Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ is an interactive course designed to help Scrum practitioners develop a facilitator’s mindset, proficiency in facilitation skills, and learn when and how to select effective techniques for various circumstances. Strong facilitation skills enable better problem-solving, more effective Scrum events and greater team alignment, all leading to better outcomes.
A key tenet of Scrum is to put problem-solving and decision-making in the hands of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Framework creates venues for this to happen and the Scrum Values help create an environment in which each Scrum Team member’s voice can be heard. However, team interactions don’t always go well. Sometimes team members lose sight of goals, don’t fully engage and/or can’t reach agreement. Effective facilitation can guide the team toward their desired outcomes.
In this one-day skills-building course, participants will learn how to become better facilitators to improve interactions with their Scrum Teams, stakeholders and customers. They will focus on how to adopt facilitation as a stance and enable the Scrum Values. Students will address a series of common Scrum-related scenarios by applying several facilitation techniques that they can add to their collection of agile practices. They will create and leave with their own facilitation “plan” to improve their next team discussion or Scrum event.
In this two day class* attendees develop a deep understanding of the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile environment. Leaders and managers are critical enablers in helping their organizations be successful, yet the role of leaders and managers in an agile organization can be quite different from what they are used to. This workshop uses a combination of instruction and team-based exercises to help participants learn how to form and support agile teams to achieve better results, and how to lead the cultural and behavioral changes that organizations must make to reap the benefits of an agile product delivery approach.
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Note that this course is not an introduction to the Scrum Framework or to using Scrum. Attendees will get the most from this course if they have been previously introduced to Scrum.
Students are challenged to think within the Scrum Framework and the underlying values and principles to better understand what to do when returning to the workplace and facing complex decisions.
1 days of high-quality instruction from a Scrum.org Trainer and Agile expert with over 20 years’ training and consulting experience
Course materials handbook (PDF) and Access to electronic copies of other reference documentation.
Password to take the PSM I assessment and 2nd Attempt is included if taken within 14 days of the course
Recognition by the Scrum.org as a Professional Scrum Master after passing the exam
This course is not suitable for professionals with little Scrum knowledge or experience.
All participants completing the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills assessment. PSFS class participants who attempt the PSFS assessment within 14 days of the class and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.
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The price includes all course materials, the original reference guide (English), the assessment (and a free retry, according to instructions), lifetime certification from Scrum.org and PMI PDUs (7 for each day of class).
No. As a participant you do not need to purchase any licence.
However, you will be required to install Zoom on your device and to be able to access Mural or Miro (as mentioned in class instructions, sent before class).
If you are joining from a company device, please make sure that there are no firewalls in place that can prevent you from doing that.
A computer (a smartphone or tablet alone will not give you the best experience) equipped with a webcam, headphones, and a microphone.
A silent place where you can concentrate.
A stable internet connection.
No. As a participant you do not need to purchase any licence.
However, you will be required to install Zoom on your device and to be able to access Mural or Miro (as mentioned in class instructions, sent before class).
If you are joining from a company device, please make sure that there are no firewalls in place that can prevent you from doing that.
The assessments offered by Scrum.org are optional. They are taken online, in your own time, after your course is complete. You will receive full instructions and your personal assessment code form Scrum.org
For all our classes, participants can receive up to two assessment codes from Scrum.org
You will receive your certification from Scrum.org after passing the assessment with the required score.
The course starts at 9:00 and finishes at 17:00 each day, in the course timezone.
Small brakes are provided, as needed or requested, every hour or so and a lunch break is included (at least 45 minutes, usually one full hour).
Our classes are intentionally kept small to ensure premium experience. For our public courses that exceed 16 students we will have a second trainer or facilitator.
Please check the class details for more info. If still in doubt, please email us at support@wowefy.com and we will advise you.
An email with any required Pre-Work or preparation for classes is usually sent one week prior to the class.
Yes. Since we have limited seats in our classes, the payment should be made and received at least one week before class. Please email support@wowefy.com and we will guide you.
Please email support@wowefy.com and we will guide you.
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