Scaled Professional Scrum

In today’s world, scaling Scrum across multiple teams working on complex products is a challenge many organizations face. The Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) course, certified by Scrum.org, is designed to help Scrum practitioners and leaders tackle this challenge with confidence. This 2-day interactive course focuses on the Nexus™ framework and how to successfully implement Scrum at scale.

The SPS course goes beyond the fundamentals, offering practical insights into coordinating multiple Scrum teams to work cohesively while minimizing dependencies and maximizing value delivery. Whether you're scaling Scrum within a department, across a product line, or throughout the entire organization, this course will provide you with the skills and strategies needed to achieve success.

During the Scaled Professional Scrum course, you will experience how to use the Nexus Framework to scale Scrum to deliver value with more than one Scrum Team. In this experiential training, you will learn and apply many practices within a case study context.

Using the simulated large product development using the Nexus Framework, you will work together to learn the principles, practices and techniques needed to successfully maximise the value of a larger product development initiative.

By taking a hands-on approach, students are fully engaged in the learning process where they see first-hand the challenges in large-scale development initiatives and solutions for getting the work back on track. They will leave the workshop with techniques to detect irregularities and how to address them appropriately.

Course Objectives

• Identify typical challenges in scaling, and learn principles and techniques for overcoming them
• Understand how to find the scale that works best for your organization and processes, including when to reduce or “de-scale”
• Experience the negative impact of cross-team dependencies on value delivery at scale
• Learn how identify, visualize, minimize and remove dependencies through cross-team refinement
• Learn how the Nexus framework extends and reinforces the key principles of Scrum to enable value delivery at scale
• Experience the Nexus framework in action - including the events, accountabilities and artifacts
• Experience techniques for organizing teams, organizing the work and running a Nexus
• Learn how to deliver value across the whole Nexus instead of optimizing the work of the individual teams

What You’ll Get

• 2 days of immersive, hands-on training with an Expert Professional Scrum Trainer (PST)

• Practical exercises to apply the Nexus™ framework in your real-world scaling context

• Exploring realistic scenarios with an experienced trainer with real-world scaling experience

• Course materials, templates, and practices designed for scaling Scrum effectively

• Exam preparation for the Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) certification, including one free attempt at the exam

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for:

• Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Team Leads working in scaled Scrum environments
• Product Owners involved in managing multiple Scrum teams or large, complex products
• Scrum Team members (Developers and Product Owners) who want to understand how to scale with Nexus or who are joining an organization using Nexus
• Managers and Leaders responsible for Agile transformations at scale
• Development Team Members working in a scaled Scrum environment
• Stakeholders or Business Leaders responsible for guiding product strategy across teams

Professional Scrum Certification

All participants completing the Scaled Professional Scrum course will receive a password to attempt the Scaled Professional Scrum SPS assessment. SPS class participants who attempt the SPS 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. 

PMI PDU Credits

Students of Scrum.org courses can claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) workshop. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance, not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category.