Scrum Java | Firebrand Training

Overview

Firebrand's accelerated course is designed to prepare you for Scrum.org's Professional Scrum Developer Java certification exam.

Attaining the Professional Scrum Developer certification demonstrates you have the skills required to enhance your team's efficiency and productivity.

This course teaches you software development using Scrum and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools. You'll learn how to implement the tools, using both Scrum and Agile best practices.

Requirements are discussed based on your own issues and acceptance criteria:

Scrum

Run complete Sprints
Plan the Sprints in Sprint Planning Meetings
Daily Scrums
Track progress with burndowns
Sprint Reviews with stakeholders
Reflect experiences and understandings in Sprint Retrospectives
Work according to a Definition of Done

Agile

Story Points and Planning Poker estimation
Test driven development and test first
Code smells and refactoring
Continuous integration
Development in pairs

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Four reasons why you should sit your Scrum Java course with Firebrand Training

You'll be Scrum Java trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 3-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your Scrum Java course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
Pass Scrum Java first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study Scrum Java with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 124.229 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Benefits

The three areas of knowledge that you'll take away from Firebrand's course:

Scrum - you'll practice being part of a Scrum team, so you'll see the core concepts in action. This will help you to practice self-organisation, and learn how to identify and overcome common Scrum team dysfunctions
Tools - this course can focus on either Eclipse + IBM Rational Jazz or Eclipse + Open Source tools. You'll learn how to map the tools to the relevant Scrum practices
Best practices:

Coding - test-driven development, continuous integration and refactoring
Architecture - emergent architecture and evolutionary database development
Release management - planning, requirements definition, and shipment
Quality assurance - defining "done", pair programming, version control and acceptance testing.

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Curriculum

On this Firebrand course, you'll learn:

Module 1: Introduction

Scrum and the PSD program
Agenda
Logistics
Team formation

Module 2: Familiarising with the ‘brownfield’ application

Project environment
Source code structure
Test framework
Eclipse IDE

Module 3: Planning poker

Estimating agile projects
Absolute versus relative estimation
Planning poker process
Common mistakes

Module 4: Sprint, Introduction to Scrum

Scrum overview
Scrum roles
Scrum time-boxes (ceremonies)
Scrum artefacts
Motivation for Scrum
Retrospective

Module 5: Sprint Planning Meeting

Agile planning
Velocity
Capacity
Sprint goal
Sprint planning 1
Sprint planning 2
Acceptance criteria

Module 6: Daily Scrum

Participants
The three questions
Examples and outcome
Impediments

Module 7: Definition of Done

Module 8: Review and Retrospective

Planning a review
Do's and Don'ts
How to handle feedback
Inspect and adapt
Plan – Do – Check – Act from the past into the future
Techniques for effective retrospectives

Module 9: User Stories, Definition of Done, Planning Poker

Customer value, priority, effort
Card – Conversation – Confirmation
INVEST principle
Inspect and adapt
Acceptance criteria
SMART principle
Definition of done

Module 10: Test Driven Development

The cycle of test, code and refactor
The three laws of TDD
3A Pattern (Arrange, Act, Assert)
Reasons why it is beneficial to do TDD
Agile testing quadrants

Module 11: Code Smells, Re-factoring

Types of code smells
Law of Demeter
Live refactoring example

Module 12: Continuous Integration

Continuous integration setup
Big visual display / extreme feedback devices
Types of build processes
How it can be rolled-out
Build artefacts
Team Behaviour

What's Included

Included:

Firebrand's own Scrum Java courseware

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free (just pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs)

Exam Track

You'll sit the following exam:

The Professional Scrum DeveloperTM (PSD) assessment - PSD I

Prerequisites

This is a medium-level course, suitable for any member of a software development team. You may be:

Part of a project team, already working together and wanting to explore Scrum
Part of a team of developers with Scrum knowledge and experience
A developer with Scrum knowledge and experience
A programmer, architect, database developer, tester etc.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 42 419 397 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

Reviews

We've currently trained 124.229 students in 12 years. We asked them all to review our Accelerated Learning. Currently,
96,62% have said Firebrand exceeded their expectations:

"Really enjoyed the training. Trainer was very knowledgeable and supportive. The group was fun to work with and I learnt a huge amount of information which will be relevant to my work. The venue and on site facilities were lovely and I had a relaxing time while preparing for a course with lots of new information. "
Rafia Khatun, Sopra Steria. (13/11/2019 (Wednesday) to 15/11/2019 (Friday))

"Very well provisioned training center, a good place to learn."
Jane Hughes, Sopra Steria Limited. (28/10/2019 (Monday) to 30/10/2019 (Wednesday))

"Our trainer,, was great, really understanding, explained things well and in general just made the experience really wonderful. 10/10 would take a course tutored by him again"
Simeon Fabowale-Makinde, Mr. (28/10/2019 (Monday) to 30/10/2019 (Wednesday))

"Good overall experience and learnt a lot in the allotted time, which is the goal of intensive courses. Thanks for the teaching!"
T.R.. (28/10/2019 (Monday) to 30/10/2019 (Wednesday))

"It was a brilliant opportunity to learn about Scrum. The sessions were long but the instructor was friendly which definitely helped! I now feel confident with the concepts involved with Scrum and I look forward to applying them to my work."
Lauren Boys, Sopra Steria. (28/10/2019 (Monday) to 30/10/2019 (Wednesday))

Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
21/2/2022 (Monday)	23/2/2022 (Wednesday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-
27/6/2022 (Monday)	29/6/2022 (Wednesday)	Wait list	Nationwide
8/8/2022 (Monday)	10/8/2022 (Wednesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
19/9/2022 (Monday)	21/9/2022 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
31/10/2022 (Monday)	2/11/2022 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
12/12/2022 (Monday)	14/12/2022 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide

Scrum - Firebrand's training for Scrum.org's Professional Scrum Developer Java certification