Professional Scrum - Foundation

The Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF) course is a 2-day course that teaches Scrum in a highly practical way. Working in a series of Sprints, teams of students build a software application, thereby facing real-life problems. The mechanics, roles, principles and (empirical) process of Scrum are demonstrated. Common missteps and misunderstandings are discussed so students grow a higher awareness of their symptoms. Professional Scrum Foundations is an 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.

The 2-day Professional Scrum Foundations course provides the foundational knowledge needed to work with Scrum in a highly practical way. The course is a combination of instruction and team-based exercises where students experience how the Scrum Framework improves product development efforts.

Over the 2 days, students are introduced to the mechanics of Scrum, gaining insights into overcoming complexity, dealing with teambased collaboration and self-organisation as essential elements in mastering Scrum.

Students work together as a team in a series of Sprints to build a software application, thereby facing real-life problems. The mechanics, roles, and principles of Scrum are leveraged during the exercises. From its emphasis on the practical application of Scrum, the course exposes common missteps and misunderstandings so students grow a higher awareness of the associated symptoms. The course provides prescriptive guidance to avoid going off track and keep Scrum healthy.

• Fundamentals of Scrum
  

• The Scrum Framework
  

• Mastering Scrum 
  

• Planning with Scrum 
  

• Getting started
  

• Keeping Scrum healthy
  

The Professional Scrum Foundations course is the perfect introduction, reboot or refresher to Scrum. Students hit the ground running through instruction and team-based exercises.

The course is aimed at project managers from various fields wanting to experience the Scrum way of working.

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• have studied the Scrum Guide (required)

• have been closely involved or have a high interest with a project that builds or enhances a software product or application.
  

At the end of the training, participants will receive a certificate of attendance issued by the House of Training.