Ag Registered Scrum Master@Scale

Course Code: CLAAGIL6517

Duration

2 Day(s)

Course Type

Public or Private

Max Delegates

12

Delivery Style

Classroom

Optimize communication between leadership and teams, bolstering collaboration & throughput.

Operating effectively across multiple teams demands a diverse skill set encompassing leadership, analytics, and interpersonal communication. This course is designed to equip you with the necessary tools to excel in such a role and cultivate highly productive teams on a larger scale. Originally outlined in the Scrum Guide, Scrum was initially intended for single-team endeavours but has since evolved to encompass complex products, processes, and systems requiring the collaboration of multiple teams. Enter Scrum@Scale, tailored to efficiently coordinate this new ecosystem through a "minimum viable bureaucracy" and a "scale-free" architecture.

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Description

You will learn how to


  • Operate Scrum@Scale effectively and the role of the Scrum of Scrums

  • Satisfy the Team Process component with scaled versions of the Scrum accountabilities, events, and artifacts 

  • Reduce the number of communication pathways within the organization so that complexity of communication overhead is limited 

  • Coordinate the teams’ delivery with the Product Owners Team’s release plans 

  • Systematically derive metrics that inform data-driven decisions and process improvements 

Prerequisites

You will need to have attended and hold the Registered Scrum Master & Scrum@Scale Practitioner qualifications to be eligible to attend this course

Installing an Agile Operating System 

  • Explain the importance of starting with a Reference Model
  • Describe the elements of a Minimum Viable Bureaucracy (MVB), including the Executive MetaScrum (EMS) forum, Scrum of Scrums, and Executive Action Team (EAT)
  • Create an agile operating system including corporate operational rules, procedures, and guidelines to enable agility
  • Recognize that the Project Management Office (PMO) does not have to disappear in an Agile Transformation
  • Assess an organization’s readiness and capabilities in order to prepare the organization for change
  • Coordinating the Product Owner and Scrum Master Cycles

Understanding the Scrum of Scrums 

  • Define the Scrum of Scrums
  • Describe how a Scrum of Scrums functions like a Scrum Team with scaled versions of the Scrum Accountabilities, Events and Artifacts
  • State the recommended pattern (Mitosis) for avoiding the slow down caused by adding people to a team
  • Provide examples of how a Scrum of Scrums integrates into a larger organizational context.

Scaling the Sprint Retrospective 

  • Identify opportunities for improving cross-team coordination and delivery.
  • Develop hypotheses and experiments for improving the working process of the network of teams

Scaled Daily Scrum 

  • Communicate the required attendees for the Scaled Daily Scrum 
  • Identify the minimum number of participants given a specific Scrum of Scrums
  • Explain the purpose of the Scaled Daily Scrum
  • Demonstrate how to effectively facilitate a Scaled Daily Scrum

Scaling the Sprint Planning and Sprint Review events 

  • Explain that the purpose of the Scaled Sprint Planning and Sprint Review is
  • Demonstrate the role of the Scrum of Scrums Master 
  • Understand the Scrum of Scrums Master role in the MetaScrum, Scaled Sprint, Planning and Refinement.

Role of the Scrum of Scrums Master (SoSM) 

  • What is the role of a Scrum of Scrums Master 
  • Articulate the accountabilities of the Scrum of Scrums Master in Scaled Events
  • Identify possible outcomes and attributes of increased effectiveness of the Scrum of Scrums

Owner Team’s release plan. 

  • Determine methods for making impediments, process improvements, and delivery progress visible to the organization.
  • Facilitate the prioritization and removal of impediments, paying particular attention to cross-team dependencies.
  • Describe how the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) pattern scales to a Scrum of Scrum of Scrums (SoSoS) when the network of teams reaches a critical mass
  • Explain that it is the responsibility of the SoSM to work with the organization to establish and track key process metrics

Scrum Master Cycle 

  • Identify the seven components of the Scrum Master Cycle and how the Scrum Master@Scale supports each component in service of value delivery.

Metrics and Transparency 

  • Articulate the goals of having metrics and transparency.
  • Explain the benefits of baselining metrics and capabilities at the start of the agile implementation
  • Provide example metrics for at least the following four lenses: Productivity, Value Delivery, Quality, and Sustainability

Continuous Improvement and Impediment Removal 

  • Reframe impediments as opportunities for improvement
  • Describe what to do with impediments that cannot be resolved by the teams
  • Describe the value of sharing and standardizing successful process improvements across teams
  • State the importance of prioritizing impediments and rapid impediment remediation
  • Assess common pitfalls of impediment prioritization and impediment resolution and identify techniques for mitigating them

Cross-Team Coordination 

  • Identify different methods for coordinating across teams and function areas in an agile organization
  • Recognize cross-team dependencies before they become impediments
  • Specify ways to effectively maintain alignment of team norms and guidelines for consistent output

Delivery 

  • Define the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) as a single unit that is accountable for:

– releasing an integrated Product Increment at least once a Sprint 

– delivering a consistent flow of valuable finished product to customers 

– integrating the work of different teams into one seamless product 

– delivering high-quality customer experience 

– establishing and adhering to a shared Definition of Done 

Executive Action Team (EAT) 

  • Explain what the Executive Action Team (EAT) is and why it exists
  • Coach on the key accountabilities of the EAT
  • The EAT’s roles within the company backlog 
  • Articulate who reports to the EAT

Product Release and Feedback 

  • Explain that the Scrum Master cycle interprets Product Release feedback in service of continuous improvement of the product delivery mechanism

Leverage Artificial Intelligence 

  • Utilize AI to enhance the role of Scrum Master@Scale

Additional Exam Information

Students who successfully complete the course and pass the exam will earn their Registered Scrum Master@Scale™ credential signed by the co-creator of Scrum, Dr. Jeff Sutherland.

Pre-Coursework

There is no official pre-course with this course but you are advised to review the material and contents of the Registered Scrum Master and Scrum@Scale Practitioner courses.
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- Adam Bellew, Department for Education
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- Louise Parker, Cabinet Office

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