SCALED PROFESSIONAL SCRUM (SPS)
The Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) course is an advanced professional program designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to apply Scrum effectively across multiple teams working on a single product. The SPS certification is administered by Scrum.org and is based on Nexus, the Scrum.org framework for scaling Scrum. The course focuses on preserving Scrum's principles of empiricism, transparency, inspection, and adaptation while managing cross-team dependencies, integration challenges, and product-wide alignment. This course prepares experienced Scrum practitioners to succeed in multi-team product development environments, enabling them to scale Scrum without introducing unnecessary complexity, roles, or processes.
Course Curriculum
1
- Why Scrum needs scaling
- Challenges in multi-team environments
- Overview of scaling approaches
- Scrum.org perspective on scaling
2
- What is Nexus
- Nexus principles and purpose
- Relationship between Scrum and Nexus
- When to use Nexus
3
- Product Owner in a Nexus
- Scrum Masters across teams
- Developers and cross-team collaboration
- Nexus Integration Team
4
- Nexus Sprint Planning
- Nexus Daily Scrum
- Nexus Sprint Review
- Nexus Sprint Retrospective
- Differences from single-team Scrum events
5
- Product Backlog for multiple teams
- Nexus Sprint Backlog
- Integrated Increment
- Transparency and artifact refinement
6
- Identifying and visualizing dependencies
- Continuous integration practices
- Reducing integration risk
- Handling shared components and services
7
- Definition of Done across teams
- Automated testing and CI/CD (overview)
- Managing technical debt at scale
- Ensuring product quality
8
- Role of Scrum Masters in scaling
- Coaching teams and stakeholders
- Removing organizational impediments
- Enabling self-management at scale
9
- Measuring outcomes vs outputs
- Product-level metrics
- Transparency for decision-making
- Avoiding local optimization
10
- Component teams vs product teams
- Excessive coordination overhead
- Over-engineered scaling frameworks
- Practical remedies
11
- SPS assessment structure
- Scenario-based questions
- Applying Nexus principles
- Exam strategies and preparation tips
12
- Instructor-led classroom or virtual training
- Group exercises and scaled Scrum simulations
- Scenario-based discussions
13
- Experienced Scrum Masters
- Product Owners and Product Managers
- Agile coaches and delivery leads
- Developers working in multi-team environments
- Professionals preparing for SPS certification
14
- Solid understanding of Scrum
- Practical experience working in Scrum Teams
- PSM I or equivalent knowledge is strongly recommended
15
- Scenario-based discussions and exercises
- Group simulations
- Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) certification assessment (online, via Scrum.org)
This course includes
- 15+ Activity Modules
- 40 hours + lessons
- Lifetime access
- Certificate of completion
- Available on desktop and mobile
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