Duration
3 days
Overview
The Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF) training course is an ideal introduction for anyone who needs to gain the initial experience required to work in a Scrum development team. This course also provides the foundation of knowledge needed for role-focused training for Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Developers.
Course Objectives
- The ins and outs of Scrum and Agile
- Scrum Planning
- Keeping Scrum Healthy
- Getting Started with Scrum
Prerequisites
Have read and digest the Scrum Guide prior to course attendance.
Course Outline
- The Scrum Framework
- Students dive into the Scrum software development framework including, roles and responsibilities, principles, artifacts, events and time boxes, and rules and customs.
- Introducing Scrum and Agile
- This module discusses the current state of the software industry and Scrum’s role within it. Topics include the origins of Scrum, misconceptions of the framework, the value that Scrum provides, and an exploration of self-organization as a power tool for increasing productivity.
- Scrum Planning
- Learn practical techniques of planning releases, managing Product Backlogs, keeping Sprints on track, and maintaining healthy team behaviors. Although many effective techniques exist for expressing requirements, this module equips teams to discover, express, and decompose requirements as Backlog Items using proven techniques.
- Keeping Scrum Healthy
- This module focuses on common missteps teams make when adopting Scrum and strategies to avoid them. In addition to discussing typical patterns/anti-patterns in this module, class attendees practice some of the more courageous conversations that commonly occur.
- Getting Started
- Following an excellent training event, Teams often struggle implementing what seemed so reasonable just a few days ago. This discussion helps attendees plan and prepare to actually be effective with Scrum immediately, marking the PSF as the true catalyst for change and increasing agility within your organization.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.