• To plan, initiate and lead a Scrum project
• To establish a shared vision for the entire team
• To generate an agile release plan utilizing user stories and story point estimation
• To lead your Scrum team through planning, review, and retrospective sessions
• To create an environment in which self-managing teams can flourish
• To identify and remove impediments
• To identify, engage and involve business stakeholders in your project
• How to take most existing teams to the next level
• Practical suggestions purchased expensively from the school of hard knocks

ScrumMaster training provides an applied understanding of the Scrum process and helps participants begin to develop the tools, insights, and skills required to apply Scrum on their projects and across their organizations.

Additional Information :
The course will run from 9am-5pm each day. A continental breakfast, breaks and lunch will be provided.

Following the course, each participant is enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.

Who Should Attend

This course is for all people interested in Scrum and Agile.  It was originally created to train ScrumMasters, but is now used to train teams and to train the managers around teams.  It is particularly useful if a whole team (or team group) takes the course together.  In any case, all team roles (programmer, tester, analyst, Product Owner, ScrumMaster, etc) and managers and other interested parties can attend.  For example, CEOs have attended with benefit. While it is a beginner level course, this course includes the practical knowledge to immediately start doing Scrum with a team.   You will also learn not just the how, but also the why. This course is immersive and intensive, including practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussions.

PMPs: You can receive 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for this course.

Course Material

Participants will receive a copy of the slide deck (not books) at the course. The CSM course was formulated to train and certify ScrumMasters and is used worldwide for ScrumMaster training. In addition, participants should obtain (at their own expense) Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber, which is required reading for the course. You may also wish to obtain the primary Scrum book, Agile Software Development with SCRUM by Schwaber and Beedle, on which the course is based.

Of course, there will be updated material and training exercises in the course which you cannot get from books. The entire syllabus can be available for your review upon registering for the course so you can look it over and bring it with you to the sessions.

Registration and Fees

The course fee is $1,400. The early bird rate is $1,200.  There is a discount for groups of 3 or more.

You can pay via check, cash, money transfer, etc.  Once you pay, you become registered. If your firm needs an invoice, we can generate those as well. If you need an invoice or receipt, we can provide that. You are not fully registered until we receive payment. Contact us if you have a group. Please contact Julia Hill for details or with questions.

Refund policy
90% of the course fee will be refunded for cancellations more that 7 days in advance of the course. No refunds will be provided for cancellations within a week of the course.