This course is a 2 day training with a goal to explain the what how and why do we do Scrum. The course will go through all of the major topics related to scrum including: Agile, the Scrum framework, self organizing teams and engineering practices that are common for Scrum teams.

In addition to the theoretical know-how that we will cover, a lot of exercises and discussions will take place in order to get a feel of things. During those two days, the participants will gradually simulate a real Scrum project with all of it’s aspects (except the actual coding).

Target Audience

The course is targeted for anyone who wishes to gain deep understanding of Scrum & Agile. Attending such a course will provide the necessary tools for you to get started with Scrum in your own organization. 
This course has been taken by everyone connected to a Scrum Team: The Product Owner, Team members, managers, and other stakeholders.

Workshop Outline

• Understanding the paradigm shift in software development
• Agile manifesto- What is it ? Where does it come from?
• The Scrum framework
• Scrum values
• Scrum roles – Team, Product owner & Scrum master
• Scrum artifacts – Product backlog, Sprint backlog, Burndown charts
• Scrum ceremonies – Sprint planning, Sprint review, retrospective
• Definition of Done
• Team work – what does it really mean?
• Agile estimation and planning techniques
• Engineering practices commonly used in Scrum
• Self organizing team
• Scaling scrum

This is a general syllabus and in case of an in-house training, it is possible to make the necessary adjustments to make it more appropriate for your organization’s specific needs.