Objective

The course provides an introduction to Scrum but diving to advanced topics. The training material is approved by Scrum Alliance (SA REP).

Starting from the basics, on the Scrum training, we ensure participants get a deep understanding of Agile and build a strong foundation of the Scrum methodology – both on a theoretical and practical level. This training is also vital in establishing a company-wide common interpretation and vocabulary.

Target Audience

The Scrum Master role is the focus of the course, as this is the role that has to have the deepest knowledge about Scrum. However the course is suitable for managers, who would like to see whether Scrum is a good fit for their organization, for those who would like to start using agile, for those who are using it, but would like to deepen their understanding, for business analysts, product managers, line managers and potential team members as well.

Content

The training consists of presentation, exercises, simulation games, real life stories and discussions of problems raised by the audience. The format of the training is as follows:
Each day, until lunchtime the training is conducted as an interactive presentation, the focus being on the theoretical parts of the methodology, with a few small exercises
After lunch, a simulation exercise is conducted both days. The goal of these exercises is for the participants to experience the teachings and to help internalize the theory. These exercises take around 90 minutes (+- 15 minutes) and are followed by a debriefing session.
After the exercises the original interactive presentation style is continued. All the topics on the training are explained via real-life examples and case studies collected on past projects of Sprint Consulting’s consultants.

Day 1:

• Agile introduction
• Scrum overview
• Exercise to discover common sense in agile
• Roles, responsibilities
• Scrum events, meetings, environment
• Artifacts, documents
• Product backlog, Sprint backlog

Day 2:

• Sprint planning, running, review, retrospective
• Estimation, Velocity
• Definition of Done
• Product Backlog Refinement (previously called Backlog grooming)
• Release planning
• Different burndown charts and agile metrics
• Scrum of Scrums
• Scrum simulation
• Distributed projects
• Common pitfalls
• Other topics

Misc.

• Duration: 2 Days
• Handout (English) will be provided for the participants.
• Welcome coffee, lunch, and other coffee breaks are included in the price. Price includes infrastructure and catering services that are stated on the related invoice as individual items.
• PMP certified participants are eligible to 1 PDU point per training hours as defined in the PMP Handbook on page 42, Category B.