Scrum Training: Professional Scrum Master

The course Scrum Training: Professional Scrum Master is a targeted learning experience that will allow participants to become effective servile leaders and impediment removers.

Starting with a detailed exploration of major Scrum activities, the training course discusses the hard and soft skills that a Scrum Master needs in order to be an effective Scrum advocate and facilitator.

Every aspect of practical Scrum is discussed so as to allow the Scrum Master to understand how and when intervention and action are necessary. This training course teaches participants how to effective and efficient in leading Scrum projects towards success.

Course Outline

Moving from Traditional to Agile

• Introduction

• Traditional Project Management

• Agile Manifesto

• Agile Project Management Declaration

• What is Agile Project Management with Scrum?

• Benefits of an Agile Approach

• The Critical Importance of Communication

• Making Agile work in a Traditional Organization

The Scrum Framework

• Introduction

• The Team

• The Process

• The Product Backlog

• The Sprint

• The Sprint Review

• The Sprint Retrospective

• A Process Approach

The Scrum Master

• Exploring the Servile Leader Role

• Exploring the Impediment Remover Role

• Roles and Responsibilities of the Scrum Master

• How to Become an Effective Scrum Advocate

• How to Become and Effective Impediment Remover

• Best Practices for the Adept Scrum Master

• Common Errors for the Scrum Master

The Scrum Master as a Process Expert

• Understanding Processes: Essential Concepts

• Processes vs Procedures

• Designing Scrum Processes

• Defining Inputs and Outputs

• Describing Primary Activities

• Putting it All Together

Scrum Master Soft Skills

• Scrum Framework Expert

• Advocacy Skills

• Communication Skills

• Facilitation Skills

• Planning and Estimation Skills

• Conflict Resolution Skills

• Coaching and Mentoring Skills

Scrum Master Patterns

• Coach Teams in Project Management Best Practices

• Facilitate Scrum Collaborations

• Introduce Engineering Practices That Result in Deliverables

• Working Continuously to Improve the Processes

• Responsibilities to the Product Owner

• Responsibilities to the Organization

• Responsibilities to the Development Team

Adopting and Supporting Scrum

• Major Mistakes – Overall Scrum

• Scrum Anti-Patterns – The Scrum Master