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Welcome to 3Back's CSPO® Course
About Your Instructors
Before we begin...
Overview
What Scrum Is
My Goal
Dictionary of Common Scrum Terms
Overview
The Team
The Backlog
Getting Started
The Sprint
Quiz: Scrum in a Nutshell
Group Discussion: Scrum in a Nutshell
Group Work: Scrum in a Nutshell
Overview
Team Members
Other Scrum Team Roles
Roles External to the Team
Team Values
Cross-Functional and Self-Organized
Quiz: The Scrum Team
Group Discussion: The Scrum Team
Group Work: The Scrum Team
Overview
The Team’s Relationship with the Product Owner
Determining the Team’s Product Owner
“Two Yolks, One Egg” Pattern
Other Product Ownership Responsibilities
Quiz: The Team's Product Owner
Group Discussion: The Team's Product Owner
Group Work: The Team's Product Owner
Overview
Three Basic Patterns
Business Owner
Discussion of Project, Program, and Product Management
Stakeholders
Subject Matter Experts
Summary
Quiz: People Outside The team
Group Discussion: People Outside The Team
Group Work: People Outside The Team
Overview
Teams and Team Captains
The Perfect Team Captain
Decision-Making Styles
Use Different Styles for Different Decisions
Emergent Leadership
Developing a Perfect Team Captain through Decision-Making
Summary
Quiz: Leadership
Group Discussion: Leadership
Group Work: Leadership
Overview
Stakeholders Want What They Want
It’s All About the Feedback
Summary
Quiz: What is ‘Product’?
Group Discussion: What is ‘Product’?
Group Work: What is ‘Product’?
Overview
Backlog Basics
Prioritization Buckets
Example
Comments on Prioritization Buckets
Describing Progress to Stakeholders
Quiz: The Backlog
Group Discussion: The Backlog
Group Work: The Backlog
Overview
A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Features
Chores
Related Issues
Summary
Quiz: Features and Chores
Group Discussion: Features and Chores
Overview
Stories
Other Story Distinctions
Examples of Stories
Epics as Stories the Team Can’t Agree to Do
Epics as Containers
Summary
Quiz: Stories and Epics
Group Discussion: Stories and Epics
Overview
Preventing Technical Debt
Removing Technical Debt
Summary
Quiz: Technical Debt
Group Discussion: Technical Debt
Group Work: Technical Debt
Overview
Coding Stories
Non Coding Stories
Other Topics about a Story’s Definition of Done
Summary
Quiz: The Story’s Definition of Done
Group Discussion: The Story’s Definition of Done
Group Work: The Story’s Definition of Done
Overview
Velocity
Not Everything Provides Velocity
Estimation
Summary
Quiz: Velocity, Size, and Effort
Group Discussion: Velocity, Size, and Effort
Group Work: Velocity, Size, and Effort
Overview
Backlog Refinement Discussion
Basic Prioritization Strategy
Prioritization Factors
Summary
Quiz: Backlog Refinement
Group Discussion: Backlog Refinement
Group Work: Backlog Refinement
Overview
Product Review (1pm to 3pm)
Team Retrospective (3pm to 5pm)
Progress Assessment (Dinner Time)
Sprint Planning (10am to noon)
Summary
Quiz: Planning Day
Group Discussion: Planning Day
Group Work: Planning Day
Overview
General Strategy for Agreement-Based Sprint Planning
Most Stories Should be ‘Ready’ for Planning
Re-Ordering
The Team Agrees to the Stories
Agreement and Technical Debt
Plan of Action
Appropriate Sprint Goals
Why I Like Agreement-Based Planning
Quiz: Agreement-Based Planning
Group Discussion: Agreement-Based Planning
Group Work: Agreement-Based Planning
Oerview
The Result Is Other Discussions
Other Questions
Focus on the Story
Summary
Quiz: The Daily Scrum
Group Discussion: The Daily Scrum
Group Work: The Daily Scrum
Overview
Growing an Organization
Absorbing another Organization
Exploiting Economies of Scale and Refactoring
Decentralizing some Client Contact
Quiz: Scaling An Organization
Group Discussion: Scaling An Organization
Group Work: Scaling An Organization
About Your Certificate