We’ll provide basic Scrum, Agile, and Management 3.0 training, or any Scrum.org and Scaled Agile certification training in your organization, for your people, according to your values and needs.
PSM: Professional Scrum Master
As stated by its creators, Scrum is easy to understand but difficult to master. This two-day training will introduce you to the theory and principles of Scrum and help you understand the role of the Scrum Master in the Scrum Team and organization.
You will learn to play the role of Scrum Masters in Scrum Teams or act as stakeholders with an understanding of leadership through service.
- Scrum Masters and those who want to master this role
- Project Managers, Team Leads, and other managers who are responsible for the processes within the team, the interaction of its members with each other and with business representatives
- Testers, developers, analysts, and anyone involved in Scrum-based software development
- Stakeholders and everyone who collaborates with Scrum Teams
- HRs
- The principles and values of Scrum
- How to use practical Scrum techniques and act as a Scrum Master in a Scrum Team
- How to facilitate the team process, work with common problems and features of distributed projects
- New methods of working with the Product Owner, developers, organization, and stakeholders
Topics covered
Fundamentals and theory of Agile and Scrum
- Why did Scrum and Agile appear?
- Differences between Agile and other development approaches (waterfall, RUP, Kanban, etc.)
- Challenges the followers of the industrial model face
- The Three Whales of the Empirical Process, or the Feedback Principle
Different types of processes for different types of work
- Theory of Entanglement
- Model Cynefin
- Stacey chart for introspection
- How to choose the right approach for your project
Scrum Values
- Five values and their adoption in the daily life of the team and organization
How to work correctly on Scrum
- Scrum Team and its members
- A detailed analysis of Scrum roles, practices, events, and artifacts
- Complementary practices of working with artifacts
- Effective ways of holding timeboxed events
- Examples of strategies and tactics for effective use of Scrum
Duties and responsibilities of the Developers
- Formation of work plans for the Sprint and day
- Product quality support
- Adapting plans to meet the Sprint Goal
- Daily support of everyone’s responsibility as an expert
Duties and responsibilities of the Product Owner
- Development and clear communication of the Product Goal
- Creating and explaining the existence of Product Backlog elements
- Product Backlog Ordering
- How to ensure the Backlog is sufficiently transparent, visible, and understandable
Duties and responsibilities of the Scrum Master
- The Scrum Team: coaching for self-organization and cross-functionality
- The Scrum Team: removing obstacles to support progress
- The Scrum Team: focus on creating value that meets the Definition of Done
- Product Owner: finding techniques for Product Backlog management
- Product Owner: help improve the transparency of Backlog items
- Product Owner: supporting empirical planning in a complex environment
- Organization: leadership, training, and coaching of the organization in Scrum
- Organization: planning and advice on the implementation of Scrum
- Organization: removing barriers between stakeholders and teams
Work with requirements in Agile
- Product Backlog as a single source of truth
- Who owns the Product Backlog
- Information protection and Product Backlog transparency
Estimation of tasks in Scrum
- Relative and absolute estimates
- The concept of story points
- Planning Poker, Affinity estimation, and other practices
Planning in Scrum
- How to estimate the volume and cost of work
- When a specific stakeholder’s order can be considered complete
- Planning for the day
- Planning for the Sprint
- How much work can we do in the Sprint
- Under what conditions and when will the release take place
- Scrum and the ability to release several times a day
Three commitments to Scrum Artifacts
- Product Goal
- Sprint Goal
- Definition of Done
Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
- Similarities and differences: about the product and the process
- The Sprint Review as a crucial meeting for product development and business support
- How to conduct a fantastic Retrospective
Scrum Team
- Self-organization and cross-functionality
- Different principles of team building
- How to start a new Scrum Team or restart an existing one
- Toxic team behavior. Why it happens and what to do about it.
Skills, qualities, and psychology of Scrum Masters
- Scrum Master as a coach and facilitator.
- Innate and acquired qualities. Which of them can we develop?
- Development paths and challenges.
Scrum and Organization
- Scrum and Business Agility.
Certification
PSM I is the official certification training of Scrum.org. All participants will receive a password for taking the Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) assessment.
The assessment takes place online at Scrum.org. If you use your password within 14 days and do not get at least 85% (minimum passing score), we will give you another try at no additional cost.
For participation in the training (even if the test fails), students receive 14 PDU points from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Join the group
The price includes:
- A set of official training materials of Scrum.org
- 16 hours of training by the Professional Scrum Trainer
- A voucher for the free PSM I assessment (2 attempts)
- 40% discount for the PSM II assessment
The training materials are consistent and applicable globally
The training materials have been developed and are continuously updated with the invaluable contribution of one of Scrum’s creators, Ken Schwaber, along with the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainers (PST) community. This collaborative effort ensures that the materials consistently reflect the latest industry practices and the current landscape in software development companies.
While our trainers bring their unique teaching styles and experiences to the courses, it’s important to note that the training materials themselves remain consistent worldwide. This means that students can expect to learn the same core concepts and principles, regardless of the location or the instructor delivering the training.