Scaled Professional Scrum with Nexus (SPS) with Certification
Course Code: SPS
Overview
A hands-on, activity-based course designed to equip professionals with practical skills for scaling Scrum using the Nexus Framework, addressing cross-team challenges, and preparing for the Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) certification.
Target Audience
- Product Owners
- Product Managers
- Scrum Masters
- Lean Agile Practitioners
- Scrum Teams
- Development Leads and Managers
- Anyone involved in managing or participating in scaled Scrum product development
Learning Outcomes
- Understand that scaled Scrum is still Scrum
- Gain an introduction to the Nexus Framework
- Learn new roles, artifacts, and events in Nexus
- Organize teams and work for large-scale development
- Manage the Nexus and Nexus+
- Address common challenges in scaling Scrum
- Apply practices to efficiently build integrated software products
- Experience organizing several teams working on the same product
- Optimize team productivity
- Identify, minimize, and remove dependencies
Course Topics
- Scaling Scrum and organizing teams
- Team selection and organizing work
- Nexus in action
- Managing the Nexus
- Overcoming cross-team dependencies and collaboration challenges
- Practices for launching, structuring, and managing large Agile projects
Delivery Format
- Interactive, activity-based workshop
- Delivered over 8 half-day sessions (total 16 hours)
- Online via Microsoft Teams and Mural
- Includes case studies, simulations, and collaborative exercises
- Additional reading, writing, and watching activities between sessions
Proficiency Level
- Advanced
Course Length
- 16 hours (8 sessions)
Trainer/Designer
- Martin Hinshelwood
Vendor
- Scrum.org
Certification
- Includes one free attempt at the Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) certification exam
- Second attempt provided if the first is taken within 14 days and unsuccessful