Scrum Master Certification Training: Leading teams and projects to success

Introduction – why agile?

• Overview of agile project management – what is it?
• Differences to classic project management.
• Benefits and challenges.

Agile work – how can it succeed?

• Values and principles.
• Demands on agile projects at a technical level for IT projects.
• Transferability of agile methods to projects outside the IT sector.

Agile methods and tools

• Scrum, user stories, timeboxing, increments, sprint backlog, burndown charts and other agile approaches.

Agile planning – a contradiction?

• Agile analysis and design.
• Procedures for cost and resource estimation.
• Procedures for agile development.

Project controlling and communication

• Stakeholder management.
• Risk management.
• Quality assurance.

Agile roles and the team

• Responsibility, collaboration and commitment in agile teams.
• Effective team- and self-monitoring.
• Communication in teams.

Learning and continuous improvement

• “Tailoring” – adapting the process to your own reality.
• Knowledge management – the learning project management organisation.

Certification preparation and Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)* exam in accordance with Scrum.org

• What you need to know and how you can best prepare.
• How the exam works and how to pass.
• Certification exam.

• You’re familiar with the benefits and challenges of agile project work.
• You can apply the principles of agile management to your topics.
• You’re familiar with the role of the agile Scrum Master and know how to support Scrum Teams in implementation.
• You know which content is relevant for the exam and prepare for the exam during the training.

After attending this seminar, you will receive confirmation that you have completed 18,50 PDUs.
You complete the Professional Scrum Master I* exam on the third day of training. Please bring your own laptop with you.
The seminar and the exam (60 minutes) are in English.
The exam fee is included in the price of the seminar.
*The Professional Scrum Master I assessment is fully owned and maintained by Scrum.org.

Project leaders, project managers, team leaders, software developers.