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Applying Professional Scrum (APS)
Applying Professional Scrum (APS) is a 2-day course that teaches Scrum in a highly practical way. Working in a series of Sprints, participants build a real product while facing real-life problems. The mechanics, accountabilities, values, and empirical processes of Scrum are demonstrated by actually experiencing them. Common missteps and misunderstandings are discussed so participants grow a higher awareness of their symptoms.
Full Course DescriptionApplying Professional Scrum (APS) Course Details
Applying Professional Scrum is excellent training for teams and anyone wanting to experience the Scrum way of working. The course also provides the foundation of knowledge needed for role-focused training for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Developers.
APS Learning Outcomes
Fundamentals of Scrum
This module introduces the fundaments of complexity and empiricism underpinning the Scrum framework.
The Scrum Framework
- Accountabilities – Scrum Master, Product Owner, Developers - Events – Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint - Artifacts – Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
Scrum Implementation
- Planning - Estimating - Scrum Measurements - Self-managing Teams - Release Planning - Reporting
Beyond this Classroom Experience
- Define what's next for your team and/or your organization. Students will create a Scrum implementation backlog - How will you apply what you learned in the class? - Discuss the challenges in your organization - How to keep Scrum healthy? - Patterns and Anti Patterns
Who Is the APS Course For?
Existing or new Scrum team members
Project and Program Managers
Anyone who is responsible for delivering value and positively impacting customers.
It is an ideal class for a team to take together before starting out with Scrum (and making all the common mistakes).