Certified Scrum Master® (CSM) Training

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Scrum is a growing Agile framework that has been gaining momentum in organizations by improving productivity and innovation, and the Scrum Master is the main person to drive the Scrum team towards its process of product development and delivery. The Certified Scrum Master certification enhances the capabilities and boosts the Scrum Master's confidence to implement the Scrum framework effectively in the organization. 

What you'll learn

  • Master the Scrum framework and Agile mindset
  • Understand techniques to deliver your project on time
  • The difference between roles, events and artefacts
  • Understand Story Points As A Relative Unit Of Measurement
  • How to get the Scrum team ready for their first Sprint and how to run the first Sprint
  • Master the Scrum Values, Scrum Principles and Scrum Pillars
  • Pass the Scrum Master Certification on your first attempt
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Program fees

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As of Jul 20, 2022, the average annual pay for an Entry Level Scrum Master in the United States is $81,595 a year.

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This course includes

  • 100% live, no pre-recorded content.
  • 16 hours of interactive live sessions [2 Days]
  • 16 hours of coaching and mentoring from experienced Scrum Masters and project management leads
  • Experiential learning with Case studies, Scrum Activities, Role plays, & Simulations
  • Convenient Weekend training
  • Earn 16 PDUs and 16 SEUs
  • Enjoy 2-year membership with Scrum Alliance
  • Get trained by globally renowned Certified Scrum Trainers (CSTs)
  • Job Assistance (we will edit your resume, coach you for interviews )

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Course Curriculum

  • Learning objectives
    Get familiar with the 12 principles and 4 values stated in the Agile Manifesto through our popular in-class activity- “Draw and demonstrate”. Herein, you will be asked to form groups and illustrate all 12 principles pictorially. 
     

    What you will learn:

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Explain the 12 principles and 4 values listed in the Agile Manifesto.
    • Demonstrate the benefits of “responding to change” in Agile over “following a plan” in traditional project management.
    • Describe how the Scrum values (courage, focus, commitment, respect, openness) relate to the Scrum artifacts, events, and roles.
    • List and explain the three pillars in Scrum ― Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation.
    • Explain the differences between framework and methodology and understand why Scrum is called a framework.
    • List 5 ways to develop an Agile mindset.
    • Illustrate 2 differences between Agile and Scrum and explain why these two terms cannot be used interchangeably.
    Topics: 
    • Agile Manifesto
    • 12 Principles
    • 4 values
    • Scrum Foundations (5 Scrum Values)

  • Learning objective
    Learning Objective: Learn more about the three roles in Scrum with role-based activities. Each group will play a simulation game called “candy catch” that will have three iterations. The Scrum Master and Product Owner (chosen by group members) will coordinate and help the team achieve the highest target within the shortest time.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Conduct a retrospective to list 3 techniques to improve the performance and turnaround time.
    • Explain the roles and responsibilities of a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.
    • List 3 differences between a Scrum Master and a Product Owner and understand why these two roles should not overlap.
    • Discuss how a product owner acts as a bridge between the development team and the stakeholders.
    • Understand why a Scrum Master is not an active participant but a facilitator in the Scrum events and ceremonies.
    • List 3 demerits of having a development team of less than 3 members or greater than 10 members.

    Topics covered

    • Scrum Master roles and challenges
    • Product Owner roles and responsibilities
    • Development team roles and responsibilities

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Take part in the Scrum Paper Plane game and learn how the 5 Scrum ceremonies work. There will be 3 sprints, each lasting 15 minutes. You need to prepare the user stories that will cover the features and functionalities along with acceptance criteria.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Explain the “why” and “how” of sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and retrospective.
    • Understand why the scope and duration of a sprint are fixed.
    • List 3 ways to avoid sprint backlog spillover.
    • Define sprint goals and discuss 5 benefits of having a sprint goal.
    • Understand how the Scrum Master and the Product Owner should coordinate with the team and list 5 points to improve such communications.
    • Discuss 3 damaging impacts of sprint cancellation and how to avoid it.
    • List 10 sprint anti-patterns (E.g. sprint cancellation, variable sprint length) and understand how these impact the delivery and turnaround time.

