This course is sponsored by the Scrum Foundation and will be taught by Jeff Sutherland, Co-Creator of Scrum and Henrik Kniberg, Agile Alliance board member & author of "Scrum and XP from the Trenches" and "Kanban and Scrum - making the most of both". While the Scrum Alliance provides a list of core concepts that must be covered in the class, each instructor creates his or her own material, allowing courses to differ based on the strengths, interests and experiences of the instructor.

Overview

In this course, participants will learn how to stop thrashing and start executing along with everything necessary for getting started with Scrum. There are very few rules to Scrum so it is important to learn its fundamental principles by experiencing them directly from those who have implemented the best Scrums in the software industry. Participants gain hands-on practice with the release backlog, sprint backlog, the daily Scrum meeting, tracking progress with a burndown chart and experience the Scrum process through a “59-minute Scrum” and the "XP Game” which simulate Scrum projects through non-technical group exercises.

The CSM course was formulated to train and certify ScrumMasters and is used worldwide for ScrumMaster training. Upon successful completion of the course and online certification exam, each participant is enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional Certified ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.

You can receive 16 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for this course.

Course Material

The course agenda is flexible and will be a mix of Jeff's and Henrik's material.

Jeff's material: http://jeffsutherland.com/csmsyllabus.pdf

Henrik's material: http://www.crisp.se/henrik.kniberg/csm-links

Participants should read The Scrum Handbook by Jeff Sutherland (downloadable for free at http://jeffsutherland.com/scrumhandbook.pdf) or Ken Schwaber’s book, Agile Project Management with Scrum before the class as we require you know the basic definitions of Scrum. Of course, there will be updated material and training exercises in the course which you cannot get from books.

This course is equally suited for managers, programmers, testers, analysts, product managers, and others who are interested in working on or with a Scrum team. If you want to be as Agile as the best Scrum companies, anyone in your company can benefit from this training. It helps to have everyone understand and use the Scrum process for any project whether in sales, marketing, development, or support. You will leave with solid knowledge of how and why Scrum works. Through practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussion you will be prepared to plan your first sprint immediately after this class.