A Certified Scrum Developer is the initial level certification for the members of the Scrum team and those who are needed to interact with them. The main objective behind this certification is to impart the required appropriate knowledge to the Scrum team members so that they can fairly participate in the scrum project. If your business environment undergoes rapid changes then scrum helps in dealing with the same.
Scrum Master Certification professionals are facilitators who affirm that the Scrum team is equipped with an environment that is capable of assisting the successful completion of the project. The Scrum Master is responsible for guiding, facilitating and teaching Scrum practices to all those who are involved in the project. It too ensures that the Scrum processes are being followed.
The course outline includes the following:
Introduction: This chapter describes the purpose and framework of the Scrum methodology.
Overview of Agile: It provides an overview of Agile under which comes: Agile Manifesto; Agile Principles; what has changed with Agile; Declaration of Interdependence; and Agile Methods
Scrum Overview: It gives information about the basic concept of Scrum. It contains a summary of its principles, aspects, and processes.
Scrum Roles (Organization Aspect): It talks about role guides; the core and non-core roles associated with a Scrum project.
Initiate: This is a phase which includes processes related to the initial stage of a project like Creation of Project Vision; Identifying Scrum Master training and Stakeholder(s); Forming of Scrum Team; Developing Epic(s); Creating Prioritized Product Backlog; and Conducting Release Planning.
Plan & Estimate: This phase includes processes related to planning and estimating tasks.
Implement: The Implement phase is a phase which includes processes related to the execution of tasks and creation of a project’s product.
Review and Retrospect: It is concerned with determining ways to improve practices and methods that are used for project execution.
Release: This phase emphasizes on delivering the Accepted Deliverables to the customer and identifying, documenting, and internalizing the lessons learned during the project.
Scaling Scrum: It talks about the scalability of Scrum; the Scrum in Programs and Portfolios; Scrum of Scrums Meetings; Maintenance of Stakeholder Involvement, and Importance of Executive Support.
Training by: Global IT consulting firms can provide the above training.
