Course curriculum

  • 1

    About The Scrum Study Guide Prep Course

    • About The Scrum Study Guide Prep Course
  • 2

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 3

    Chapter 2: General Knowledge

    • Agile Manifesto

    • Twelve Principles of Agile Software Development

    • Scrum Foundations

    • Scrum Team

    • Scrum Master

    • Scrum Master Authority

    • Product Owner

    • The Developers
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Scrum Events

    • Sprint Planning Meeting

    • Daily Scrum (Daily Standup)

    • Sprint Review Meeting

    • Sprint Retrospective

    • Backlog Refinement
  • 5

    Chapter 4: Scrum Artifacts

    • Product Backlog

    • Product Increment and the Definition of Done

    • Sprint Backlog
  • 6

    Chapter 5: Test Information from Scrum Alliance

    • The CSM Exam and Renewal

    • CSM Question Domain Table

    • Scrum and Agile

    • Scrum Theory

    • Scrum Values

    • Scrum Team

    • Scrum Master

    • Scrum Events

    • Scrum Artifacts
  • 7

    Practice Exam #1

    • Practice Exam #1
  • 8

    Practice Exam #2

    • Practice Exam #2
  • 9

    Reference

    • References

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Even for Non-Development SCRUM Teams

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I took the 2 day CSPO course with Dan Rawsthorne, this reading was a supplement the guided our sessions. It was full of examples that I could even apply to my team, which is not-so-heavily focused on developing code like you very often see along with the SCRUM ideals. The questions at the end of the chapters sparked some great discussion among attendees from all levels of Product Ownership.

Perfect guide to become a Scrum Master

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