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Scrum Master Fundamentals - Becoming a Great Scrum Master

by Jeremy Jarrell

Scrum is the most popular agile methodology in use today and the Scrum Master role is key to its success. This course will help you understand this role's responsibility to your team so you can help them get the most out of this powerful framework.

What you'll learn

Become the Scrum Master for your team or further hone your craft. In this course, Scrum Master Fundamentals - Becoming a Great Scrum Master, you'll not only learn the Scrum Master's core responsibilities to each component of the Scrum Framework, but you'll also learn how to better understand the subtleties of the role and its relation to the rest of the framework so you can help your team get the most out of Scrum. First, you'll go through your responsibilities during each ceremony of the Scrum Framework as well your responsibilities to each member of the Scrum Team. Next, you'll discover how to help your team better understand the true goal of each piece of this seemingly simple framework so they can get as much value as possible out of the time that they're investing. Finally, you'll learn how to watch for and to steer clear of common pitfalls and challenges that can arise along the way. When you're finished with this course, you'll not only be well on your way to differentiating yourself as a truly great Scrum Master, but your team will also be better positioned to get the most out of this powerful software development framework.

About the author

Jeremy Jarrell is an agile coach and author who helps teams get better at doing what they love. He is heavily involved in the technology community, both as a highly rated speaker throughout the United States and as a syndicated author whose articles and videos have appeared on sites such as InfoQ.com, StickyMinds.com, Simple-Talk.com, and ScrumAlliance.org. Jeremy resides in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children and is an avid runner. He loves to discuss all topics related to agile met... more

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