The Fearless Agility Virtual Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Workshops & Certified Scrum Product Owner Workshops are 2-or-4 Day intensive introductions to the principles, practices, values, and mechanics of Scrum. Through a combination of small group discussions and online collaboration activities, students learn how to become effective members of a Scrum team. These virtual workshops are appropriate for Team Members, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Stakeholders, and anyone working closely with Scrum Teams.
Who are workshops for?
Fearless Agility's virtual Certified Scrum Product Owner workshop is appropriate for individuals with a desire to expand their marketable skills and/or develop an Agile career path, anyone seeking strong foundational Agile skills and Scrum certification, and organizations and/or business units who are ready to adopt an Agile approach with one or more pilot teams willing to act as a test bed for the larger organization. Our typical virtual CSPO workshop often contains an eclectic mix of:
Neurodivergent learners
Anyone pivoting career paths and starting to learn about Scrum
College / University Students
Technical Individual Team Members
Business Analysts
Consultants
Scrum Masters & Product Owners
Project, Product, and Line Managers who work closely with Scrum Teams
Directors and C-Level Executives
CSM Workshops:
What you will learn?
Our 2-Day Certified Scrum Master (CSM) class is an intensive, fun, interactive session designed to leverage the diverse background of the participants through facilitated discussion, activities, storytelling, and Fearless Agility’s unique “full immersion” approach. The following topics will be covered:
Overview of Scrum and Agile Theory & Principles
What is Scrum?
What is the theory underlying the Scrum Framework?
What does a “Sprint” look like?
What are the "Scrum Principles"?
When and why might Scrum be appropriate?
What does “Agile” really mean?
Scrum’s Accountabilities and Events
Overview of the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developer Accountabilities
Sprint Planning
The Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
The Scrum Artifacts
Write an effective Product Goal
The Product Backlog and its purpose
Crafting concise Product Backlog Items
Product Backlog Refinement
Options for prioritizing the Product Backlog
The Sprint Backlog and its purpose
The Product Increment and its purpose
The Scrum “Immersion”: A Practical Application of Scrum’s Principles
Create a real Product Backlog to solve a real world problem
Be part of a virtual Scrum Team in real time based on Fearless Agility's years of working with distributed teams
Build a real Product Increment and get feedback from other participants
What will you get?
- 2 days of LIVE full-immersion, fun, and interactive learning. No death by Powerpoint, Slides or Pre-Recorded Material.
- Downloadable and online practice exams with questions written by a contributor to the official original exam.
- Access to Fearless Agility’s online Collaboration Space with all course materials, additional references, and additional practice questions.
- "Bulletproof" preparation for the CSM exam (and follow up help if you need it).
- Industry leading CSM certification upon successful completion of Scrum Alliance Exam.
- Exam fees included with your class registration.
- 2-year membership to the Scrum Alliance.
- 14 PDUs toward your PMI-ACP application or existing PMI certification.
Upon successful completion of the course, attendees are eligible to earn their Scrum Alliance CSM Certificate by taking the online CSM Exam, provided via email by the Scrum Alliance. Fearless Agility guarantees you will pass the exam - if not on the first attempt, we'll help you until you do.
CSPO Workshops:
What you will learn?
Our 2-day Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) class is an intensive interactive session designed to leverage the diverse background of the participants through facilitated discussion, activities and Fearless Agility’s unique “full immersion” approach. The following topics will be covered:
Scrum Flow
Agile Product Owner Accountability
The Product Backlog (Creation and Management)
Planning and Estimation
Working with the Customer
Scrum in Large Organizations
What will you get?
- 2 days of LIVE full-immersion, fun, and interactive learning, No death by Powerpoint, Slides or Pre-Recorded Material.
- Access to Fearless Agility’s online Collaboration Space with all course materials and additional references.
- Industry leading CSPO Certification upon successful workshop completion (no exam required).
- 2-year membership to the Scrum Alliance.
- 14 PDUs toward your PMI-ACP application or existing PMI certification.
Upon successful completion of the course, attendees earn their Scrum Alliance CSPO Certificate. (At this time the Scrum Alliance does not require a CSPO Exam)
Why choose Fearless Agility?
Nobody ever learned anything useful by looking at slides while some "expert" droned on and on. So we ditch the PowerPoint, roll up our sleeves, and get participants working using a proven high-energy activity-based approach that has helped thousands worldwide earn their certification while taking useful practical skills back to work. This is real world knowledge and experience from someone who has lived in the Agile trenches for 20 years. It goes beyond the classroom theory that just anyone can provide to high-impact content with everything you need and nothing you don't.
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