Duration: 2 days
Audience: Team Members, Functional Managers, Project Managers, Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners
Why attend this course?
- Are you a project manager interested in being a Scrum Master or Product owner?
- Are you looking for a way to apply your well-honed PM skills to Scrum?
- Are you looking to assess if your organization is ready for scrum?
Course Objectives
This two-day course covers the key components of Scrum and addresses the challenges of adopting an Agile project management approach. This course dispels many Agile “myths” and provides a realistic and practical approach for successful application of Scrum. As a founder of Scrum Ken Schwaber said, “Scrum is not a silver bullet.” Most organizations need to address supporting structures, processes and cultures before Agile can be successfully implemented.
Course topics include:
- Building a foundation in Agile – What is Agile and how has it changed over the years?
- Exploring why Scrum works, and how it can help your projects.
- Applying the Scrum Framework – Using the framework successfully, including principles, roles, rules, and artifacts required
- Developing high-performing teams – Building self-organizing, cross functional teams that work towards shared goals
- Realizing the “Art of Possible” – Fostering your organization to embrace Scrum
- Blending traditional Project Management and Scrum – Mapping Scrum to the PMBOK® – a practical approach to success
- Critical Success Factors for Implementing Scrum – Implementing Scrum while not losing control
Participants receive a course workbook that covers the details of each topic to assist during the course and serve as a tool for future reference and taking action when returning to the workplace.
Certification and PDUs: Guidance Technology also provides a certificate of completion of the Scrum Project Manager Course for each participant who successfully passes the SPM™ certification test. This test is taken after the completion of the course and validates that participants understand the basic tenets of Scrum. This is a PMI Category 4 course that can be used for 14 PDUs. Guidance Technology’s Scrum courses will also meet 14 hours of the required 21 contact hours that must be earned in Agile project management topics as part of the PMI-ACP application process. Click here for more details.
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This content is delivered by Dan Tousignant, PMP. A professional project manager and trainer, who, for over 15 years has successfully managed agile and traditional projects and has faced the challenges and seen the opportunities with adopting the Scrum Framework into traditional project management organizations.