Scrum Master Fundamentals - Growing Yourself and Your Team from Pluralsight

Are you a Scrum Master ready to advance your craft? This course will teach you specific strategies for coaching each member of your team and show you how to build on your experience as a Scrum Master to advance your own career to the next level.

Becoming a Scrum Master and a successful as a facilitator is great, but your career can also move to the next level by becoming a mentor and coach for your team. In this course, Scrum Master Fundamentals - Growing Yourself and Your Team, you'll learn techniques for coaching your team to become the best they can be while continuing to serve as their Scrum Master. First, you'll learn concrete strategies and approaches for coaching your entire team to help them work together as effectively as possible. Next, you'll learn to understand the dynamics that can exist between the Scrum Master and other members of the Scrum Team so you can effectively coach each member of your team at the one-on-one level. Finally, you'll learn how to grow your own career as a Scrum Master so you can reach your own full potential. When you're finished with this course, you'll not only know how better serve your team as a player-coach, but you'll also be better positioned to take the next step in your career towards larger roles such as an Agile Coach. If you already have your feet wet as a Scrum Master but are hungry to take the next step, then this course is for you.

What's inside

Syllabus

Course Overview

Coaching Your Team

Coaching Your Development Team

Coaching Your Product Owner

Plotting Your Career

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Teaches the techniques and skills for mentoring and coaching team members

Explores in detail the nature of relationships within the scrum team

Taught by Jeremy Jarrell who is well respected within the agile community

Provides techniques for taking your career to the next level

Develops interpersonal and soft skills

Meets the needs of Scrum Masters with prior experience

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Scrum Master Fundamentals - Growing Yourself and Your Team with these activities:

Review Agile methodologies

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Refreshing your knowledge of Agile methodologies will help you better understand the concepts taught in this course.

Browse courses on Agile

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Read articles and blog posts about Agile methodologies
Watch videos about Agile methodologies
Take an online course on Agile methodologies

Read Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

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This book will help you learn how to conduct effective retrospectives, which are essential for continuous improvement in Agile teams.

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Read the book
Take notes on the key concepts
Discuss the book with other Scrum Masters

Create a Scrum board

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Creating a Scrum board will help you better understand the concepts of sprint planning, backlog management, and task tracking.

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Choose a Scrum board template
Add the appropriate columns to your board
Populate your board with tasks

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Create an Agile release plan

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Creating an Agile release plan will help you learn how to plan and manage the release of a software product.

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Identify the scope of the release
Estimate the effort and timeline for the release
Create a release schedule

Facilitate a Scrum meeting

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Facilitate a Scrum meeting to practice your skills in leading and managing a team.

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Prepare for the meeting by gathering the agenda and materials
Facilitate the meeting by keeping the team on track and focused
Document the meeting minutes and next steps

Develop a Scrum training program

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Developing a Scrum training program will help you solidify your knowledge of Scrum and gain experience in teaching others.

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Identify the target audience for the training program
Develop the curriculum for the training program
Create the training materials

Mentor a junior Scrum Master

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Mentoring a junior Scrum Master will help you solidify your knowledge of Scrum and leadership skills.

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Identify a junior Scrum Master who is looking for a mentor
Meet with the junior Scrum Master regularly to provide guidance and support
Help the junior Scrum Master develop their skills and knowledge

Contribute to an open-source Scrum project

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Contributing to an open-source Scrum project will help you learn about the latest Scrum tools and techniques.

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Identify an open-source Scrum project that you are interested in contributing to
Read the project documentation and guidelines
Make a contribution to the project

Career center

Learners who complete Scrum Master Fundamentals - Growing Yourself and Your Team will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Scrum Master

As a Scrum Master, you will be responsible for facilitating agile development processes and ensuring that your team is working efficiently. This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to be successful in this role, including how to coach your team, resolve conflicts, and track progress in using Scrum and Agile.

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Agile Coach

An Agile Coach helps organizations adopt and implement agile methodologies. This course can help you develop the skills you need to become an Agile Coach, including how to assess an organization's needs, develop a plan for agile adoption, and coach teams in using agile practices.

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Project Manager

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a project plan, manage a project budget, and track project progress.

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Product Owner

As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for defining and managing the product backlog. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a product vision, prioritize the product backlog, and work with the development team to deliver value.

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Development Manager

As a Development Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of software developers. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a development plan, manage a development team, and track the progress of development projects.

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Quality Assurance Manager

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that software products meet quality standards. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a quality assurance plan, manage a quality assurance team, and track the progress of quality assurance projects.

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Technical Lead

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance and leadership to a team of software developers. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a technical vision, lead a technical team, and track the progress of technical projects.

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Software Architect

As a Software Architect, you will be responsible for designing and developing software systems. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a software architecture, lead a software development team, and track the progress of software development projects.

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Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for gathering and analyzing business requirements. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a business requirements document, manage a business requirements team, and track the progress of business requirements projects.

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Systems Analyst

As a Systems Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing and designing computer systems. This course can help you develop the skills you need to be successful in this role, including how to create a system requirements document, manage a system development team, and track the progress of system development projects.

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Database Administrator

As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining databases. This course may be helpful to you in this role, as it can help you develop the skills you need to understand the role of databases in software development and how to manage and maintain them.

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Network Administrator

As a Network Administrator, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining computer networks. This course may be helpful to you in this role, as it can help you develop the skills you need to understand the role of networks in software development and how to manage and maintain them.

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Information Security Analyst

As an Information Security Analyst, you will be responsible for protecting computer systems and networks from security threats. This course may be helpful to you in this role, as it can help you develop the skills you need to understand the role of security in software development and how to protect systems and networks from threats.

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Software Tester

As a Software Tester, you will be responsible for testing software products to ensure that they meet quality standards. This course may be helpful to you in this role, as it can help you develop the skills you need to understand the role of testing in software development and how to test software products.

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Technical Writer

As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining technical documentation. This course may be helpful to you in this role, as it can help you develop the skills you need to understand the role of documentation in software development and how to create and maintain technical documentation.

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