     

    Topics covered

    • Sprint planning
    • Daily Scrum
    • Sprint Review
    • Sprint Retrospective

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Experience how scrum works in real projects with our simulation game “Crime Teller”. The activity will be divided into 3 sprints, wherein the participants will actively employ Product backlog refinement among other scrum artifacts to solve a given “crime” story.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • List and demonstrate 5 salient features of a well-formed product backlog (E.g. estimated, prioritized).
    • Discuss 2 responsibilities of the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the Development team in creating and maintaining a product backlog.
    • The objective of having a product backlog and best approaches to product backlog refinement.
    • Analyze and discuss the ideal time and capacity to be dedicated to product backlog refinement.
    • Demonstrate 3 activities (E.g. budget and timeline, release schedule) that take place during a sprint review.
    • List 5 sprint review anti-patterns (E.g. delayed   acceptance) and their negative impacts

    Topics covered

     

    • Product Backlog
    • Sprint Backlog
    • Product Increment

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Learn about Scrum life cycle by taking part in the “coin game”. The participants will be linking ceremonies to create effective sprint goals. This module will focus on the common challenges in sprint execution and enable team members to improvise.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Explain the difference between resolution meetings and daily standups.
    • Explain the benefits of collaborations with product owners.
    • List 3 demerits of over collaboration of the product owners.
    • Demonstrate 3 ways to break the barriers and collaborate
    • Demonstrate creation of sprint burndown chart
    • Explain 3 approaches to increase efficiency in the team

    Topics covered

     

    • Sprint Execution Planning
    • Flow management
    • Resolution meetings
    • Communication (Taskboard, Sprint burndown chart using story points, hours effort)
  • AWS Certified DevOps Exam Discussion (Self-paced)
     
    Learning Objectives: This module focuses on exam questionnaires along with guidance on preparing for the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Exam. 
     
    Topics:

    AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Exam Guide

    Certification Exam Questionnaires

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Play the “Marshmellow Tower” game and learn more about daily scrum and sprint retrospective in real scrum projects. The tallest tower built with the minimum raw materials and in the shortest time frame will win. Acceptance criteria will be defined by the instructor.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Explain the importance of 15-minute timebox for daily scrum meetings.
    • List 3 differences between traditional meetings and daily stand-ups.
    • Describe 2 roles played by the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Development team in daily scrum.
    • List the 3 critical questions pertaining to the daily scrum agenda.
    • List 2 responsibilities of the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Development team during the sprint retrospective.

    Topics covered

     

    • Activities in daily scrum
    • Activities in sprint retrospective

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Familiarise yourself with Definition of Done (DoD) and Acceptance Criteria with the “Crazy Juggler” game wherein you need to pass a fixed number of balls to non-adjacent team members within a certain time frame and collect them in a paper bag once marked as “done”.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Explain Definition of Done at three levels ― user story (e.g. writing code), sprint, and release (e.g. preparing release notes).
    • List 3 benefits of Definition of Done and explain why it can evolve over a certain period of time.
    • Prepare a checklist (with a minimum of 7 entries) of an ideal DoD.
    • Mention 3 risks associated with an ill-formed DoD.
    • List 5 characteristics of good acceptance criteria.
    • Understand who all should be involved in drafting the acceptance criteria.
    • List 3 negative impacts of not following the acceptance criteria.

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition of Done for a feature (user story or product backlog item)
    • Definition of Done for a sprint
    • Definition of Done for a release
    • Definition of Done vs. Acceptance criteria
    • Done vs. Done-Done.

