Scrum (Agile Business Consortium)

Scrum is a framework for developing, delivering and sustaining complex products through effective team collaboration. This two-day course will teach you the role of the Scrum Master and about the principles and theory underpinning the Scrum Framework.

You will learn how to lead a Scrum team and be confident in driving adoption of the Scrum Framework within your team and organisation.

The purpose of the ABC Scrum Master qualification is to measure whether a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of Agile Principles and the Scrum Guide, sufficient to start helping teams and organizations adopt Scrum.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course you should be able to recall, recognize and demonstrate understanding of the concepts, roles, events and artefacts outlined in the text, including terms used, process steps and roles involved.

Specifically, you should be able to demonstrate this understanding by being able to:

• Help Scrum Product Owners shape and refine product backlogs needed to guide the early and incremental delivery of a valuable product

• Help the Scrum Development Team self-organize to create high value products, facilitating Scrum Events and removing impediments as required

• Help organizations understand and adopt Scrum, working with stakeholders and other Scrum Masters

What's Covered?

This course covers the following modules:

• Scrum Overview

• Self-Organization

• Agile Principles

• Empirical Product Development

• Scrum Events

• The Development Team

• Scrum Roles

• The Product Backlog

• Sprint Planning & Done

• Sprint Progress

• Scrum Simulation

• Growing as a Scrum Master

What's Included?

This is an intensive two-day course that includes the following:

• All accompanying course material

• The cost of the ABC Scrum Master examination

Optional extra

• Pass Protect exam insurance - A cost effective solution, providing insurance and peace of mind if things don’t go to plan with your first exam attempt.

Exam Information

• 50 simple, multiple choice questions

• 40 minutes

• Closed book

• Pass mark: 37 marks out of 50 (74%)

Target Audience

This qualification is aimed at people either new to, or currently within the Scrum Master role. It is also applicable for those people using or managing a team using the Scrum framework, so they have full understanding of how to use the framework correctly.

Pre-course

There is mandatory online pre-course work that must be undertaken prior to attending this course. It is expected that it will take approximately two to three hours to complete.

You will be sent full instructions with a link to the online pre course within 48 hours of your confirmed booking. In addition, whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work.