Qualified Scrum Team Member
Target Audience:
- Beginners in agile product development
- New Scrum team members
- Developers
- Future Product Owners/Scrum Masters
- Anyone who wants to understand and experience the basics of agile collaboration
Course Overview:
QSTM teaches the core values, principles, and practices of agile product development with a focus on Scrum. You will understand the roles, events, and artefacts in the Scrum framework and will be able to work effectively as part of a cross-functional team.
What to Expect:
- You will learn agile values, principles, and the differences from traditional approaches.
- You will understand the Scrum framework, roles, events, and artefacts.
- You will discover how empirical process control and iterative working function.
- You will learn basic development and product management practices.
- You will develop skills in self-organisation, team dynamics, and conflict resolution.
Your Benefits:
- You will contribute value as a member of the Scrum team.
- You will be able to use Scrum events and artefacts correctly and effectively.
- You will understand, shape, and prioritise requirements.
- You will actively support teamwork, feedback, and self-organisation.
- You will recognise conflicts, analyse them, and develop solutions together.
Module 1: Agile Fundamentals & Scrum Essentials
Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Explain the core principles of agile values and the Agile Manifesto – (Agile Values, Principles).
- Identify the differences between agile and traditional approaches.
- Describe the Scrum framework and the roles (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developer) – as well as their interaction (Scrum Guide, Roles & Responsibilities).
- List the five Scrum values – and explain how timeboxing and empiricism support collaboration (Scrum Values, Timeboxing, Empirical Process Control).
- Explain the Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, Retrospective) – and name their contribution to team success.
- Explain the Product Backlog and its significance for dynamic product development – (Product Backlog, Inspect & Adapt).
Module 2: Agile Development & Product Practices
Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Apply basic product backlog management techniques – and support teams in prioritisation (Backlog Management, Prioritisation).
- Obtain customer feedback – and use simple methods to validate product ideas (Customer Feedback, Product Validation).
- Explain the value of iterative and incremental development – and describe Continuous Integration as a principle (Iterative Development, Continuous Integration).
- Explain the basics of technical practices such as Test-Driven Development and Acceptance Testing – (TDD, ATDD – Overview).
Module 3: Team Dynamics & Self-Organisation
Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Describe the stages of team development – and analyse typical team dynamics (Team Development, Team Dynamics).
- Explain principles and prerequisites for self-organisation in the Scrum team – and name measures to promote self-organisation (Self-Organisation, Empowerment).
- Explain the role of the Scrum Master as servant leader and team coach – and recognise initial coaching approaches for teams (Servant Leadership, Team Coaching).
- Identify conflicts within the team – analyse their causes and propose simple solutions (Conflict Management, Problem Solving).
Module 4: Collaboration, Communication & Responsibility
Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Promote collaboration within the Scrum team and with stakeholders – (Collaboration, Stakeholder Engagement).
- Actively contribute to meetings and reviews in the Scrum context – (Facilitation, Review Participation).
- Take responsibility for the value of the product and benefit to the customer – (Customer Value, Product Ownership Mindset).
- Reflect on and actively shape their own role as part of the Scrum team – (Team Member Stance, Self Mastery).
Prerequisites
- There are no prerequisites other than a willingness to learn.