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Scrum Facilitation Skills
Enhance your understanding of facilitation skills and techniques to foster more effective Scrum events and interactions.
Description
As an emerging facilitator, you will deepen your comprehension of how to enhance interactions with Scrum Teams, stakeholders, and customers. This course will guide you in discovering what is essential for preparing and executing a successful workshop or Scrum event. The subjects covered in this training prepare you for the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ certification (PSF).
You will gain insights into the following areas:
- Cultivate a facilitator’s mindset and grasp the core facilitation principles that seasoned facilitators rely on during challenging interactions.
- Recognize the significance of facilitation principles and Scrum Values in promoting healthy collaboration within Scrum Teams.
- Explore strategies to navigate and address common challenges faced by Scrum Teams through effective facilitation.
- Understand how to foster diverse perspectives while uniting the team to make informed decisions.
- Experience the dynamics of group interactions and their impact on decision-making processes.
- Depart with a comprehensive toolbox of facilitation techniques and a clear understanding of how to apply them in various contexts.
Participants receive a voucher for the e-book: Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams.
Learning Goals
 Assess the effectiveness of various facilitation principles and techniques in promoting collaboration within Scrum Teams, and identify which are most suitable for specific challenges. | Evaluate  |
| Identify best answers to situations described in the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills certification exam (PSF) | Analyze  |
| Analyze the dynamics of group interactions and their influence on decision-making processes, and identify ways to optimize these dynamics for better team outcomes. | Analyze |
| Practice lightweight facilitation of Liberating Structures | Apply  |
| Describe the significance of facilitation principles and Scrum Values in promoting healthy collaboration within Scrum Teams. | Understand  |
| Characterize the five Facilitation Principles to fall back on when interactions are difficult | Understand |
Prior Knowledge
Scrum knowledge and practical experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Scrum Team member.
Subjects
- Facilitation Mindset and Facilitation Skills
- Facilitation Principles, Skills and Traits, Diverse Perspectives
- Lightweight Facilitation of Liberating Structures
- Facilitation of Alignment as a team
- Facilitation of all Scrum Events:
- key ideas, common challenges, useful techniques
- Facilitation beyond a Single Scrum Team
- Facilitation Techniques including:
- Thirty-five, Buy a Feature, Shift and Share, W3, 35
- Perfection Game, White Elephant, Core Protocols
- Roman Vote, Fist of Five, 1-2-4 All, Dot Voting
Schedule
| Start date | Duration | Location | |
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June 6, 2025June 13, 2025 | 2 days | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
October 1, 2025 | 1 day | Utrecht / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
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