The Professional Scrum Foundations course is appropriate for anyone working on or with a Scrum Team. The course is especially well suited to companies or teams investigating Scrum, those who are currently struggling with Scrum, or those beginning to utilize Scrum in their development environment.

But the PSF course isn't for everyone. Well-functioning Scrum teams looking for assistance with advanced topics like Scaling Scrum or implementing a rigorous ROI framework will not receive as much benefit from this course. Teams looking to explore more advanced Scrum topics such as Scaling Scrum or Release Planning should consider the Professional Scrum Master program.

PSF is most effective as a training event for a dedicated team.

Course Prerequisites and Expectations of Students

Attendees of a Professional Scrum Foundation course will be able to make the most of their experience if they:

• Have read the Scrum Guide (required).
• Have been on or closely involved with a project that builds or enhances a product.
• Want to know more about how Scrum works, how to use it, and how it could help their team.

This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentations, discussions, practical exercises and hands-on website development.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :

• Use Scrum to build complex products, particularly software.

This module discusses the current state of the software industry and Scrum’s role within it. Topics include the origins of Scrum, misconceptions of the framework, the value that Scrum provides, and an exploration of self-organization as a power tool for increasing productivity.

Learn practical techniques of planning releases, managing Product Backlogs, keeping Sprints on track, and maintaining healthy team behaviors. Although many effective techniques exist for expressing requirements, this module equips teams to discover, express, and decompose requirements as Backlog Items using proven techniques.

This module focuses on common missteps teams make when adopting Scrum and strategies to avoid them. In addition to discussing typical patterns/anti-patterns in this module, class attendees practice some of the more courageous conversations that commonly occur.

Following an excellent training event, Teams often struggle implementing what seemed so reasonable just a few days ago. This discussion helps attendees plan and prepare to actually be effective with Scrum immediately, marking the PSF as the true catalyst for change and increasing agility within your organization.

Unlike other Scrum certifications that require only class attendance, Scrum.org certification requires a minimum score on a rigorous assessment. The Professional Scrum Foundations course has one associated assessment: PSM I