrum
- Maintaining Stakeholder Involvement
- Importance of Executive Support
Scrum Flow / Framework
- Product Vision
- Story Map
- Release Planning
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Development
- Product Backlog
- Risk Management
- Defining Value using User Story, Acceptance Criteria and Done Criteria
- Agile Estimation Techniques
- Prioritization Techniques
- Sprint Tracking Tools
- Sprint Planning Meeting
- Product Backlog Grooming
- Ship Deliverables (Use of Kanban in Scrum)
- Agile Testing
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Release Retrospective