Class Times

The Artisan CSM Training Program is held in a number of different timezones. For remote learning, it is VERY important that you know in which timezone 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 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
    • Time-boxing
    • 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
• Sprint Artifacts
  • The Increment
  • The Product Backlog
  • The Sprint Backlog
• Sprinting
  • Cancelling a Sprint