BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER
You are a ScrumMaster or aspiring ScrumMaster who wants to unleash your teams in this new Agile world! You know what The Scrum Guide says and you’ve been overseeing the team’s events and updating their Scrum board. But surely there must be more to it? How do you facilitate the team’s growth through their events? How do you coach them to self organization and reach high-performance? What about Agile processes? And where does project management fit in?
Becoming a Great ScrumMaster is an interactive, virtual course. Zoom in from the office, home or wherever you are. The 6-month program consists of weekly 2-hour interactive sessions hosted by experienced practitioners who have helped many aspiring ScrumMasters reach their potential. In each class you will learn and practice skills and tools in a safe setting and receive impact feedback. You will then apply these new learnings and techniques with your teams between sessions in the real world. Professional coaches will guide you through your journey through individual coaching.
Go from Good to Great.
BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER
You are a ScrumMaster or aspiring ScrumMaster who wants to unleash your teams in this new Agile world! You know what theThe Scrum Guide says and you’ve been overseeing the team’s events and updating their Scrum board. But surely there must be more to it? How do you facilitate the team’s growth through their events? How do you coach them to self organization and reach high-performance? What about Agile processes? And where does project management fit in?
Becoming a Great ScrumMaster is an interactive, virtual course. Zoom in from the office, home or wherever you are. The 6-month program consists of weekly 2-hour interactive sessions hosted by experienced practitioners who have helped many aspiring ScrumMasters reach their potential. In each class you will learn and practice skills and tools in a safe setting and receive impact feedback. You will then apply these new learnings and techniques with your teams between sessions in the real world. Professional coaches will guide you through your journey through individual coaching.
Go from Good to Great.
BECOMING
A GREAT SCRUMMASTER
You are a ScrumMaster or aspiring ScrumMaster who wants to unleash your teams in this new Agile world! You know what The Scrum Guide says and you’ve been overseeing the team’s events and updating their Scrum board. But surely there must be more to it? How do you facilitate the team’s growth through their events? How do you coach them to self organization and reach high-performance? What about Agile processes? And where does project management fit in?
Becoming a Great ScrumMaster is an interactive, virtual course. Zoom in from the office, home or wherever you are. The 6-month program consists of weekly 2-hour interactive sessions hosted by experienced practitioners who have helped many aspiring ScrumMasters reach their potential. In each class you will learn and practice skills and tools in a safe setting and receive impact feedback. You will then apply these new learnings and techniques with your teams between sessions in the real world. Professional coaches will guide you through your journey through individual coaching.
Go from Good to Great.
COURSE INFORMATION
REGISTRATION CLOSES:
One week prior to start of course
COURSE STARTS:
January 2021
COURSE DURATION:
Every Thursday for 6 months (January to July)
TIME COMMITMENT:
4 hours per week
TIME ZONE:
7 – 9pm Central African Time
12 – 2pm Eastern Time (1 – 3pm EDT from March 2021)
Please use this TIMEZONE CONVERTER to check your local time.
PRICE:
USD 3 000.00 using PayPal
South Africa and other developing countries:
R 25 000.00 (excl VAT)
The fee can be paid once off, or it can be spread over 3 payments of USD 1 050.00 OR R 9 000.00 (excl VAT) each. The first payment is due on acceptance to the course.
WHY ATTEND THIS CLASS
We invite you on a journey to become a great ScrumMaster. This virtual ScrumMaster course starts where certified ScrumMaster training leaves off. It is deep, experiential and requires dedication. We will explore the intricacies of Scrum, of creating happy, healthy high-performance teams, of developing yourself as an Agile leader. Learn how to truly embody the Agile philosophy and bring it to the people you work with. Become practiced in facilitation, mentoring and coaching. Learn how to work with conflict and resistance, both in your own team and in the broader organisations.
The virtual course format allows you to truly live what you are learning, applying it to your team every week, and bringing back your challenges into the learning space.
WHY ATTEND THIS CLASS
We invite you on a journey to become a great ScrumMaster. This virtual ScrumMaster course starts where certified ScrumMaster training leaves off. It is deep, experiential and requires dedication. We will explore the intricacies of Scrum, of creating happy, healthy high-performance teams, of developing yourself as an Agile leader. Learn how to truly embody the Agile philosophy and bring it to the people you work with. Become practiced in facilitation, mentoring and coaching. Learn how to work with conflict and resistance, both in your own team and in the broader organisations.
The virtual course format allows you to truly live what you are learning, applying it to your team every week, and bringing back your challenges into the learning space.
BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER IS BEST FOR...
ScrumMasters and
aspiring ScrumMasters
Agile coaches who
develop ScrumMasters
Project managers becoming
or working with ScrumMasters
BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER IS BEST FOR...
ScrumMasters and
aspiring ScrumMasters
Agile coaches who
develop ScrumMasters
Project managers becoming
or working with ScrumMasters
BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER IS BEST FOR...
ScrumMasters and
aspiring ScrumMasters
Agile coaches who
develop ScrumMasters
Project managers becoming
or working with ScrumMasters
BECOMING A GREAT SCRUMMASTER
IS BEST FOR...
ScrumMasters and
aspiring ScrumMasters
Agile coaches who
develop ScrumMasters
Project managers becoming
or working with ScrumMasters
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
Scrum framework: Explore the nuances of the framework to prepare you for your role as Scrum “referee” and coach.
Agile values and principles: Understand where it all comes from and how the Scrum practices map to the Agile values and principles. Contrast Agile philosophy with traditional ways of doing.
ScrumMaster role: We’ll answer the question “What does a ScrumMaster do all day?”. Identify your individual development path.
