Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster®

Learning outcomes

You will learn:

• Team Launch: practical techniques for the most crucial stage of team development including team chartering with purpose, alignment and context.
• Lean Thinking: bringing Lean principles into Scrum in a way that guides decisions about how optimise your Scrum implementation.
• Advanced Facilitation: facilitation techniques beyond open discussion and in geographically distributed environments including when to use what technique.
• Coaching: psychological concepts and establishing a coaching agreement that creates a designed alliance between coach and coachees for a healthy coaching relationship.
• Service to the Product Owner: practical application of techniques to model business goals through to deliverables and shape Product Backlog from a user experience perspective.
• Systems Thinking: techniques for mapping a value stream and sharing mental models of organisational dynamics.
• Structures for Scaling: debate on the strengths and weakness of different approaches to scaling the Product Owner role and organising the Product Backlog for multiple teams.
• Organisational Change: introduction to multiple organisational change models, experiences with changing team culture and sense making to assess exposure to complicated vs complex.
• Software Craftsmanship: overview of the craftsmanship movement, development practices at scale and application of acceptance-test driven development techniques.
• Scrum Mastery: identification of the learner’s personal edge living the Scrum Values and next steps.

Accreditation & Certification

Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster represents the culmination of the Path to CSP programme and the highest-level accreditation that Scrum Alliance offers for ScrumMasters. Attaining Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster is the third and final step in the Path to CSP in the ScrumMaster track.

Achieving accreditation requires fulfillment of the full set of CSP-SM learning objectives both with the in-person training and the five assignments to be completed after the course including presentations to a cohort group and the trainer via video meeting.

There is no online test or exam administered to achieve this certification.

Prerequisites

A pre-requisite for enrolling in this learning experience is:

• at least two years of work experience in a ScrumMaster or closely related role; and
• day-to-day involvement with at least one Scrum Team and a mandate to work with the broader organisation that such Scrum Teams interact with.

A pre-requisite for CSP-SM accreditation is:

• a current Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) certification with Scrum Alliance.

Potential participants who wish to take the CSP-SM programme prior to completed the A-CSM should contact us before enrolling to discuss their readiness.

Pricing

Early bird price: $1,800 inc. GST per person for bookings made 3 weeks or more prior.

Standard price: $2,200 inc. GST per person.

Discounts apply for group bookings of 3 or more. Please contact us for details

Payment Options

Scrum WithStyle offers the following payment options:

• Credit card - Mastercard, Visa, American Express

• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Terms and Conditions

• If cancelled or postponed by Scrum WithStyle, you are eligible for a full refund.
• You may substitute another participant in your place up to 48hrs prior to course commencement.
• Cancel more than 2 weeks prior for a full refund.
• Cancel between 1 day and 2 weeks prior for a 50% refund.
• No refunds after switching a session date.
• In cases of illness or an emergency situation, you can be transferred to a future equivalent course at Scrum WithStyle's discretion.
• Upon selecting an EFT or cheque payment method, payment must be received within 7 days or the booking may be cancelled.
• Scrum WithStyle reserves the right to exchange the trainer with another suitably qualified trainer if necessary.