Professional Scrum Developer (PSD)

What is PSD?

Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) is a 3-day hands-on course where you will experience how to deliver quality software using Scrum with Agile and DevOps practices. Students will work as a Scrum Team or multiple Scrum Teams depending on class size, creating real code on a realistic software system. The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Developer certification exam (PSD).

Over the 3 days, students gain a real-world view of what it is like to build software with Scrum. Throughout the course, students collaborate over a series of Sprints. They apply modern engineering practices, and use the Scrum framework to cope with changes. There is a key focus on having students learn how to develop and deliver increments of potentially releasable functionality from a realistic Product Backlog. By doing so, students will experience real-world challenges and issues and will learn how to handle them by continuously improving during the Sprint cycles.

The course teaches how Agile engineering practices and supportive DevOps tools improve a team’s capabilities even more.

The course is available in .NET and Java specific technologies along with a generic technology course. Professional Scrum Trainers can work with you to define a specific technology stack that meets your needs in private classes.

The .NET version was developed in partnership with Microsoft® and is the official training solution for Microsoft Visual Studio.

The PSD course covers the following

1. Using Scrum
2. Working within a Scrum Team
3. Definition of Done
4. Development Practices
5. Test Driven Development
6. Pair Programming
7. Code Review
8. Using ALM tools with Scrum

What you will learn

1. Gain a real-world view of what it is like to build software with Scrum.
2. Apply modern engineering practices, and use the Scrum framework to cope with changes.
3. Key focus on learning how to develop and deliver increments of potentially releasable functionality from a realistic Product Backlog.
4. Experience real-world challenges and issues and will learn how to handle them by continuously improving during the Sprint cycles.
5. How Agile engineering practices and supportive DevOps tools improve a team’s capabilities even more.
6. The course is available in .NET and Java specific technologies along with a generic technology course.
7. The .NET version was developed in partnership with Microsoft® and is the official training solution for Microsoft Visual Studio.

Certification

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Developer course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) assessment. PSD class participants who attempt the PSD I 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.

PSD:

• Fee: $200 (Included in the course fee)
• Passing score: 85%
• Time limit: 60 minutes
• Number of Questions: 80
• Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer and True/False

Who should attend?

The Professional Scrum Developer course is intended for all members of a Scrum Development Team; architects, programmers, database developers, testers, and others with some technical knowledge. The class focuses on using technology to deliver software in Increments.

Class Prerequisites

1. Have studied the Scrum Guide (required)
2. Have passed the Scrum Developer Open assessment
3. Have read the Professional Scrum Development glossary
4. Have passed the Scrum Open assessment
5. Have experience with the technologies taught in the class, i.e. Java, Python or .Net
6. Come prepared / email me 3 objectives you want to get out of the workshop (required)
7. An open and curious mind (absolutely required).

What can I expect?

1. Professional Scrum Developer assessment code for PSD certification.
2. Hard copy of the course material
3. A copy of my best selling Scrum book – “Scrum Insights For Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion“
4. Post training help