Get started with Scrum!

Benefits

After this course, you will understand the basics of Scrum and you will be able to start implementing it yourself. This will allow you to increase the efficiency, morale and results of your team

Since this course is very hands-on and interactive, you will get a lot of useful tips and tricks and practical answers to all your questions.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at everybody working in or around software development: programmers, testers, analists, (project) management, business people, etc.

The only prerequisite for following this course is the aspiration for satisfying your customers and having fun while delivering software!

Session Outline

We will cover the following topics:

• Agile and Scrum principles and values
• The Scrum process: meetings, roles, artifacts
• Product management in Scrum: Product Backlog, user stories and estimation
• Plan, initiate and lead a Scrum project (budget, scope, time, quality)
• The basics of leading your Scrum team through planning, review, and retrospective sessions

Based on your specific questions and needs, we will probably also talk about:

• How to implement Scrum in a large organization
• Agile release planning and follow-up
• Supporting self-organizing teams
• Combine Scrum with other methodologies such as Prince2, PmBoK, etc
• Other Agile processes such as Kanban, XP, etc.

About the Trainer

Jef Cumps

Jef Cumps is a very experienced Agile coach and trainer supporting multiple large organisations in their transition towards Scrum and Agile. He is and has been leading enterprise changes covering all levels (individual, teams, management, organization).

As a trainer, Jef has gained a lot of experience in training various topics related to management and efficiency: Scrum, Lean, Kanban, communication, people management and effectiveness. Next to his knowledge and experience, his major asset is his coaching attitude getting the most out of people and organizations.

Last but not least, Jef is also one of the two only Certified Scrum Coaches working in the Benelux and the only Dutch speaking Certified Scrum Coaches in the world.