EXPIRED: Certified Scrum Master Course + Workshop
Dates: May 17 - 19, 2016
Location: Charleston, SC
Course Location:
Courtyard Charleston Historic District - Marriott
125 Calhoun St
Charleston, SC 29401
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EXPIRED: Certified Scrum Master Course + Workshop

Charleston, SC

Our Certified Scrum Master course CSM Charleston + Agile Release Planning Workshop approach is unique. Unlike others, we do a 2-day interactive CSM course plus a 1-day Agile Release Planning Workshop. The CSM course Charleston provides an applied understanding of the Scrum process and will help you begin to develop the tools, attitudes, and skills required to apply Scrum on your projects and across your organization. The ARP Workshop is optional, and highly recommended by attendees.

The course covers the basics of Scrum and some advanced topics, so that you will have the knowledge, the interest, and the motivation to use these ideas more effectively. You will not yet be a master at Scrum, but you will have enough knowledge and skill to get started and be successful.

Upon completion of the Course and the Workshop, you will receive 24 SEUs toward the requirements of the CSP (Certified Scrum Professional) and 22 PDUs toward PMI requirements. (Or 16 SEUs and 15 PDUs if you only take the CSM course.)

In addition to the Course/Workshop, you receive:

  • Recognition by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified Scrum Master Charleston
  • A two-year membership in Scrum Alliance.
  • A printed copy of the course materials (and a softcopy)
  • Fibonacci estimating cards, for use in estimating with your team
  • Other Scrum-related materials

Note: To become an official CSM, you must satisfactorily complete the Course and the CSM Test. The CSM Test is later, online, and takes about 1 hour.

Samples of What You Will Learn:

  • Practical, project-proven practices
  • The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
  • How to write user stories for the product backlog
  • How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
  • The basics of scaling Scrum, perhaps to large, multi-continent project teams
  • Tips and tricks from the instructor’s nine years of using Scrum in a wide variety of environments

The Agile Release Planning Workshop:

  • We always combine a 1 day Agile Release Planning workshop with the course.
  • The Workshop takes the real work of the identified Product Owner at each table, and we do the Agile Release Planning for that work.
  • It is an excellent way to take the ideas of the course and make them practical. It builds the initial product backlog. It gets your team ready to start on Monday.
  • You may take the CSM Charleston course only, but be aware that attendees strongly recommend the ARP workshop.
  • You may also take the Agile Release Planning workshop by itself. For example, at a later date.

The Trainer:

  • Joe Little, an experienced Agile coach and Scrum Trainer (CST), will lead this Scrum course.
  • Joe has co-trained 8 times with Jeff Sutherland (one of the co-creators of Scrum), and we believe you get more ‘real Scrum’ because of this experience.
  • Joe has an MBA and 20+ years of senior level Big 6 and related consulting experience.
  • Joe has in-depth practical experience in helping teams become very productive with Scrum and Agile.
  • He often co-teaches these courses with other great Scrum trainers. Take a look at Joe’s blog, Agile & Business.
  • Joe is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) associated with Scrum Alliance.

You may want to learn about our Referral Program and about our Refresher Program. The content of the course and workshop are described more fully here.

Registration and Fees

  • Early Bird for the 2 day  CSM Course is  $1,300. The normal price is $1,400.
  • Early Bird price for the 2 day CSM Course + 1 day ARP Workshop is  $1,650. The normal price is $1,750.
  • If you are a member of a local agile or PMI group, you get a $100 reduction in these fees.
  • 10% discount for any group of 3 or more.
  • 3% discount off the net due if you pay with cash (eg, at the beginning of the course).

Refund Policy

If for any reason you cannot make a course CSM Charleston , you may send another person in your place for free, or you may move to another date for a similar course for free. If you must completely cancel, 100% of the course fee will be refunded if you cancel more than 14 days in advance of the course.  A 30% cancellation fee will be charged for refunds requested 14 or fewer days before the of the course start date.