Professional Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Master is the cutting-edge course for effective Scrum Masters and for anyone coaching a software development team toward increased efficiency and effectiveness. The course includes advanced thinking for host-leadership and behavioral shifts.

Objectives

• Students are challenged to think within the Scrum Framework and the underlying values and principles to better understand what to do when returning to the workplace and facing complex decisions.
• Students will have a clear understanding of the rules of Scrum through the empirical foundation of Scrum.
• Students can act as a Scrum Master for Scrum Teams as well as stakeholders from an in-depth understanding of host-leadership.
• Students are effectively be able to start up Scrum or increase its effectiveness if already underway.

Target Audience

The training may be interesting to all involved in software development upon the Scrum framework, but has been specifically conceived for those responsible for the successful use and/or rollout of Scrum.

Format

Students work in teams. They learn through team assignments, discussions and hands-on exercises. This course can be taught in English.

Prerequisites

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required).
• Passed the Scrum Open assessment.
• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through taking part in a Professional Scrum Foundations or similar course.
• Have been on or are closely involved in building or enhancing a software product or application.
• Have read one of the Scrum books of Ken Schwaber or the book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” by Gunther Verheyen. 

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