Update: Please note that the location for this course has changed. The new training location will be at Cliftons, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Overview

In this two-day course, you will apply the Scrum framework to build a new product. You will learn what it feels like to be on a Scrum team—experiencing many of the challenges you're likely to face—while being coached by someone involved with the application of Scrum at many organizations. This “learning by doing” style of instruction demands your open mind and active participation.

We will apply the experiential activities to discussion of advanced topics such as how to use Scrum in multiple-team organizations, how to measure progress empirically at a macro level, release planning to maximize ROI, and why such a simple framework disrupts organizations to be the best they can be.

Participants who complete the course will be eligible to complete their CSM certification with the Scrum Alliances' multiple choice examination.

About the Trainer

Kane Mar is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) based in Brisbane, Australia. Kane has been a practicing ScrumMaster since 2001 and has been a CST since 2006. He has taught CSM courses in Europe and North America. Kane's profile at the Scrum Alliance can be found here: http://www.scrumalliance.org/profiles/11-kane-mar

Pre-requisites

Participants are required to read the following books prior to class:

•  "Agile Project Management with Scrum", Ken Schwaber. Microsoft Press. 2004
•  "Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn". Prentice Hall. 2005
•  "Agile Software Development with Scrum", Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle. Prentice Hall. 2001

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for anyone working in software development and IT, including: Project managers, team leads, and IT/development managers, architects, developers and other team members.

Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are available up until 10 business days before the scheduled event date. Cancellations made within 10 business days of the event will be credited toward future events. However, no refunds will be issued. No refunds or credits will be available for "no-shows." Substitutions will be accepted at any time prior to commencement of the course.

As an added value to course participants, I reserve two seats at each of its public courses for individuals who have already taken a course from me, and would like to take it a second time. This allows participants to brush up on their Scrum basics. The offer is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and must be used for the same course as the original (i.e., an individual who completed a CSM course may enroll in another CSM course, but not a Product Owner course). In addition, this offer is only available within the first six months following the original course. Please contact me as early as possible to reserve your seat.

Contents

Overview of Scrum 

• Why Scrum?
• What is Scrum?

Meetings 

• The daily scrum 
• Sprint Planning
• Sprint review 
• Sprint retrospective 

The Product Backlog

• What is the Product Backlog
• Size of the items 
• Writing User Stories
• User stories on the product backlog 
• INVEST   

Estimating and Planning

• Planning Poker
• Dog Points

Tracking progress

• Sprint burndown graph 
• Task boards

Definition of "Done"

• Technical debt and architecture in a Scrum environment

The ScrumMaster 

• Description
• Responsibilities 
• A day in the life of a ScrumMaster

The Product Owner 

• Description 
• Responsibilities 

The Team  

• Description
• Roles
• Teams are cross-functional  

Sprints 

• Potentially shippable 
• Sprint length 
• Release sprints 
• Abnormal terminations   
• Velocity  

Release planning

• Release Burndown graph
• The Alternative Product Burndown graph  

Scalability 

• The scrum of scrums 
• A large team (model #1) 
• A large team (model #2) 

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