Certified ScrumMaster

CSM cPrime Virginia/DC area

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.

Background:

Many organizations are adopting Agile approaches to improve their software development capability, following the lead of the path-finding Internet era companies who have shown the way to rapid innovation and dominance in their market spaces. This 2-day course provides a great foundation for anyone adopting Scrum, the most popular Agile framework.

Prerequisites: 

• View the video introduction to scrum by our friend and fellow CST Michael James here.  
• Familiarize yourself with the Scrum Overview in the Agile Atlas here. 

Continuing Education Credits: 

Students who are PMP® certified will earn 15 PDUs for completing the Certified Scrum Master course.

Objectives:

• Understand the Agile principles and ethos at the heart of Scrum
• Learn the mechanics of Scrum: roles, artifacts and process
• Self-organizing teams and how they work
• Backlogs and how to use them
• Supporting practices
• Potentially shippable code and delivering in vertical increments
• Real control through empirical feedback
• Industry recognized accreditation and foundation on which to build

We will run the class using scrum with four sprints spread over the two days.

Monday Morning (Sprint 1): What is agile, what is scrum, why and when would we use them?

• Class Introduction: what makes a great project?
• Scrum Questions: what do we want to learn about scrum?
• Introduction to Agility: what is agile, how is it related to scrum?
• The Essence of Scrum: what are we trying to solve by using scrum?

Monnesday Afternoon (Sprint 2): Basics of scrum, details of the roles

• Scrum Overview: the basic rules, meetings, and roles of scrum
• Product Owner Role
• Scrum Master Role
• Development Team Role
• The Product Backlog

Tuesday Morning (Sprint 3): The details and reasons for the scrum rules

• Agile Estimation Techniques
• Forecasting a Release
• Updating Release Plans
• Definition of Done
• Sprint Planning

Tuesday Afternoon (Sprint 4): Exercises to cement scrum learning

• Sprint Execution
• Sprint Close
• Practice Test
• Class Close

Anyone intrested in using scrum as a team member, project manager, product manager, or in another related role would benefit from this course in the basics of scrum.

A recent attendee had this to say about the course:

“A wise man once said that we learn best in moments of enjoymen. ...Peter Green provided a truly enjoyable two day Certified Scrum Master training course... We learned by participating in creative group exercises that only reinforces the Scrum concepts being taught. Congratulations on a job well done.”