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The Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) Guide

Release Date: 2021/07/01
ISBN: 9781800205567
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Implement modern and industry-proven Scrum techniques to achieve business agility and prove your credentials by passing the PSM I certification exam

Key Features

  • Use Scrum to manage complex projects and deliver real value to your customers
  • Explore essential concepts and understand how the Scrum framework and Agile help maximize value and manage risks
  • Discover expert tips and work with practice questions and real-world examples to pass the PSM certification exam

Book Description

Agile methodologies allow companies to maximize value and deal effectively with risks, which is why most IT companies adopt Agile in their workflows. Scrum is an Agile framework used to manage and execute projects with small teams.

The Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) Guide will help you to explore the Scrum framework's rules and theories for Agile project management and develop skills that will enable you to become an indispensable resource for any organization. You'll learn essential techniques and practices such as estimation, planning, and forecasting that will help you to apply Scrum successfully and complete complex projects with ease. The book also demonstrates how to conduct Scrum events, create Scrum artifacts, and tackle issues faced during the Scrum life cycle, among other practices. Finally, you will focus on various aspects of the PSM I certification course and discover expert advice, tips, and quizzes to prepare yourself for the exam.

By the end of the book, you will have gained fundamental knowledge of the Scrum framework, covered a range of topics related to the PSM I exam, and learned best practices, tips, and techniques to pass the exam confidently.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with Agile development and Scrum
  • Understand the roles and responsibilities within the Scrum team
  • Discover how to conduct Scrum events and create Scrum artifacts
  • Find out how to estimate tasks and track progress
  • Discover techniques for planning and forecasting
  • Find out how to deal with issues faced during the Scrum life cycle

Who this book is for

This book is for professionals who want to build a strong foundation in Scrum practices and development. Project managers, product owners, product managers across various industries, sectors, and departments, software architects, developers, coders, and testers looking to achieve PSM certification will also find this book helpful.

Table of Contents

  1. The Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) Guide
  2. Contributors
  3. About the author
  4. About the reviewer
  5. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. Download the color images
    4. Conventions used
    5. Get in touch
    6. Share Your Thoughts
  6. Section 1: The Scrum Framework
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction to Scrum
    1. What is Agile software development?
    2. What is Scrum?
    3. The value of an iterative and incremental approach
    4. The waterfall legacy
    5. Iterative and incremental software development
    6. Why should you choose Scrum?
    7. Introducing PSM assessments
    8. Scrum organizations and their history
    9. The PSM I assessment
    10. Summary
    11. Further reading
  8. Chapter 2: Scrum Theory and Principles
    1. The foundation of Scrum
    2. The pillars of empiricism
    3. Inspection
    4. Adaptation
    5. Transparency
    6. The Scrum values
    7. The House of Scrum
    8. Summary
    9. Questions
  9. Chapter 3: The Scrum Team
    1. Identifying a Scrum Team
    2. Defining a Scrum Team
    3. Introducing the Scrum Master
    4. Scrum Master responsibilities
    5. Things outside the Scrum Master realm
    6. Scrum Master Q&A
    7. Working with the Product Owner
    8. Product Owner responsibilities
    9. Things outside the Product Owner realm
    10. Product Owner Q&A
    11. Getting acquainted with the Developers
    12. The Developers are self-managing
    13. The Developers are a cross-functional group
    14. Developer structure
    15. Developer responsibilities
    16. Things outside the Developers' realm
    17. Developer Q&A
    18. Summary
    19. Questions
  10. Chapter 4: Scrum Events
    1. Getting ready to Sprint
    2. Deciding on the Sprint duration
    3. Setting the Sprint Goal
    4. Defining Done as working and potentially shippable software
    5. Starting the Sprint with Sprint Planning
    6. Sprint Planning for the Scrum Master
    7. Sprint Planning for the Product Owner
    8. Sprint Planning for the Developers
    9. Keeping on the right track with the Daily Scrum
    10. Inspecting the product during the Sprint Review
    11. Inspecting the team with the Sprint Retrospective
    12. Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Further reading
  11. Chapter 5: Scrum Artifacts
    1. Understanding the value of Scrum Artifacts
    2. Creating and managing the Product Backlog
    3. Making a commitment – the Product Goal
    4. Creating Backlog items as user stories
    5. Creating Product Backlog items as features
    6. Refining the Product Backlog
    7. Creating and managing the Sprint Backlog
    8. Making a commitment – the Sprint Goal
    9. Planning for the Sprint
    10. Producing a Product Increment
    11. Making a commitment – Definition of Done
    12. Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Further reading
  12. Section 2: Scrum in Action
  13. Chapter 6: Planning and Estimating with Scrum
    1. Managing the art of estimation
    2. Choosing an estimation scale
    3. Creating a baseline
    4. Playing Planning Poker
    5. Estimating backlog items using the bucket method
    6. Planning ahead with the product roadmap
    7. Envisioning the product journey with a product roadmap
    8. Forecasting with velocity and burn charts
    9. Calculating team velocity
    10. Burndown charts
    11. Burnup charts
    12. Summary
    13. Questions
    14. Further reading
  14. Chapter 7: The Sprint Journey
    1. Refining the Product Backlog
    2. Learning how to apply order to the Product Backlog
    3. Scrum Master duties for Product Backlog refinement
    4. Preparing for the first Sprint
    5. Tracking progress with a Scrum Board
    6. What to do when the Sprint Goal is not achieved
    7. Managing defects
    8. Dealing with defects in the current Sprint
    9. Dealing with defects from previous Sprints
    10. Canceling the Sprint
    11. What to do with the Sprint Backlog items
    12. How to wrap up a canceled Sprint
    13. Summary
    14. Questions
    15. Further reading
  15. Chapter 8: Facets of Scrum
    1. Learning software development practices for Scrum
    2. Source control model for continuous integration
    3. Continuous delivery and continuous deployment
    4. Leveraging testing methods for Scrum
    5. Applying Scrum to remote teams
    6. Managing technical debt
    7. How is technical debt created?
    8. How to pay back technical debt
    9. Scaling Scrum
    10. Summary
    11. Questions
  16. Section 3: The PSM Certification
  17. Chapter 9: Preparing for the PSM I Assessment
    1. Getting ready for the PSM I assessment
    2. Fundamental information about the assessment
    3. What you will need to take the assessment
    4. How to prepare for the assessment
    5. Taking the PSM I assessment
    6. What happens after the assessment
    7. PSM I mock assessment
    8. Mock assessment answers
    9. Summary
  18. Assessments
    1. Chapter 2 – Scrum Theory and Principles
    2. Answers
    3. Chapter 3 – The Scrum Team
    4. Answers
    5. Chapter 4 – Scrum Events
    6. Answers
    7. Chapter 5 – Scrum Artifacts
    8. Answers
    9. Chapter 6 – Planning and Estimating with Scrum
    10. Answers
    11. Chapter 7 – The Sprint Journey
    12. Answers
    13. Chapter 8 – Facets of Scrum
    14. Answers
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