Certified ScrumMaster/Advanced

For Advanced Scrum Users

As an experienced ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Agile Coach or Manager in an Agile Enterprise, you have started working with Scrum, read one or more of the books and have some understanding of Scrum. Maybe you feel some of the pieces of the puzzle are missing? Or are you working within a Scrum Team, but have the feeling you are not making any progress? Even if you already are a Certified ScrumMaster, you are looking for answers to hard questions.

How do you scale Scrum? How do you deal with organizational impediments and team dysfunctions? How do you improve the quality of engineering?

Two experienced trainers/coaches from DasScrumTeam review the essentials of Scrum and address topics identified and prioritized by you, the participants. Learn how experienced ScrumMasters and Coaches deal with difficult situations! Get ready to take your team or your organization to the next level. So bring your list of questions which the books just didn't answer!

After taking this course, you should:

• Have solidified your understanding of Scrum and Agile Development
• Learned how to apply Scrum to complex situations
• Have many ideas on how to improve the development process in your organization.

With two sometimes conflicting perspectives from experienced Scrum Masters, you should sharpen your understanding, increase your experience and improve your judgment in applying Scrum. And of course, you qualify to become a Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (online test required) or your membership is extended if you already are a CSM.


Topics

Much of the course content is driven by the participants. The list below is a summary of possible contents:

• Scrum Refresher
  


• Agile Values & Principles
  
• Roles in Scrum: ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Team
• Rituals (Meetings): Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Retrospective
• Documents and Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Task board, Burn Down Charts


• The Team: Organizing self-organization
• The ScrumMaster: How do I fill the role?
  
• Finishing the Sprint and Scrum Reporting
  
• Typical Scrum Problems: Case Studies and Countermeasures
  
• Scrum Team Works: Tools, Scaling, Techniques
• My task as ScrumMaster: Questions and Answers

Throughout the course, exercises, games and simulations help you deepen you experience of Scrum first hand.

Your Trainers

Peter Stevens and ( Peter Beck or Andreas Schliep ) - Check the course announcement for details.

Audience and Prerequisites

This course is ideal for Scrum Masters, Project Leaders, Product Owners or IT Managers who wish to deepen their understanding of Scrum.

You should have previous experience with Scrum. This can be gained by taking the Scrum Jumpstart course, studying the standard literature on Scrum, or working in a Scrum Project. If in doubt, please contact us for more information.

Certification

Participants who successfully complete the course become Certified Scrum Masters and receive a 1 year membership in the Scrum Alliance.

Effective 1 October 2009, all CSMs will be required to complete a Certified ScrumMaster course and pass a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) online certification exam to maintain certification.  Please read more about Scrum certification from the Scrum Alliance.

Registration

• Duration: 2 days 
  
• Location: Zurich, Switzerland — c/o Digicomp Academy
• Time: Coffee and Registration 8:30, Course Times from 9:00 to 17.00 (with 17:30 for overflow)
• For prices and dates: continue to Registration

You can also book Certified Scrum Master Training as an In-House training in English or German for your company. Please contact us for more information.