Scrum Teams succeed best with a solid foundation. This two-day Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF) course prepares individuals and teams to use Scrum effectively. Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts and rules are emphasized with a focus on practical application.
Common missteps in the adoption of Scrum have been seen over and over again. Rather than coaching teams back from a poorly functioning Scrum implementation, PSF exposes these common missteps. It increases the awareness of the associated symptoms, and provides prescriptive guidance to avoid going off track.
The PSF course is the perfect introduction to Scrum for anyone new to the framework. Whether your team needs a flawless Scrum launch or needs to reboot a struggling Scrum implementation, this class lays the foundations. This course also provides the foundation of knowledge needed for role-focused training for Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Developers.
The Professional Scrum Foundations course is appropriate for anyone working on or with a Scrum Team. The course is especially well suited to:
- Organizations or teams investigating Scrum
- Those currently struggling with Scrum, or
- Those beginning to utilize Scrum in their development environment.
The PSF course is most effective as a training event for a dedicated team.
PSF Syllabus
In addition to the subjects noted below, students actively participate in the Scrum process with realistic and practical hands-on exercises that reinforce the learning points. Practicing Scrum ensures that students complete the class with new skills in addition to new knowledge and theory.
The Scrum Framework
Students dive into the Scrum software development framework including, roles and responsibilities, principles, artifacts, events and time boxes, and rules and customs.
Introducing Scrum and Agile
This module discusses the current state of Scrum. Topics include the origins of Scrum, misconceptions of the framework, the value that Scrum provides, and an exploration of self-organization as a power tool for increasing productivity.
Scrum Planning
Learn practical techniques of planning releases, managing Product Backlogs, keeping Sprints on track, and maintaining healthy team behaviors. Although many effective techniques exist for expressing requirements, this module equips teams to discover, express, and decompose requirements as Backlog Items using proven techniques.
Keeping Scrum Healthy
This module focuses on common missteps teams make when adopting Scrum, and strategies to avoid them. In addition to discussing typical patterns/anti-patterns in this module, class attendees practice some of the more courageous conversations that commonly occur.
Getting Started
Following an excellent training event, Teams often struggle implementing what seemed so reasonable just a few days ago. This discussion helps attendees plan and prepare to actually be effective with Scrum immediately, marking the PSF as the true catalyst for change and increasing agility within your organization.
PSF Assessment and Certification
Scrum.org certification requires a minimum score on a rigorous assessment. The PSF course leads to the PSM I assessment. If you complete the Professional Scrum Foundation course you will receive a link and password to take the PSM I assessment. Successfully pass it and you’ll earn the industry-recognized “PSM I” certification and your name will be posted on the Professional Scrum Master I certification list.
Course Prerequisites and Expectations of Students
Attendees of a Professional Scrum Foundation course will be able to make the most of their experience if they:
- Have read the Scrum Guide™ (required).
- Have been on or closely involved with a project that builds or enhances a product.
- Want to know more about how Scrum works, how to use it, and how it could help their team.