Class Times

The Artisan CSD Training Program is held in several different time zones. For remote learning, it is essential that you know in which time zone your particular Artisan Agility Training Event will be held. All times are local to the timezone of the training event (break times are approximate and may vary for in-person training events):

• 8:45 am –  Classroom/remote collaboration environment is open for students.
• 9:00 am – Begin the class
• 10:15 am – 15 minute break
• 12:00 pm – 45 minute lunch break
• 2:15 pm – 15 minute break
• 5:00 pm – End the class

Class Content

During the training event, we will cover the following topics:

• Basic Agility
  • Principles
  • Values
• Basic Scrum
  • How Scrum relates to Agile Development
  • Values – including discussion on psychological safety and focus/multi-tasking
  • Empiricism
• Scrum Roles
  • The Scrum Team
  • Product Owner responsibilities
  • Developer responsibilities
  • Scrum Master responsibilities
    • Coaching
    • Facilitation
    • Servant Leadership
    • Impediment removal
  • Scrum Events
    • Sprint Planning
      • Goals of Sprint Planning
      • Sprint Goals and Product Goals
      • Loading PBIs into the Sprint
      • Solving PBIs
    • Daily Scrum
      • Goals of the Daily Scrum
    • Sprint Review
      • Goals of the Sprint Review
    • Sprint Retrospective
      • Goals of the Sprint Retrospective
  • Scrum Artifacts
    • Product Goals
    • Product Backlog Items
      • Slicing
      • Estimation (Sizing)
  • Sprinting
    • Cancelling Sprints
    • Changing Sprint Length
  • Architecture and Design
    • Best Practices
  • Pair Programming
  • Swarming
    • Benefits
    • Approach
  • Reflexive Design
  • Test-Driven Development
  • Continuous Integration