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A Quick Glance

Product complexity is increasing with time to meet the demands of the customers. There is a need for an approach that can solve the problems of complex projects. Scrum methodology is lightweight and solves the complex problems. It is very adaptive and easy to understand. If you wish to solve the complex problems during product execution, then you should gain the skills regarding scrum approach.

Our Scrum Foundation Training course is inspired by successful agile business environments. You can start by gaining the following skills that the successful Scrum professionals have:

They have the skill set of team collaboration and self-organization: To obtain mastery in the Scrum methods, you should use these concepts.
They follow Scrum principles: Scrum principles are the base to solve complex problems. You should follow these principles in your organisation’s agile environment.

Who should take this course

This course is designed for the following professionals:

Project Managers
Product Owner
Scrum Masters

Prerequisites

There is no prerequisite for this course.

What Will You Learn

The purpose of this course is to acquaint you:

To improve knowledge of agile methodologies, Scrum roles, ceremonies and artefacts
To plan and execute Scrum projects
To monitor Scrum projects
To understand advanced scrum concepts

Courseware

Certificate

Tutor Support

Course Overview

What is Scrum? Why there is need of achieving Scrum in the workplace? What problems are solved by using Scrum in the workplace? We will cover concepts such as team collaboration, self-organisation, and division into sprints. We will provide strict guidance to evade going off track and keep Scrum healthy.

Course Content

An Introduction to Scrum

What is core Scrum?
Understand Agenda and history of Scrum
Working and need of Scrum
Scrum Benefits
Understand the Product Owner Role and Responsibilities
Need of Product Owner in an organisation
The Scrum framework and roles

A summary of Agile

An Introduction to Agile
Study of Kano analysis
The summary of Theme screening and Theme scoring
A summary of Innovation Games and priority poker
Analysis of Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum and Sprint Review
Ordering Release Burndown and Progressing Release Plans

Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

Building effective teams
Scrum Master and Product Owner Responsibilities
The Scrum Project Community
Traditional roles in Scrum

Sprint overview

Team Work in a sprint
Using tools for the Scrum Master

Sustainable Pace

Scrum Estimations

An Introduction to Scrum planning
Planning Poker

Scrum Planning

What is Scrum planning?
What are the ways to plan scrum?

Advanced Scrum Concepts

What is advanced Scrum?
Need of advanced scrum

What is Scrum?

Scrum is an agile framework used to implement complex projects. The Scrum was established for the creation of the software projects, but it's best approaches allow it to use for the growth of complex and advanced work. The Scrum is termed by Takeuchi and Nonaka. The Scrum training comprises the Scrum Product Owner course and Scrum Master Certification. The method of Scrum is realistic, assessed and preserved by the Scrum Master and Product Owner.

The role of Scrum Master:

The Scrum Master is the person who assists Scrum. He is answerable for removing problems to the abilities of a team to convey product purposes. He is mainly a person who acts as a wall between the product goals and any barrier.

Responsibilities of Scrum Master:

He is helpful to the Product Owner and makes sure that the important work is understood to all team members.
He guides team with Scrum methodology
He simplifies the self-organisation
He helps to remove weaknesses to the progress of work

The role of Scrum Product Owner:

The Scrum product Owner is a product key stakeholder. The Product Owner recognises the supplies of the product and then make every team member understand this. The po follows the Scrum project framework. Usually, checks for the review list and is the first user of the product. He is much aware of the marketplace and the competition.

Responsibilities of a Product Owner:

The responsibilities of a Product Owner are:

