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Scrum Certification Bootcamp

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Principles and practices for the PSM-I

  • Be better prepared to take the PSM-I assessment
  • Be a better Scrum Master or work more effectively with scrum teams
  • Understand the Scrum.org mindset of Professional Scrum

The PSM-I is one of the most well established and sought-after certifications in Agile for demonstrating a thorough grasp of scrum values and principles. It is often a prerequisite for Scrum Master roles. Those achieving PSM-I will have a better understanding of scrum and how to use it to deliver value to organizations and scrum team members.

Join Professional Scrum trainer Duncan Evans for a two-day bootcamp that’ll help get you ready for PSM-I certification. You’ll be introduced to each of the PSM-I topics and get answers to questions that may have arisen during your prerequisite reading of course materials. You’ll learn the principles behind scrum that you’ll need to pass the exam, understand the “why” behind the exam questions, and be better prepared to direct further study toward certification.

NOTE: With today’s registration, you’ll be signed up for both sessions. Although you can attend the sessions individually, we recommend participating in both days.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Understand expectations of Scrum Masters
  • Define “done” and explore its implications for quality (a typically low-scoring topic in assessment results)
  • Explore and understand all PSM-I assessment topics

This live event is for you because...

  • You want to become a Certified Professional Scrum Master PSM-I.
  • You’re a Scrum Master, developer, or delivery practitioner.
  • You work with scrum teams in any role and want to be more effective.

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with scrum framework basics
  • Read the most recent version of the Scrum Guide (the PSM-I assessment assumes knowledge of up-to-date information)

Recommended preparation:

Recommended follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Day 1

Empiricism (30 minutes)

  • Presentation: How scrum is built on an empirical model of transparency, inspection, and adaptation
  • Group discussion: What kind of work is suitable for this kind of empirical approach?
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Scrum values (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: Review the scrum values of focus, openness, courage, commitment, and respect
  • Group discussion: How can a Scrum Master or leader use these values?
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A
  • Break

Self-managing teams (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: How leadership in scrum is built on the principles of self-managing teams
  • Hands-on exercises: Explore self-management myths and facts; answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Scrum team (20 minutes)

  • Hands-on exercises: Explore accountability in a scrum team; answer simulated exam questions
  • Group discussion: The differences between roles in traditional versus scrum teams
  • Q&A

Scrum artifacts (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: Review the purpose of the product backlog, sprint backlog, and increment
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A
  • Break

Scrum events (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: The purpose of scrum events in creating a regular cadence; thinking time—taking time to carefully consider options, review plans, and decide what to do (inspecting the current situation and new data); execution time—timeboxing the thinking time and dedicating most of the productive hours to building working product
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Definition of “done” (30 minutes)

  • Presentation: How the definition of “done” promotes professional standards for quality
  • Group discussion: Common misconceptions about the definition of “done”
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Exam tips (10 minutes)

  • Presentation: Tips on things to look out for in the exam
  • Q&A

Day 2

Product backlog management (30 minutes)

  • Presentation: Characteristics of a good product backlog
  • Hands-on exercises: Explore the difference between core and complementary practice; answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Product value (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: What is value?
  • Group discussion: Differing forms of value in different product classes, industries, and applications
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A
  • Break

Forecasting and release planning (30 minutes)

  • Presentation: Forecasting in a complex environment
  • Group discussion: Options for estimating the size of backlog items and for planning releases
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Facilitation (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: What facilitation services can a Scrum Master provide?
  • Hands-on exercises: Explore scenarios in which facilitation might be a good approach; answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A
  • Break

Coaching and mentoring (30 minutes)

  • Presentation: Professional coaching and how this fits with Scrum Master accountability
  • Hands-on exercises: Explore how a Scrum Master might respond in coaching scenarios; answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Stakeholders and customers (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: The relationship between happy customers, happy stakeholders, and value
  • Group discussion: How can product owners make the right decisions?
  • Hands-on exercise: Answer simulated exam questions
  • Q&A

Final tips for the assessment (20 minutes)

  • Scrum.org exam technique and patterns to watch out for
  • Q&A

Your Instructor

  • Duncan Evans

    Duncan is the Head of Training, using his experience as a consultant, Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) and scrum master. He has a proven track record for delivering high quality products, using these skills to help others build better products as a consultant, coach and trainer. While working as a scrum master his focus was to ensure relevant, valuable products were developed by facilitating decision making at regular intervals.

    Now leading the development of Agility in Mind’s training services, Duncan creates and delivers new content, trains our clients across the world, on-site and through the Live Virtual Classroom he introduced and mastered. Along with this, he is one of the most active PSTs in Europe.