Team Primer in Scrum

Note: this course is customisable

Duration: 2-3 days

Topics Covered (sample)

• Introduction to Agile and Scrum
• Scrum Theory and Values
• Scrum Overview:
  • Scrum Roles: ScrumMaster, Product Owner and Development Team roles
  • Scrum Events: The Sprint, Sprint planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, Retrospective (and Backlog refinement)
  • Scrum Artefacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
  • Artefact Transparency: Definition of Done
• Estimation and planning in Scrum using story points and planning poker
• Self-organising cross-functional teams
• Effective user stories
• Whole team thinking
• Agile testing

Exercises will be used throughout the course allowing the team to practice the elements of scrum together. Where possible the teams own project artefacts will be used (e.g. selected Epics and user stories).

Who should attend: Scrum team members (Developers, Testers, DBAs, etc.) who want a common understanding of Scrum and its application to their specific context.