Course Code:
systematicbspk
Duration:
14 hours
Prerequisites:
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Overview:
- Goal: Equip Scrum Masters with practical tools and facilitation techniques to lead scrum through common organisational constraints
- Delivery: Scrum events to be used throughout - backlogs and mini-sprints, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and team coaching.
Course Outline:
Day 1
- Welcome & Course Orientation
- Introductions, objectives, set training goal - we’ll run iterative sprints over both days
- Planning the Simulation Project - Build a “Lego Zoo”
- Define Product Vision & Roadmap activity
- Create initial backlog
- Define the first Sprint Goal
Break
Sprint 1 Planning & Execution: Facilitation Without Controlling
- Simulated Sprint Planning
- Discussion: Scrum values (Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage)
- Activity: Delegation without doing it for the team
- How to enable Sprint Planning with an absent Product Owner
- “Absent Product Owner” simulation & debrief
- Build the product increment
Daily Stand-up #1
- Simulated stand-up
- Teach facilitation/time-boxing techniques
Lunch
- Building and Refining the Backlog
- Refine initial Product Backlog from Vision and outline Roadmap - Now, Next, Later
- Effective story writing, acceptance criteria, BDD basics
- Backlog Refinement when no new work is coming in - team quality objectives
Break
Sprint 1 Retrospective
- Retrospective simulation with techniques: Start/Stop/Continue, Sailboat
- Feedback methods: Constructive vs. Complaining
- Engagement tips for retrospectives
Sprint 2 Planning & Execution: Commitment
- Simulate Sprint Planning
- Review agile principles - welcome changing requirements
- Build the product increment
Break & Micro-retro
Daily Stand-up #2
- Simulated stand-up
- Teach facilitation/time-boxing techniques
Building and Refining the Backlog
- Further Product refinement
- Story sizing and estimating
Sprint Monitoring & Progress Tracking
- Output vs. Outcome thinking
- Agile management tools ?
- Hands-on: Burnup/Burndown chart activity
Day 2
Welcome back activity
Daily Stand-up #3
- Stand-up variations: Who/What/When vs. Yesterday/Today/Blockers
- Efficiency boosters: round-robin, token pass, three-question format
Re-estimating and Mid-Sprint Adjustments
- Empirical thinking and “Meet After” mindset
- Re-sizing, re-prioritising using actual backlog items
- Discuss when/why re-estimation is valid
Sprint 3 Planning & Execution: Focus on value
- Simulated Sprint Planning
- Review agile principles - satisfy the customer
- Build a product
Break & Micro-retro
Removing Impediments Without Micro-managing
- Discussion: Common patterns and how to shift responsibility to the team
- Empowering team members to take ownership
Daily Stand-up #4
- Time box challenge: run an 8-minute stand-up
Lunch
Building Team Engagement & Self-Organisation
- How to keep team focused and reduce interruptions
- T-shaped people activity
- Sprint learning + creating focus time as a Scrum Master
- Managing reporting & non-dev tasks within Scrum framework
Break & Micro-retro
Sprint 4 Planning & Execution: Focus on skills
- Simulated Sprint Planning
- Review agile principles - the best solutions emerge from self-organising teams
- Build a product
Collaboration & Improvement
- Levels of coaching (team, org, individual)
- Coaching teams , role modelling, and servant-leadership
- 1:1 coaching activity ( paired practice )
- Scrum Masters as agents of organisational change
Course Retrospective & Close-out
- Try a different retro method: Lean Coffee or 3Ls (Liked, Learned, Lacked)
- Embedding learning - team velocity, backlog quality, stakeholder engagement
- Final Q&A and personal action planning