Course Outline

Agile way of thinking

·      Concepts of Agile

o  The candidate can

o  Explain the Agile perspective

o  Explain how Agility brings predictability and flexibility

·      Continuously improving the process

o  The candidate can

o  Explain how to use continuous improvement

·      Other frameworks and other Agile frameworks

o  The candidate can

o  Recognize different frameworks and methodologies: Waterfall, Crystal, Lean, XP, DSDM, DevOps

·      Applying Agile principles in IT Service Management 2.5%

o  The candidate can

o  Explain how to implement Agile principles within IT Service Management

Scrum Master Role

·      Responsibilities and commitment

o  The candidate can

o  Explain which tasks and obligations belong to the Scrum Master role

o  Define which solutions are applicable for solving problems

o  Explain which tools to use to ease the team

·      Coaching the team and mediating

o  The candidate can

o  Explain when and how to negotiate through conflict

o  Define how to mentor and challenge the team

o  Explain the importance of training

·      Other roles (Product Owner, Development Team)

o  The candidate can

o  Explain all roles within the Scrum framework

Agile Estimating, Planning, Monitoring, and Control

·      Writing and maintaining the Product and Sprint Backlog

o  The candidate can

o  Explain why a decent Definition of Done is so important

o  Create and recognize good User Stories

o  Explain how to maintain the Product Backlog and how to add Product Backlog Items

·      Agile Planning

o  The candidate can

o  Explain iterative planning in all the planning stages: Roadmap, Release, and Sprint Planning

o  Explain the role of the Scrum Master in all the planning stages: Roadmap, Release, and Sprint Planning

·      Agile Estimation

o  The candidate can

o  Explain when and how to estimate utilizing Story Points, Ideal Hours, and Ideal Days

o  Explain how to tutor a planning session, with and without Planning Poker

o  Recognize errors in estimation

o  Explain how to calculate ROI (Return on Investment)

·      Tracking and communicating progress

o  The candidate can

o  Identify impediments, deviations, road obstructions, and other obstacles that impact the progress positively and negatively

o  Explain how to create Information Radiators, how to depict them, and how to act on the outcomes

o  Explain commonly used tracking techniques (Burn-Down Chart, Velocity)

·      Staying in control

o  The candidate can

o  Explain how to manage problems, bugs and informing

Complex Projects

·      Scaling Agile projects

o  The candidate can

o  Explain how to utilize the Product Backlog in a scaled environment

o  Explain how to proportion to larger teams using Scrum-of-Scrums

·      Suitability of Agile for various types of projects

o  The candidate can

o  Explain in which cases it is preposterous to use Agile

o  Identify the restrictions of a Scrum Team

o  Agile administration in tooling and tool integration

o  The candidate can

o  Explain which tools can assist a team in using or adopting Agile and thereby increasing the quality of the development process

Adopting Agile

·      Introducing Agile

o  The candidate can

o  Explain which project management activities are imperative to include in the transition plan

o  Define which milestones are significant in the transition

o  Explain how to manage with resistance to change

·      Self-organization

o  The candidate can

o  Explain what self-organization means and how project management is shared

o  Explain what it means to have a cross-functional team

·      Agile requirements and legitimate environment

o  The candidate can

o  Explain what changes in culture should be made before adopting Agile

o  Explain what physical changes need to be made before adopting Agile

Conclusion

·      Invensis Learning’s Agile Scrum Master looks to confirm both skills and knowledge of the Agile framework and Scrum methodology. Agile Scrum is about working together to reach a goal successfully. Agile methodologies are famous approaches in software development and are increasingly being utilized in other fields. Scrum practices include establishing cross-functional and self-managed groups, producing a working deliverable at the end of every iteration or Sprint.

·      The Scrum Master is a facilitator for an agile development team. As a result, there is a huge demand for highly skilled Scrum Masters worldwide. LinkedIn ranked Scrum Master as one of the top 10 promising jobs of 2019. So, if you are a capable candidate, there are a lot of opportunities for you out there.