Experience Scrum first hand.
Product delivery, obtaining quick feedback and realizing quick value becomes your new normal.
Course Overview
Applying Professional Scrum™ (APS) is a hands-on, activity-based course in which students experience how Professional Scrum and the Scrum framework improve their ability to deliver value compared to traditional methods. Scrum provides a better way of working that highlights the use of experimentation, incremental delivery of customer value, frequent feedback loops, and the fostering of strong team dynamics.
The course provides an active learning environment for students to engage in discussion, team-based exercises, and individual reflection. During the course, students work in Scrum Teams over a series of Sprints to learn Scrum while using Scrum.
Subject Areas
- Using Scrum
- Working within a Scrum Team
- Self-Managing Teams
- Definition of Done
- Scrum Events, Values and Artifacts
- Reducing complexity and risk through experience
Objectives
- Learn about Agility and how Scrum differs from traditional plan-driven work models
- Develop an Agile mindset by focusing on professionalism, experimentation, and outcomes
- Learn (or relearn) the fundamentals of Scrum and how to apply them correctly
- Develop an understanding of what it is like to use Scrum and if it is right for your team
- Learn how to be a great Scrum Team member, or how to support a great Scrum Team
- Leave the class with ways to identify common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Use a set of proven practices throughout the class that enhance application of Scrum
- Identify first steps in applying Professional Scrum with your team