Certified ScrumMaster Workshop Seattle - April 11-12

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Certified ScrumMaster Workshop
Practical, Hands-on Training for ScrumMaster
This course gives the participants actual hands on experience with the basic practices of Scrum with a solid introduction to the principles that frame the practices of a successful agile team.The course is focused on the skills and attributes of a successful ScrumMaster.
The Scrum Immersion Exercise
The participants will get experience through a large Scrum simulation where they will practice and observe the role of ScrumMaster… Show more and the other major Scrum Roles.Teams will work together on a project to produce a product that will be presented to the stakeholders near the end of the course.
Course Objectives
· Why an organization might choose to adopt Scrum
· The fundamentals of Scrum
· The important aspects of Agile Analysis and Planning
· The role of ScrumMaster in all the meetings, processes and decisions of Scrum
· The Responsibilities of the Scrum Product Owner to the business and the team
· Practical, skill and experience building practice in running Scrum
· Instruction and practice to develop your skills as a ScrumMaster in dealing with people
· Discussion and practice in dealing with organizational challenges
Audience
This course is aimed at individuals and teams new to Scrum and Agile Software Development or teams that need to level-set terms, understand the principles that drive Scrum and create a common understanding of the roles, meetings and artifacts of Scrum.
The Approach
We believe that the key to a successful Scrum kickoff is a clear and universal understanding of the principals and practices of Scrum on the team.We also believe that while reading about Scrum is a good place to start, the level of understanding that is required to be successful is only achieved by doing Scrum.This workshop puts the participants into a Scrum driven project.The problem domain is one that most participants have never dealt with, thereby creating the opportunity for all participants to learn.When the goals of the Scrum project are presented, the participants know very little about how they will create a workable product in the short time they will have to complete the project.By using agile analysis, agile planning, effort sizing and team work they work together to create a product.Most participants are surprised at the results of their project.
Course Details
This course is intended for software development teams and professionals.Scrum can be used on other types of projects.Consult with your RippleRock Enterprise Coach for information about customizing this course for your team and organization.
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Course Topic Areas
Why Adopt Scrum?
Software Development as Knowledge Work
The value of Agile Teams
The business value focus of Scrum
Scrum Process Basics
What kind of projects benefit most from Scrum?
Basic Scrum flow and activities
Scrum Roles and Relationships
Scrum Meetings
Scrum Artifacts
Scrum Product Management
Project Tracking and Visibility
Developing User Stories
Business Value Driven Prioritization
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Principles and Practices
What is a process and why do we need one?
The role of Lean Software Development in Scrum
Agile Principles
Agile Practices
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Agile Analysis
Project and Product Vision Creation
From High Level Requirements to Stories and Tasks
Relative Story Sizing
Team Estimation and Commitment
Work Prioritization
Release Planning
The ScrumMaster Role
How is a ScrumMaster different than a Project Manager?
Team Coaching and Servant Leadership
Developing Trust with the Team
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The Role of QA In Scrum
Moving Testing Forward
A Change in Focus for QA
Acceptance Testing
Agile Specification
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Scrum Implementation
Scrum is Simple, Scrum is Hard
The Promises of Scrum
The Forces Driving and Restraining Scrum
Scaling Scrum
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Process Improvement in Scrum
The Sprint and Release Retrospectives
The pursuit of process improvement
Finding and dealing with process impediments
The Scrum Product Owner Role
Creating Product and Product Vision
Product Owner / Team Communication
The Product Owner Responsibility to the Business
Business Value Driven Portfolio Management
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Course Hands-On Exercises
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Team Forming
Vision Statement Writing
Release Planning
Work Item Sizing
Work Item Prioritization
Sprint Planning
Sprint Work
Project Visibility
The Daily Scrum
The Sprint Review
TheSprint Retrospective
The Release
TheRelease Retrospective
Identification of Problem Domain Concepts
Exploring forces driving and restraining Scrum
Recent Participant Comments
"Thank you!This was an excellent course, and extremely insightful in helping us implement Scrum." -DD, Albuquerque
"Really thought building the "Scrum Game" was an effective teaching tool.A very thorough class." - AL, Albuquerque
"Excellent use of teamwork and experiential learning."JL, Seattle
"Great team building exercise." - JN, Seattle

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