CERTIFIED SCRUMMASTER

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)

Discover how you can earn your ScrumMaster certification

A Certified ScrumMaster® helps project teams properly use Scrum, increasing the likelihood of the project’s overall success. CSMs understand Scrum values, practices, and applications and provide a level of knowledge and expertise above and beyond that of typical project managers. CSMs act as “servant leaders,” helping the rest of the Scrum team work together and learn the Scrum framework. CSMs also protect the team from both internal and external distractions.

 What are the benefits of a ScrumMaster certification?

By earning a Certified ScrumMaster® certification you: 

• Expand your career opportunities by staying relevant and marketable across all industry sectors adopting Agile
• Demonstrate to employers and peers your attainment of core Scrum
• Learn the foundation of Scrum and the scope of the Certified ScrumMaster’s role from

the best minds in Scrum.

• Engage with a community of recognized Scrum experts who are committed to continuous

As a CSM, you will be able to fill the role of ScrumMaster or Scrum team member. Through the certification process, you will gain an understanding of the Scrum framework, including team roles, activities, and artifacts.

 With your CSM certification, you will also have access to a 2-year membership with Scrum Alliance. Through this membership you can join local user groups, online social networks, gain access to deep discounts on gatherings, and additional member-only resources.

 Requirements for ScrumMaster certification

• To earn your CSM certificate, you must take a CSM course from a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and demonstrate your progress through our online CSM
• The first step toward your CSM is familiarizing yourself with Scrum. We’ve compiled a list of resources that can help you see how Scrum transforms the world of
• Then attend an in-person, two-day (16 hour) CSM course taught by a Scrum Alliance Authorized After successfully completing the course, you will need to pass the

CSM exam.

• To get a passing score, you must correctly answer 24 of the 35 questions. You will be eligible for 16 Scrum Education Units (SEUs) upon completion of this

Intended Audience:

Team members, Scrum Masters and Product Owners who wish to understand and build a strong foundation on the basics of Agile and Scrum development.

 Course Agenda

• Agile Manifesto and Principles
• Introduction to Scrum
  • Waterfall vs. Agile
  • Agile manifesto
  • The principle of Scrum
  • User stories : definition, description, epics, themes, the iceberg effect
  • Product backlog, prioritization techniques
  • Sprint, Sprint backlog

Planning & estimation 

• The Scrum Rules of estimation
• Writing user stories
• Planning poker exercise
• How to plan properly
• Capacity handling

Roles & responsibilities

• Scrum team
• Scrum master
• Product owner
• Stakeholders
• Definition of done

 Ceremonies

• Review meeting
• Retrospective meeting
• Planning meeting
• Daily Scrum
• Backlog Refinement
• Scrum of Scrums

 

Scrum Artifacts

Burn down chart

• Sprint backlog
• Product backlog
• Product burn down chart
• Task board
• Visual board