Conflict: Understand sources of conflict. Identify conflict styles and models. Work with conflict in teams.
Agile in the organisation: Recognise and address organisational impediments and opportunities.
Essential Skills: Listen in the best way, a way to connect and understand. Facilitate meetings and discussions that empower teams to do their best work. Coach individuals and teams – learn to coach for growth, not performance. Mentor by putting individuals and interactions first and your expertise second.
Facilitating change: Learn how to make change successful and to work with resistance.
Creating self-organising teams: Know the conditions for self-organisation. Understand team formation and launch. Understand motivation. Create collaboration. Create high-performance teams.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
Scrum framework: Explore the nuances of the framework to prepare you for your role as Scrum “referee” and coach.
Agile values and principles: Understand where it all comes from and how the Scrum practices map to the Agile values and principles. Contrast Agile philosophy with traditional ways of doing.
ScrumMaster role: We’ll answer the question “What does a ScrumMaster do all day?”. Identify your individual development path.
Conflict: Understand sources of conflict. Identify conflict styles and models. Work with conflict in teams.
Agile in the organisation: Recognise and address organisational impediments and opportunities.
Essential Skills: Listen in the best way, a way to connect and understand. Facilitate meetings and discussions that empower teams to do their best work. Coach individuals and teams – learn to coach for growth, not performance. Mentor by putting individuals and interactions first and your expertise second.
Facilitating change: Learn how to make change successful and to work with resistance
Creating self-organising teams: Know the conditions for self-organisation. Understand team formation and launch. Understand motivation. Create collaboration. Create high-performance teams.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?
- Basic Agile training
- Working with a team whilst attending
- Attendance of the calls every week
- 2 hours homework every week
- A brief (15 min) virtual interview
- Computer with an up-to-date webbrowser and video camera,
headset & microphone and adequate bandwidth - Reasonably quiet space
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?
- Basic Agile training
- Working with a team whilst attending
- Attendance of the calls every week
- 2 hours homework every week
- A brief (15 min) virtual interview
- Computer with an up-to-date webbrowser and video camera, headset & microphone and adequate bandwidth
- Reasonably quiet space
WHAT THE 6-MONTH PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE
Module 1 –
Deep dive into
Scrum
#1: The Scrum framework
#2: Scrum roles and events
#3: More elements of Scrum, e.g Prioritised Product Backlog, Metrics, Risk, Issues
#4: Facilitation basics
#5: Retrospectives
#6: The Product Owner role
#7: Agile values and principles
#8: Close of module 1 / teaching basics
Module 2 – Growing yourself into an Agile Ambassador
#9: The ScrumMaster Role
#10: Understanding conflict
#11: Listening with skill
#12: Observation – an essential ScrumMaster skill
#13: Facilitating change
#14: Introduction to coaching and Powerful Questions
#15: More facilitation skills
#16: ScrumMaster as problem solver and mentor
Module 3 – Working
with your team and organisation
#17: Understanding team development
#18: Forming and launching strong teams
#19: Creating self organisation in a team
#20: Dealing with team conflict
#21: Solving organisation impediments
#22: Creating a collaborative environment
#23: Growing your team into a high performance team
#24: Team motivation
WHAT THE 6-MONTH PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE
Module 1 –
Deep dive into
Scrum
#1: The Scrum framework
#2: Scrum roles and events
#3: More elements of Scrum, e.g Prioritised Product Backlog, Metrics, Risk, Issues
#4: Facilitation basics
#5: Retrospectives
#6: The Product Owner role
#7: Agile values and principles
#8: Close of module 1 / teaching basics
Module 2 – Growing yourself into an Agile Ambassador
#9: The ScrumMaster Role
#10: Understanding conflict
#11: Listening with skill
#12: Observation – an essential ScrumMaster skill
#13: Facilitating change
#14: Introduction to coaching and Powerful Questions
#15: More facilitation skills
#16: ScrumMaster as problem solver and mentor
Module 3 – Working
with your team and organisation
#17: Understanding team development
#18: Forming and launching strong teams
#19: Creating self organisation in a team
#20: Dealing with team conflict
#21: Solving organisation impediments
#22: Creating a collaborative environment
#23: Growing your team into a high performance team
#24: Team motivation
WHAT THE 6-MONTH PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE
Module 1 – Deep dive into Scrum
#1: The Scrum framework
#2: Scrum roles and events
#3: More elements of Scrum, e.g Prioritised Product Backlog, Metrics, Risk, Issues
#4: Facilitation basics
#5: Retrospectives
#6: The Product Owner role
#7: Agile values and principles
#8: Close of module 1 / teaching basics
Module 2 – Growing yourself into an Agile Ambassador
#9: The ScrumMaster Role
#10: Understanding conflict
#11: Listening with skill
#12: Observation – an essential ScrumMaster skill
#13: Facilitating change
#14: Introduction to coaching and Powerful Questions
#15: More facilitation skills
#16: ScrumMaster as problem solver and mentor
Module 3 – Working with your team and organisation
#17: Understanding team development
#18: Forming and launching strong teams
#19: Creating self organisation in a team
#20: Dealing with team conflict
#21: Solving organisation impediments
#22: Creating a collaborative environment
#23: Growing your team into a high performance team
#24: Team motivation
MEET YOUR COACHES
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
MEET YOUR COACHES
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
MEET YOUR COACHES
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
MEET YOUR COACHES
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
Our experienced Agile coaches have invaluable experience and passion in the line of growing ScrumMasters. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals to reach their potential. Antoinette, William and Kari are excited to walk this journey with you.
