Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills

How do you know if your facilitation is impactful for your organization and teams?

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.

In this one-day* skills-building course, participants will learn how to become better facilitators to improve interactions with their Scrum Teams, stakeholders and customers. They will focus on how to adopt facilitation as a stance and enable the Scrum Values. Students will address a series of common Scrum-related scenarios by applying several facilitation techniques that they can add to their collection of agile practices. They will create and leave with their own facilitation “plan” to improve their next team discussion or Scrum event. 

🎯 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

👥 Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

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

Note: This course is not suitable for professionals without Scrum knowledge or experience.

Format

Students work in teams. They learn through team assignments, discussions, and hands-on exercises. This course will be taught in English

🏅Certification & Assessments

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 the class and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

Why Choose Sunil's Class?

💼 Extensive Industry Experience:

• Gain insights from real-world scenarios with top-tier organizations.
• Learn from Sunil's firsthand experiences to fast-track your success.

🚀 Principles Meets Practice:

• Get the best of both worlds with a blend of principles (why) with practical application(what & how).
• Unlock the secrets to successful implementation in any scenario.

💡 Engaging Learning Experience:

• Enjoy interactive hands-on exercises tailored for maximum learning.
• Elevate your skills in a dynamic and fun environment.

📊 Diverse Expertise:

Benefit from 25 years of multifaceted experience across various roles:

• Software Engineering
• Technical Architecture
• Project/Program Management
• Scrum Mastery and Agile Coaching
• Leading Agile Transformation
• Product Ownership/Management
• Professional Product Coaching

🤜🤛 Choose Sunil's class for a transformative learning journey.

⏳ PMI PDU Credits

Students of Scrum.org courses can claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 7 PDUs after attending a one-day Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) workshop. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a  Scrum.org  assessment.  Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org.

This is a virtual class. We will be using Zoom and Mural, participants are requested to have a laptop with a good Internet connection for video calls.