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Acquaint yourself with the Definition of Ready with our Lego blocks game wherein the attendees will be asked to build a city out of Lego building blocks. The “definition of ready” checklist for the final deliverable will be determined by the instructor.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Create an ultimate checklist of Definition of Done.
    • List 3 negative impacts of an ill-formed Definition of Done.
    • Identify at least 3 benefits of a shared Definition of Done for multiple teams working on the same product backlog.
    • List 2 ways to improve Definition of Done.
    • Clearly understand the differences between “done” and “done done”.

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition of Ready for user story
    • Definition of Ready for sprint

  • Learning Objectives
    Learning Objective: Play the self-organization game “Human Knots” by forming teams of 5-6. Groups where team members can untie themselves first win. The time frame for this activity will be decided by your instructor. Each team will have a Scrum Master and Product Owner chosen by group members.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Define and understand the steps involved in release planning.
    • List 3 benefits of a well-organized release planning.
    • List 3 outputs of release planning.

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition of release planning
    • Who takes part in release planning
    • Steps in Release planning
    • Output of Release Planning

  • Learning Objective
    Learning Objective: Acquaint yourself with the Sprint Burndown Chart concepts by taking part in the ballpoint game. There will be 5 iterations and the number of points being expected at the end of the release will be communicated to the team.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Define and understand sprint burndown chart.
    • List 3 primary reasons to use a burndown chart.
    • Learn how to create and calculate a burndown chart.
    • Explain how to adjust upcoming sprints based on the burndown.
    • List 3 critical information obtained from a burndown chart.
    • List 5 merits and 2 demerits of using a burndown chart.
    • Understand 5 common errors that lead to misleading information in burndown charts.

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition
    • Why and when to use a sprint burndown chart
    • Information obtained from sprint burndown chart

  • Learning Objective
    Take part in the ball point game and understand the in-depth concepts of release burn-up charts and why Scrum teams use them. There will be 5 iterations and once the sprint is completed, the team will put a mark on the release burn-up as to how many points are completed.
     

    What you will learn

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Understand the importance of having a release goal (based on historical data and agreement).
    • Demonstrate the importance of release burn-up in understanding the current status.
    • List 2 differences between burndown and burn-up charts.
    • Explain how to adjust release planning (if needed) based on the burn down.
    • Tell one primary advantage of a burnup chart over a burndown chart.  

    Topics covered

    • Definition
    • Features
    • How to create a release burn-up chart (steps)

  • Topics
    • What is product planning
    • What is product vision
    • How to create a product backlog
    • Product Roadmap
    • Minimum Releasable features (or) Minimum Marketable Features
    • Minimum Viable Products

  • Learning Objectives
    Be a part of the Lego Building Blocks game wherein participants will be asked to write user stories for every activity involved. The game will entail 3 iterations and attendees will prepare user stories that will cover the features and functionalities along with acceptance criteria. 
     

    What you will learn 

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • Define and explain user stories and understand the importance of user stories in real-time projects.
    • Explain the 3 Cs in user stories.
    • Discuss the importance of acceptance criteria and list 3 scenarios that might arise when the acceptance criteria are not met.

    Topics covered

     

    • What are user stories?
    • Structure/format of user stories
    • INVEST criteria

  • Learning Objective
    Learn more about the “what” and “how” of Agile estimation with our in-class Agile board game “Scrumble”. In an interactive setting, this game will let you analyze the common challenges faced by Scrum team members during implementing different estimation techniques in Agile.
     

    What you will learn 

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • List and demonstrate 5 benefits of Agile estimation.
    • Understand the 7 popular Agile estimation techniques and decide which one is the best for your project.
    • Discuss 3 benefits of Relative Estimation and Planning Poker.
    • List and explain 3 common mistakes made while using Relative Estimation and their negative impacts.
    • Discuss in detail the 5 critical steps in Planning Poker. 

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition
    • Benefits of Agile Estimation
    • Agile estimation techniques

  • Learning Objective
    Know everything about planning poker from our popular poker card estimation game. Team members/estimators have to privately select one card and the value on each card would represent the story point. Once all cards are revealed, the values need to be discussed.
     

