APMG -Agile Business Consortium Scrum Master Training & Certification

APMG (APM Group) International is the most reputable global accreditation and examination institute. APMG accredits organizations to deliver training courses and consultancy services for a broad range of professional certification schemes. More information on APMG can be viewed at https://apmg-international.com/about-us

Agile Business Consortium is the not-for-profit professional body for business agility and is now in its 25th year. Their mission is to lead, promote and enable business agility worldwide. They are the brains behind the popular AgilePM, AgileBA, AgilePgM, and AgileDS certifications, as well as the originators of the Framework for Business Agility and the Agile Project Framework. They have certified more than 100,000 Project Managers through their partnership with APMG International.

Based in the UK, more information on Agile Business Consortium can be viewed at https://www.agilebusiness.org/

• Gain a deep understanding of the Scrum Framework – the theory, practices, roles, rules, and values – as defined in The Scrum Guide.
• Understand and simulate sprint to learn why use a Sprint, how to use a Timebox to set a cadence and rhythm to deliver frequently and establish a working pattern.
• Understand in detail the role of Scrum Master and how the role interacts with different members of the Scrum Team and other stakeholders.
• Understand the role of Product Owner and Development Team and how they collaborate to deliver working software at regular intervals.
• Master the Scrum principles to better understand their application when returning to the workplace.
• Understand how to construct an effective development team with an appropriate mix of skills and experience.
• Know how to act as a servant-leader for the Scrum Team, promoting and enabling self-organization to create high value products.
• Learn and enact Scrum events to collaborate, discuss and interact with each other to understand business priorities, plan and track the sprint.

• Learn how to facilitate Scrum Events and remove impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress.
• Help Scrum Product Owners shape and refine product backlogs to guide early and incremental delivery of valuable products.
• Drive adoption of the Scrum framework for more effective product and solution development, working with stakeholders and other Scrum Masters to improve its effectiveness.
• Learn popular agile practices for defining, refining, prioritizing, estimating and scheduling requirements.
• Learn and create Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog and how to manage them.
• Learn what is capacity planning, story point and velocity for planning and tracking release.
• Learn how to set-up Team Boards and create Burndown charts.