Scrum Alliance CSM – ScrumMaster | 2 Days

Lean, Agile, and Scrum

Scrum Roles

• list at least three rights and five responsibilities of the Product Owner, Development Team and Scrum Master.
• discuss at least two reasons why the Product Owner is a single person and not a group or a committee.
• discuss how & why the Product Owner maintains authority over the product while working collaboratively with the Development Team & stakeholders.
• list at least five characteristics of the Development Team.

Scrum Events and Artifact Transparency

• give one example of how a Scrum Team will inspect and adapt and increase transparency at each of the Scrum events.
• describe at least three responsibilities for the Development Team, Product Owner, and Scrum Master during Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective.

Sprint and Increment 

• describe why the Sprint Goal does not change during a Sprint.
• define the outcome of every Sprint.
• discuss at least three reasons why the increment must be brought to the current definition of ‘Done’ regardless of whether the Product Owner chooses to release the increment.

Sprint Planning

• discuss the focus of the activities of the Product Owner and Development Team during the two topics of Sprint Planning: the ‘What’ and the ‘How.’
• practice writing a Sprint Goal.

Daily Scrum

• discuss at least three ways the Daily Scrum differs from a status meeting and why the various constraints exist to support the Development Team.

Sprint Review

• describe at least three activities that occur during the Sprint Review other than; a demonstration of the increment.
• identify at least three potential outcomes for a Sprint Review.

Sprint Retrospective

• describe at least two approaches to conduct a Sprint Retrospective

Product Backlog

• identify at least three essential characteristics of the Product Backlog.
• list at least four attributes of a Product Backlog item.

Sprint Backlog

• identify at least three essential characteristics of the Sprint Backlog.
• demonstrate how the Sprint Backlog can be changed without endangering the Sprint Goal.

Definition of “Done”

• explain the importance of a strong definition of “Done” and describe at least two risks associated with a weaker definition of “Done.”
• outline at least one way to create a definition of “Done.”
• identify at least two reasons why multiple teams working on the same Product Backlog have a shared and consistent definition of “Do

Scrum Master Core Competencies

Facilitation

• describe at least three situations in which the Scrum Master could serve the needs of the Scrum Team or organization through facilitation.
• demonstrate at least three techniques for facilitating group decision making.

Coaching

• restate how facilitating, teaching, mentoring, and coaching are different.
• apply at least one technique that could help resolve a challenge faced by a Scrum Team.