Scrum Master Certification Outline
Module 1: Introduction
- Agility
- Origins and Why Agility is Often Linked to IT
- Processes and Predictive Management
- Differences Between Agile and Scrum
- Agile Software Development Manifesto
- Individuals and Interactions Over Processes and Tools
- Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation
- Responding to Change Over Following a Plan
- Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation
- 12 Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto
- Project Management Breakdown
- Predictive Management: Sequential Engineering
- Evolutionary Management: Concurrent Engineering and Agility
- Scrum
- Differentiation of Scrum Practices from Principles and Values
- Origins of Scrum
- Uncertainty and Volatility
Module 2: Scrum Cycle
- How Scrum Works
- Scrum Cycle
- Scrum Theory
- Committed and Involved
- Roles
- Product Owner
- Developers
- Scrum Master
- Artefacts
- Most Widespread Artefacts
- Other Artefacts
- Product Backlog: The Client’s Requirements
- Sprint Backlog: The Team’s Tasks
- Increment
- Events
- Sprint
- Sprint Planning Meeting
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Retrospective
- Agile Measurement and Estimation
- Relative Units: Story Points
- Real and Ideal Time
- Servant Leadership
Module 3: Scrum Values and Principles
- Introduction
- Principles
- Delivering Value
- Continuous Improvement
- Incremental and Iterative Development
- Sustainable Working Pace
- Constant Attention to Excellence
- Operations Visibility
- Global Timing and Synchronisation
- People Over Processes
- Values
- Practices to Make Scrum More Flexible
- Burn Down Graph
- Poker Estimation
- Estimation Without Story Points
- Kanban
- Pair Work
- Error Prevention Techniques
- Wall Estimation
- Burn Up Graph
- Diagrams for Retrospective Meetings
- Scrum Case Study
- Activities and Exercise