Donation only 1 day Agile & Scrum Training in Boulder , CO -8 PDUs

Course Description

This one-day training teaches the principles and practices that make Scrum effective at managing projects. This is not a lecture-based training but rather, fully participative and experiential. Exercises, demonstrations, facilitated discussions, and more are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught.
The participants will also get experience through a Scrum simulation where they will practice Scrum values, principles and practices by playing the roles of ScrumMaster,Product Owner and team member.

Objectives

This highly interactive one-day training will enable participants to:

• Understand the essence of Scrum; understand its values, foundations and adopt a new way of thinking.
• Understand how Scrum values and foundations are related to the practices
• Get a sense of what self-organization is (and is not)

Course Structure

Establishing Rapport

Activities to establish rapport and form groups that will work together for the session.

Participants work in small groups to identify specific learning objectives for the class.

Level Setting

Introduction to Agile Principles & Practices

Why Agile

Understanding Scrum

Overview Of Scrum

Roles and responsibilities
Scrum Ceremonies

Scrum Process

Creating User stories for requirements
Estimation of User Stories
Grooming Product Backlog
Release Planning
Collaboration and Communication with Daily Scrums
Tracking progress with Burndown charts
Retrospective
Monitoring Progress

Course Hands-On Exercise

A 90-minute Scrum simulation exercise, where the participants will get to apply all practices, principles and roles of scrum

Teams experience self-organization in a realistic environment

Intense retrospective practice

Who Should Attend

This course is appropriate for Project Managers, Product Managers, Team Leaders, Developers, Testers, Business Analysts; and anyone interested in learning more about Scrum and agile methods.

Outcome skills
At the end of the training the participants will have the confidence and understanding to begin to socialize Scrum at their own organization and support teams in improving their processes. Attendees of this training are eligible to earn 8 PDUs towards PMI certification

About your trainer: Erin Beierwaltes

Erin Beierwaltes has led teams from growing start-ups to multinational global companies with emphasis on improving efficiency of development groups and enhancing business processes since 2003.

As an Agile Coach and Certified ScrumMaster she has transitioned groups from waterfall to scrum and has seen the positive effects Agile processes can play in a company. In an effort to improve the next generation of developers and business leaders, Erin routinely acts as a guest lecture for graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Colorado