Certified ScrumMaster

Salt Lake City area CSM Class hosted by Red Rock Research on March 26 and 27

All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

The Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course introduces attendees to Scrum values, principles, and practices and this agile-based empirical product development framework.  Successful completers become Certified ScrumMasters, a first step in the journey of learning Scrum and becoming proficient in its use. 

Students will assume responsibility for their learning in the course and will work in small teams.  The course includes a detailed Scrum project simulation and other exercises that will reinforce course concepts. Participants will have opportunity to explore and apply self-organization and self-direct concepts that contribute most effectively to building a high performing team environment where quality can be built into a product through the empirical process of inspecting and adapting processes and products.

Participants learn about the 3 Scrum roles (Team Member, Product Owner, and ScrumMaster), the 4 Scrum meetings (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective) and process of building product in a time-boxed iteration called a Sprint.  Attendees learn about the paradigm shifts that occur when organizations move from traditional linear / defined development environments to the empirical agile environment and strategies and tactics used to support and manage the change that occurs.

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

·         Demonstrate the appropriate understanding and application of Scrum roles, practices, principles, and values

 ·         Apply appropriate analysis about how empirical the approach to project work should be (when to use Scrum)

 ·         Appreciate the skills, desired styles, and responsibilities of the Team, Product Owner and ScrumMaster

 ·         Accept and explain the rationale behind the absence of a project manager in Scrum

 ·         Apply Scrum estimating and planning techniques and practices

 ·         Understand the use and presentation of certain data used for inspecting and adapting to improve team performance and the product

 ·         Understand the criticality of building trust within and between Scrum teams and between teams and management

 ·         Understand the essence of team self-organization and self-direction to build high perfroming teams, and the necessity of servant leadership

 ·         Identify and deal with smells (pitfalls) that the organization and its teams may encounter that may impede the use of Scrum

• Values and principles of agile and Scrum
• Characteristics and behaviors desired in an agile-based organization
• Empirical-based development versus defined-based development: differences and appropriate uses
• The Scrum Framework: the practices, roles, artifacts, and meetings
• Scrum odors and impediments to teams and organizations and how they might be avoided or dealt with
• Application of agile and Scrum concepts through interactive exercises
• Debunking agile and Scrum myths
• Other items of interest as desired by the group

This course is intended for those who wish to explore the benefits that agile and Scrum and  who want a foundational education in agile and Scrum values, principles and practices, and enjoy a learning format that is hands-on, experiential and Socratic.  Attendees will utilize a variety of exercises and resources to help them learn and apply Scrum in both software and non-software product development situations.