Product Backlog: The Product Owner has to create and maintain the backlogs as the full-time activity. As the technology and things keep on changing, then it is vital to keep an eye on the ball. The backlog is to be groomed before represented into the Sprint planning training.
The Business values: The po have the responsibility to schedule the backlog before the planning meeting. The scheduling of a delay means the relative importance orders the user stories.
Contributions with the amplification of Epics, Themes and Features into user stories: The po should make a clear vision of the user requirements to the team members so the presence of the Product Owner should be there during the elaboration of user stories.
Delivers the Vision and Goals: The Product Owner should remind the team about the objectives of the project. This approach will keep all the team members on track.
Dealing with the customers and the stakeholders: The Product Owner must invariably involve the client and stakeholders to guarantee the team is constructing the right product. The Product Owner has the chance to direct the team in a changed direction
Contributes to Planning Meetings and Sprint Reviews: In an organisation, various processes are in execution, so it is quite easy for a po to excuse for the meetings. But any other Scrum ceremony will be the other chance to inspect and adapt.
Reviews the product progress at the end of every Sprint: During the requirement of rescheduling the work, the po should analyse the things and make hem happen.
Alterations in a project: The Product Owner has complete control on the project and can direct the team in an entirely different direction. The team members should have trust in on their po and calmly welcome the suggested changes.
Communicates status: The po is a voice of team members. He always makes sure that communication is open to all the channels and projects have the right amount of support.
Terminates a Sprint if required: If there is a need to end the project, then Product Owner can command to end the project also.

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About Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes also abbreviated as MK is a large town located in Buckinghamshire, England. It was designed as a new town on 23 January 1967 and also an administrative centre of Borough of Milton Keynes. It is located 45 miles that is 72 km away from north-west of London.

Various another town like Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford exist here along with other 15 villages and farmland. Milton Keynes took its name from existing “Village of Milton Keynes “that is few miles away from the planned centre.

History of Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes has a rich history with proof of human settlement that was found before starting the construction of this city in 1960’s. When UK government decided to establish Milton Keynes, most of the area was farmland, and undeveloped villages and the earlier history was incredibly rich. Until the 10^th century, there was no evidence of occupation in villages. During middle age, 18 villages were present that still form the heart of Milton Keynes districts. With the arrival of London and Birmingham Railway and Grand Junction canal in late 18^th and 19^th century, the area went through many changes and the new town of Wolverton, and New Bradwell emerged.

The greatest change in the history of Milton Keynes was when it was chosen to solve housing problems in London. Milton Keynes was planned as biggest towns and have an area of 89 square kilometres that became home to around 250,000 people. In the beginning, no building was allowed to be tall than the tallest tree, and later Milton Keynes Partnership changed it. Tallest building in Milton Keynes is 14 floors high. Its population will double by the year 2026.

Milton Keynes offers a broad range of opportunities to people to learn new things and get a better education. Bletchley Park code breakers brought innovation to the city in second world war. This team cracked secret codes of Germans. Milton Keynes is a destination that is always passionate about developing minds. It contains some of the best schools and colleges. Milton Keynes College offers a wide range of courses in different domains. It is one of the fastest growing college in the United Kingdom.

Open University offers contemporary learning where degree level education is provided to everyone. The headquarters of the university is located at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes. There is also University Centre Milton Keynes ( UCMK) which is a hub for higher education with new facilities and exciting courses in the middle of the city. This town also contains a solar-powered house that plays a significant role in the development of electric transport. Various courses, classes and opportunities are offered by Milton Keynes Theatre Creative Learning department to young people and adults to explore theatres including makeup, drama, acting and much more.

Sport

Milton Keynes has various professional teams in football, in ice hockey and in Formula one. It is also home to Xscape indoor ski slope, Formula Fast Indoor Karting Centre, Airkix Indoor Sky Diving facility and National Badminton Centre.

Economy

At Borough level, data of Milton Keynes economy, demography and politics is collected. Milton Keynes is one of the most successful economies in Southeast along with gross value added per capita index which was 47% higher than the national average. According to 2015 data, average wages place it in top five nationally.

Just 0.6% of businesses employ people more than 250 which include Open University, Volkswagen Group, Mercedes-Benz and Network Rail. Remaining enterprises around 81.5% employ near about 10 people. Milton Keynes professional, technical and scientific sector contributes large employment. Milton Keynes has a high number of business start-ups in England and start-up levels remained high even during the period of recession 2009/2010. Most of the population is younger. 22.6% of Borough population is under 16, 12.1% are aged 65+. According to 2011 census report, Milton Keynes Urban area comprises of 8.7% South Asian, 78.4% white, 3.5% Mixed Race, 7-5% Black, 1.2% Chinese, 6.7% other ethnic group and Asian.