Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills

Course Overview

The Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ course is to help Scrum practitioners to enhance their facilitation competencies, and guide them in choosing the most efficient techniques apt for diverse situations. Robust facilitation skills foster improved problem-solving, enhance the efficacy of Scrum events, and promote team collaboration and cohesion.

Who Should Attend

Regardless of what industry to work in, The Professional Scrum Master course is for:

• Scrum Masters
• Scrum Team members interested in learning how to use facilitation to enhance their team’s success
• Scrum/Agile Coaches and Consultants

Course 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

Professional Scrum Certification

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills assessment. PSFS class participants who attempt the PSFS assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.