The Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) Guide: Successfully practice Scrum in real-world projects and achieve PSM I certification with confidence

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