Course Detail

  • COURSE CODE

    AA-001

  • DURATION

    2 Days

  • ATTENDEES

    5 to 18

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) training course gives you essential knowledge for adopting Scrum and continuously improving your organisation.

Whether you are new to Agile principles and have an idea of what Scrum is, or have already spent time involved with teams talking about or implementing Scrum, ensuring success with Scrum can be a daunting prospect.

You have understood that the benefits of ‘going agile’ include improving quality, productivity and time to market, but how does this happen in practice? And how can you ensure that you can deliver these process improvements? If you have not undertaken Scrum Training with a formally Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) then you may be missing key knowledge and skills that will enable you to make the most of the opportunities afforded by effective implementation of Scrum principles and practices.

The 2 day, highly interactive CSM course investigates the Scrum framework in detail from theory and foundations to practical application and pitfalls, covering all the team roles, activities, and artifacts, so that you can be an effective Scrum Master or member of a Scrum team.

What you'll learn:

The Certified Scrum Master training course will give you a sound understanding of Scrum principles and practices so that you can:

  • Participate actively as a Scrum Team member
  • Function effectively as the Scrum Master for the Scrum Team
  • Deliver a successful Scrum project
  • Explain and sell Agile and the Scrum framework to other key stakeholders
  • Define and use the full range of Agile and Scrum Artifacts (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Burndown Charts etc.)
  • Set-up and facilitate Scrum Meetings (Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
  • Understand how to employ Scrum in real world circumstances such as remote Scrum teams with people in different locations, fixed price contracts and third party supplier relationships
  • Help your team or organisation to transition to a more Lean and Agile way of working using Scrum
  • Understand how to combine the use of Scrum with other Lean and Agile approaches such as Kanban, eXtreme Programming (XP) and Agile Project Management (AgilePM).

Topics covered on this course:

    General Knowledge
  • Agile Manifesto
  • Empirical and Defined Processes
  • Scrum Process and Sprints
  • The Significance of “Done”
  • The Five Scrum Values
  • Applicability of Scrum
    Scrum Roles
  • Overview of Scrum Roles
  • ScrumMaster
  • Product Owner
  • The Development Team
  • Teamwork
  • Team Characteristics
  • Impact on Traditional Roles
    Scrum Events
  • The Sprint
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Scrum
  • Sprint Review
  • Sprint Retrospective
  • Release Planning
    Scrum Artefacts
  • The Product Backlog
  • The Sprint Backlog
  • The Sprint Goal
  • The Increment
  • Progress Tracking

This course is suitable for:

  • Anyone who wants to be successful using Scrum
  • Anyone who is involved in a Scrum Project across the full range of Scrum roles
  • Those newly setting out on their Agile journey
  • Those who are already using Agile or Scrum but now want to consolidate their knowledge or address questions that have arisen based on their experience

    • Including those with the following roles:
  • Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Team Leaders
  • Development Team Members (Analysts, Architects, Designers, Coders, Testers, etc)
  • Project Managers, Product Owners, Product Managers
  • Process Owners and Managers, Functional / Departmental Managers

What you get:

  • Two days of high quality instruction from a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile expert

  • Course materials handbook (online PDF), and access to electronic copies of other reference documentation

  • 2 years’ membership to the Scrum Alliance, and recognition by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) after passing the exam

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course. However prior to attending the training students should familiarise themselves with key Scrum terms and definitions, as described in the Scrum Guide (www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide), as well as the principles and values of Agile which can be found within the Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org)

Lead Trainer
Jon Spruce

Jon Spruce

Certified Scrum Trainer

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