Coaching & Support for Scrum teams
Objective
Impart the right scrum knowledge to the team as defined in the Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber & Jeff Suherland, the founders of Scrum
Introduce the teams to other agile best practices which can be used effectively by Scrum teams
Support the team during;
Sprint readiness (before the first sprint) - User story readiness, team readiness
First sprint planning meeting
First day of sprint#1 (Daily scrum), Updation of burndown charts
Sprint review meeting of Sprint#1
Sprint retrospective meeting of Sprint#1
Velocity calculations
Sprint planning meeting of Sprint#2
1. Scrum team coaching
Introduction
Understand the agile ecosystem
Agile family of frameworks
Origins of agile
Agile manifesto
Agile principles
Self-organizing teams
Assessment
Q&A
Get an overall view of the scrum framework
A bird’s eye view of the scrum framework
Uses of scrum
Scrum theory
Scrum values
Assessment
Q&A
Understand the roles within scrum and their responsibilities to other stakeholders
Roles and responsibilities of the product owner
Roles and responsibilities of the development team
Roles and responsibilities of the scrum master
Assessment
Q&A
Get an in depth understanding of scrum events
Sprint planning
Daily scrum
Sprint review
Sprint retrospective
Assessment
Q&A
Get an in depth understanding of the scrum artefacts
Product backlog
Sprint backlog
Increment
Definition of done
Assessment
Q&A
Fitment of other agile best practices into scrum
Epics
User stories
Story point estimation (sizing) using poker
Tracking boards
Burn down charts
Release planning
Velocity calculation
Average velocity
Assessment
Q&A
Tailoring scrum
For highly dynamic projects
Q&A
Scaling scrum
Challenges of distributed development
Tool usage
Symptoms of good and bad implementations
Q&A
It will better to limit the number of participants to less than 15 for better effectiveness. The training and support will be done remotely (online) or onsite.
Duration of the traing - 14 hours
2. Scrum team support
Post training, we support the team prior to and during the first sprint by;
Checking the Sprint readiness (before the first sprint) - User story readiness, team readiness, tool readiness
Facilitating the first sprint planning meeting
Facilitating the first day of sprint#1 (Daily scrum), Updation of burndown charts
Facilitating Sprint review meeting of Sprint#1
Facilitating Sprint retrospective meeting of Sprint#1
Helping the scrum master with Velocity calculations
Observing Sprint planning meeting of Sprint#2