Change management and Scrum Master (PSM I)

Free of cost

by funding

In this course, you will learn about the tasks and challenges of current change processes in the course of digital transformation, be able to use Scrum as an agile project management method and assess the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in your professional environment.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) from Scrum.org"
    Change and innovation management" certificate
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    Scrum.org certification PSM I - Professional Scrum Master (in English)
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Agile project management with Scrum: Master

Basics (approx. 3 days)

Agile mindset

Agile project management: overview

Differences and additions to traditional project management methods

Phases of an agile project

Strengths and weaknesses of agile project management


Prerequisites/framework conditions for agile projects (approx. 5 days)

Project environment, values and principles

Requirements for agile projects at a technical level in IT projects

Transferability of agile methods to projects outside IT


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Agile method Scrum (approx. 3 days)

Scrum philosophy

The different result responsibilities in Scrum and their tasks: Scrum Master, Developer, Product Owner

Self-organized teams

The Scrum meetings: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives

Scrum artifacts: product backlog, sprint backlog, increment

Planning with Scrum

Effects on organizations


Project management (approx. 2 days)

Stakeholder management

Problem identification and resolution

Scaled Scrum/Nexus


Key factor team (approx. 2 days)

Framework conditions for agile teams

Responsibility, collaboration and commitment in an agile team

Effective team and self-management

Communication in the team


Project work, certification preparation and Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master certification (PSM I) in English (approx. 5 days)

Change and innovation management

Industry 4.0 and digital transformation basics (approx. 3 days)

What is Industry 4.0?

Developments from the past to the present

Digital revolution or normal development?

The most important building blocks for a factory of the future

What impact will Industry 4.0 have on the economy and people?

The technical basis - intelligent, digitally networked systems and production processes

What is digital transformation?

Digital transformation as a process of continuous further development of digital technologies


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Personal ability to change within New Work (approx. 5 days)

Work 4.0 - The New Work era

The new world of work - more digitalized, more mobile, more efficient and more networked

The old workplace - a look back

The new workplace - What does the current workplace already look like?

The workplace of the future - video conferencing, working from home and robots

Global teams: the most important building blocks for successful global collaboration and teamwork

Self-organization and self-management in the New Work era

Agile learning and knowledge management in the digital age

An overview of models and tools for modern conflict management

The opportunities inherent in New Work and Work 4.0


Systems and processes (approx. 2 days)

Process analysis with regard to digital transformation

Lean management - management processes rethought

Design Thinking - An insight into the new form of problem solving and idea generation

Scrum - A possibility of agile project and product management


What is change and innovation management (approx. 5 days)

The analysis of change - how a change process begins

Which tools and instruments accompany the change

The design of a change architecture - The "king competence" in change management

The success factors of change management

It doesn't work without change communication

Innovation management - change management as a driver for innovation

The innovation process: planning, implementation and monitoring success


Change monitoring in change processes (approx. 2 days)

Agile reporting - progress monitoring

Communication controlling - planning, management and control of corporate communication


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After this course, you will have a firm grasp of the Scrum process and be able to support product owners in process management and improvement. You will be able to organize and moderate Agile/Scrum meetings and implement sprints and be familiar with Scrum artefacts.

You also understand how important change and innovation are for business success and know the impact of changing processes and structures on the working environment. You are familiar with the roles in a modern company, you can develop strategic plans and then evaluate their success.

The course is aimed at commercially oriented individuals who face the entrepreneurial challenges of digitalization and introduce or support it in the company and in the team.

As well as project managers, people with a degree in computer science, business informatics, business administration or comparable qualifications.

With Scrum, you will learn a project and product management process model that was originally used for agile software development in particular, but is now also used in many other specialist areas. As a scalable project management and development method, it is used successfully in numerous large-scale projects with several hundred team members. Scrum Masters find numerous employment opportunities as permanent specialists, but self-employment is also an interesting prospect. The official certificate from Scrum.org provides you with internationally recognized proof of your qualifications as a Scrum Master.

In addition, interdisciplinary knowledge of digital processes is in demand across all sectors.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.