Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ is an interactive course designed to help Scrum practitioners develop a facilitator’s mindset, proficiency in facilitation skills, and learn when and how to select effective techniques for various circumstances. Strong facilitation skills enable better problem-solving, more effective Scrum events and greater team alignment, all leading to better outcomes.

Where

This class will be conducted online using Zoom and Miro. Attendees will receive details to connect to the class 24-48 hours before the class start to the email used during purchase.

Trainer

Daria Bagina, Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org

Learning Objectives

• Develop facilitation skills and a facilitator’s mindset
• Learn the facilitation principles that experienced facilitators fall back on when interactions are difficult
• Understand the roles that facilitation principles and the Scrum Values play in enhancing healthy collaboration in Scrum Teams
• Explore how facilitation can address challenging scenarios most Scrum Teams encounter
• Apply facilitation skills and techniques to improve the Scrum events and other interactions
• Understand how to encourage diverse perspectives, while bringing the team together to reach decisions
• Experience the elements of group dynamics and how they influence the decision-making process
• Leave class with a toolbox of facilitation techniques and understand how to apply them in different circumstances

Intended Audience

Scrum Masters and any Scrum Team member interested in learning how to use facilitation to enhance their team’s success Scrum Coaches, Agile Coaches and Consultants

Topics Covered

The class goes over facilitation practices and tools and includes:

• Facilitation principles and Scrum: how do they connect?
• Applying facilitation skills and techniques
• Improving facilitation skills
• Trying out different exercises useful in many situations requiring facilitation

Certification

All attendees will receive one free attempt at the Scrum.org PSFS assessment (up to two attempts with conditions).

Schedule

This is a 7-hour class usually done in one day. The timezone is Mountain Standard Time (Denver, Colorado, USA).

• Start: 8 AM MST
• Lunch break: 11 PM – 12 PM MST
• End: between 3:30 PM and 4 PM MST
• Breaks: ~10 min every hour or so

Timezone reference

• MST: 8 AM - 3:45 PM
• EST: 10 AM - 5:45 PM
• PST: 7 AM - 2:45 PM
• CET: 4 PM - 11:45 PM