Agile Socks® Training
Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™
June 17-18, 2023
Live Virtual Class
8:00am - 12:00pm Pacific / 11:00am - 3:00pm Eastern
Want to better leverage facilitation principles to better solve problems, build consensus, and foster transparency?
Take the PSF Skills 1-day class for $795 $695.
Early bird discount available through May 30.
Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ is an interactive course designed to help Scrum practitioners develop a facilitator’s mindset, proficiency in facilitation skills, and learn when and how to select effective techniques for various circumstances.
Strong facilitation skills enable better problem-solving, more effective Scrum events and greater team alignment, all leading to better outcomes.
A key tenet of Scrum is to put problem-solving and decision-making in the hands of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Framework creates venues for this to happen, and the Scrum Values help create an environment in which each Scrum Team member’s voice can be heard.
However, team interactions don’t always go well. Sometimes team members lose sight of goals, don’t fully engage and/or can’t reach agreement. Effective facilitation can guide the team toward their desired outcomes.
In this 1-day skills-building course, participants will learn how to become better facilitators to improve interactions with their Scrum Teams, stakeholders and customers. They will focus on how to adopt facilitation as a stance and enable the Scrum Values. Students will address a series of common Scrum-related scenarios by applying several facilitation techniques that they can add to their collection of agile practices. They will create and leave with their own facilitation “plan” to improve their next team discussion or Scrum event.
Stephanie Ockerman is a Professional Scrum Trainer™, founder of Agile Socks LLC, and co-author of the book Mastering Professional Scrum. She is a former Scrum Master (PSM) Curriculum Steward for Scrum.org. Learn more about Stephanie.
Note: This course is not suitable for professionals with little Scrum knowledge or experience.
By the end of class, you will:
Learn the facilitation principles that experienced facilitators fall back on when interactions are difficult.
Apply facilitation skills and techniques to improve the Scrum events and other interactions
Explore how facilitation can address challenging scenarios most Scrum Teams encounter.
Understand how to encourage diverse perspectives, while bringing the team together to reach decisions
Leave class with a toolbox of facilitation techniques and understand how to apply them in different circumstances.
Experience the elements of group dynamics and how they influence the decision-making process.
Post-training support includes:
Access to all of the learning materials used during class.
Two free attempts to earn your PSFS certification (assessment is taken online after the course). I offer tips and email support for questions that arise as you study for the assessment.
Links to additional online resources I curate for each class based on the questions and needs that arise during class.
Are you ready to improve facilitation skills to support teams in solving problems, building consensus, and fostering transparency?
Your Investment: $795 $695
Early bird discount available through May 30.
FAQs
Life happens. And who knows what else 2025 has in store for us. If you have a scheduling conflict, you will be able to transfer your registration to a future class or to another service offering.
If you prefer a refund, we are happy to accommodate that as well, minus a $150 administrative fee.
This training is for experienced Scrum practitioners who are seeking to improve their team facilitation skills.
It is recommended that you have at least a few months experience actively working with a Scrum Team, where you have been frequently stepping into a facilitator role.
Yes! When you take this course, you will get two free attempts at the Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) assessment. If you achieve an 85% on the assessment, you earn your PSFS credential.
Yep! There is a scholarship program because diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are essential for growing a thriving world. The scholarship program uses a pay-what-you-can model, and you can read the requirements and apply here.
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