Applying Professional Scrum

Solidify Your Knowledge Through Practice

Applying Professional Scrum™ (APS) is a hands-on course in which professionals experience first-hand how the Scrum framework improves their ability to deliver value compared to traditional methods. Scrum provides a better way of working that highlights experimentation, incremental delivery of customer value, frequent feedback loops, and the fostering of strong team dynamics. Teams that use Scrum have improved confidence and ability to deliver effective solutions.

The course provides an active learning environment for students to engage in discussion, team-based exercises, and individual reflection. Students work in Scrum Teams over a series of Sprints to learn Scrum while using Scrum during the course.

Come learn from a former course steward!  Scrum.org employs a steward model to gather the collective intelligence and experience of the Professional Scrum Trainer community to continuously improve our courseware.  Rich served as a steward for the Applying Professional Scrum course for over three years, continues to contribute to its development, and has helped Scrum.org with product development for numerous courses and initiatives.  He knows this course inside and out!

Steve, likewise, has deep knowledge of Scrum and a passion for this course.  He has led course instruction and improvement sessions for this course at Scrum.org face-to-face events for Professional Scrum Trainers, as well as contributed to its growth through the steward program over the years.  Steve helps people get to the core of a topic in a very clear and connective way.  You couldn't be in better hands than with Rich and Steve!

What You Will Learn

During the class, students experience Professional Scrum. They experience new, agile ways of working that enable teams to deliver more value, satisfy stakeholders, and work better together. Students work together as a team in a series of Sprints to solve complex problems, facing similar challenges that they face outside of class and learning how to use Scrum to address them. These Sprints enable students to see the practical application of Scrum and to understand the value of an Agile mindset. Additionally, they expose common missteps and misunderstandings in using Scrum, allowing students to develop an awareness of the associated symptoms and how to correct them. Students not only learn Scrum; they learn how to use Scrum well.

The Applying Professional Scrum course is the perfect introduction, reboot, or refresher to Scrum. It is excellent training for organizations, teams, and individuals wanting to experience the benefits of Scrum, or for those interested in continuing their learning with more advanced training.

Course Objectives

• Learn about Agility and how Scrum differs from traditional plan-driven work models.
• Develop an Agile mindset by focusing on professionalism, experimentation, and outcomes.
• Learn (or relearn) the fundamentals of Scrum and how to apply them correctly.
• Develop an understanding of what it is like to use Scrum and if it is right for your team.
• Learn how to be a great Scrum Team member or how to support a great Scrum Team.
• Leave the class with ways to identify common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Course Topics

• Agility as a new way of working
• Exploring the Scrum Framework
• Planning and forecasting with Scrum
• Getting started with Scrum

Who should attend

Applying Professional Scrum is a course designed for anyone to deepen their understanding of what is important to be successful with Scrum.  Whether this is your first time learning and experiencing Scrum or you're an active practitioner looking for a refresher, this course has something for you.

Come join us if you:

• Are in a company that is going agile, and you're trying to figure out how to fit into this new paradigm
• Have an ever-increasing amount of work, and it's not clear where to put your focus
• Are joining a team that is already using Scrum, and you want to understand how it works
• Believe there's a better way to work
• Want to sharpen the axe and improve your use of Scrum

The course also provides the foundational Scrum knowledge needed for those wishing to continue their education with role-focused (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Developer, Leader) training classes.

This course will be delivered online via Zoom.  Details will be provided after registration.