    What you will learn 

    At the end of this activity, you will be able to-

    • List 5 benefits of planning poker estimation technique.
    • Decide the best sequence for the values (story points) on cards for your real-time projects.
    • Discuss in detail the 5 critical steps in Planning Poker. 
    • List 3 points to heed for employing planning poker for distributed teams.

    Topics covered

     

    • Definition
    • Benefits
    • Participants
    • How to play planning poker
    • Planning Poker rules

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We offer you more than 16 hours or recommended workshop time. We deep dive into real scrum and offer coaching on the same.

Top Scrum Master Trainers, Mentors & Career Coaches

Heitor De Sa Roriz Filho CST

CSM, CSPO & CSPO

HeitorRorizFilho is an ‘agilero’. He currently works as an Agile Coach and Trainer worldwide, based in Sao Paulo. He is a writer, speaker and trainer in the area of Technology Management. He has been dealing with Agile since 2004 and in addition to speaking for Agile/Scrum, Six Sigma and PMI conferences, he is the founder activist of the ScrumAmazonia user group.

Michel Goldenberg CST

CST

Michel Started working with Agile in 2001 when he first used eXtreme Programming as a team member in a very complex project in Brazil, since that project Michel decided to focus his career in coaching and training in Agile.

Some people like to call him a nomad because he is always working world wide and moving from country to country to always find the most challenging market so he can always improve in Agile by helping people learn and apply it. 

Daniel James Gullo CST

CSM, CSPO & Agile

For more than 25 years, Daniel has been teaching, mentoring, coaching, and consulting for organizations of many sizes; from startups to multi-national enterprises. Daniel has led large-scale Agile adoption initiatives for organizations in Financial Services, Education, Health Care, Bio-tech, Pharma, Information Technology Consulting, Professional Associations, and Federal Government. Daniel James Gullo is the author of Real World Agility.

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    Industry Trends and Insights

    • 154,000 US Scrum Master jobs on LinkedIn

      For certified and professional scrum masters in the IT industry.

    • Salary Trend

      As of Jul 20, 2022, the average annual pay for an Entry Level Scrum Master in the United States is $81,595 a year.

    • 37.9% of growth in this decade.

      According to a study by the World Economic Forum, 33% of high-demand roles in product development will be Scrum related by 2022

    Job Titles

    • Scrum Master - Project Manager - Product Owner - Agile Scrum Master - Delivery Lead - Project Lead

    Frequently asked questions

    According to The Scrum GuideTM, scrum is "a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.1" Scrum is the most widely used and popular agile framework. The term agile describes a specific set of foundational principles and values for organizing and managing complex work.

    The term scrum comes from a 1986 Harvard Business Review article in which authors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka made an analogy comparing high-performing, cross-functional teams to the scrum formation used by rugby teams. 

    Though it has its roots in software development, today scrum refers to a lightweight framework that is used in every industry to deliver complex, innovative products and services that truly delight customers. It is simple to understand, but difficult to master.

    Scrum, an Agile framework has been picking up momentum in creating innovation and improving productivity across organizations. A high-performing Scrum team always contributes to the success of an Agile project and the Scrum Master is the main person responsible for steering the project in the right direction. The Certified ScrumMaster course boosts your confidence in implementing the Scrum framework effectively in organizations.

    Yes, we do. We have specialist job coaches that will guide you after completing this program.  We have expert Scrum Masters from Fortune 500 companies that will help you prep for your scrum master interview, whether you have experience in project management or you are just trying to break into the industry.

    There is no set of eligibility requirements to attend this ScrumMaster Certification course and it can be taken by any professional who wants to deepen their understanding of Scrum.

    • Team Leaders
    • Product Managers
    • Development Team Members
    • Software Engineers
    • Project Managers
    • Business Analysts
    • Testers
    • Software Architects
    • Product Owners
    • QA managers
    • Anyone interested in a career as Scrum Master