This practical 2-day course consists of lectures, many short exercises and role playing. The hands-on “scrum/agile experience” will be approximately 1/3 of class time.

The course and the course materials will be in English.
In case some language assistance is needed one of the organizers can provide some help.

Introduction

• Agile Values
• Scrum Origins
• Scrum and Change
• Empirical Process Control
• Companies Using Scrum
• Compliance with CMM

Scrum Process and Roles

• Scrum Flow
• Scrum Roles
• ScrumMaster challenges including Team dynamics, ScrumMaster selection, Performance Appraisals
• The Role of Project Managers and Functional Managers in Scrum

Requirements Management

• Software Overproduction
• Product Backlog
• User Stories

Release Management

• Sustainable Pace
• Planning Overview
• Estimating
• Planning
• Tracking

Working with Sprints

• Sprint Workflow and Characteristics
• Sprint Estimating and Planning
• Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective
• Sprint Reporting

Getting Started in Scrum

• Just do it
• The Nature and Anatomy of Change
• Scrum Adoption Stages
• Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches
• Piece-Meal Growth

Large and Distributed Scrum Projects

• Master Product Backlog and the Product Owner team
• Organic Growth
• Team Set-Up
• Multi-team Planning and Coordination
• Shared Norms and Assets
• Distributed Scrum Project Tips

The Visual Workplace Development Practices

• Agile Modelling
• Vertical Slices
• XP/Lean Development Practices