Workshop description.

The Scrum master workshop is an optional 1 day training module to add on top of the Scrum training, unlike the Scrum training which is targeted for all roles in Scrum, this workshop will provide a toolkit for daily work of the new and experienced Scrum masters.

At the end of the workshop the Scrum masters will have a better understanding and tools to deal with:

• Support self organization and empowerment.
• Group decision methods and tools
• Leadership models.
• Dealing with everyday team conflict.
• Detecting and dealing with complex team scenarios.
• Feedback giving and receiving.
• Facilitating daily meetings.
• Facilitating retrospectives.

Workshop outline:

• What are the roles of the Scrum master?
• Self organization.
  • Delegation games.
• Daily dilemmas:
  • Discuss daily dilemmas.
  • Simulations of different Dilemma's of the SM
• Leadership model - Situational leadership
• Increasing awareness
  • Feedback giving receiving models.
  • The interaction model.
    • Where can it go wrong? Discussion.
    • How to minimize chances of misunderstanding.
    • Traps and pitfalls
  • Powerful questions.
• Scrum elements
  • Scrum scenarios simulation:
  • Group decision making.
    • Thumb voting.
    • Decision bar.
    • Dot voting.
  • Daily scrum game
  • Retrospective techniques.
    • The retrospective framework.
    • Data collection techniques
    • Action item creation.

Workshop Length

1 day workshop.

Prerequisites:

This is an intermediate level training and requires basic Scrum knowledge, either by training or experience.

General

This is a general syllabus and in case of an in-house training, it is possible to make the necessary adjustments to make it more appropriate for your organization’s specific needs.