Session Time: 9:00 ET/8:00 CT/7:00 MT/6:00 PT to 5:30 ET/ 4:30 CT/ 3:30 MT/ 2:30 PT, each day
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Fun, interactive, reality based training from a hands on agile expert with 20 years agile experience and over a decade of delivering online. Take it live online, and get a free retake within 1 year or up to $200 off on your next course.
Discounts for the unemployed or those who are paying out of pocket (no employer reimbursement).
Testimonials from Virtual Sessions
While the entire world is reeling from the pandemic outbreak, the best possible thing one can do is to remain calm and stay focused on his/her goals and build for future as "this too shall pass" so I attended an amazing 2-days of Live Virtual CSPO training with David Bulkin last weekend which I planned couple of months ago. It was highly interactive, very well organized, full of group activities and discussions within the participants and overall the presence of highly energetic and knowledgeable trainer like David made this entire virtual class experience a lively one.
The energy level and enthusiasm was so high in the class that I often felt I'm sitting in an In-Person session.
I would highly recommend David Bulkin and grow-lean for any Scrum/Agile certification training.
Thank You David for the great experience, would look forward for Advanced CSPO with grow-lean as well in near future.
Soudipta Kundu
Great presentation style with lots of opportunities to ask questions and talk about real life examples which all made for a really enjoyable and informative training.
The virtual classroom was great! The breakout rooms were fantastic ! It could not have been any different from having a classroom with physical presence of everyone.
The course helped me understand how important a PO’s role is to create an environment where creativity and innovation will thrive; that will empower the team to build a world class product!
A wonderfully practical course- both personally and professionally.
Yasmin Zafar
I didn't realize when I signed up to attend this class how much I would be learning and getting out of my comfort zone. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity and sharing time with a group of individuals that challenged my thinking. This was a great class and time well spent (and virtual too)!
Thank you David Bulkin.
Julie Ho
Having attended the first virtual CSM certification training session last weekend, I feel David and Alex did an excellent job and not only presented the material in an easy and fun way to learn but exemplified the Scrum values by continually adapting to any technical challenges. All of the material covered during the training, plus David's advice to read the Scrum Guide several times and take the practice exam, totally prepared me for the exam, which I passed with flying colors this week! One of the things I also got a lot of value from was how David engaged all students to share real world experiences. This helped to solidify the concepts and get us beginners to think more along the lines of the Scrum framework, i.e. Scrum teams, their roles, events, rules and artifacts.
The training was excellent and worth every penny!
Thanks again David and Alex....you did a great job and I'm referring colleagues, friends and coworkers to Scrum Alliance for their Scrum training needs.
Ralph Ingerto
Wanted to thank you all for the fun learning and discussion sessions last weekend, it was a great learning experience for me. It was my first "Live On-line" training session and I feel it was better than some face to face trainings I had earlier (elsewhere; other than Grow-Lean) during my career.
David - Thanks again for your teaching and fun interactive games during training. I have passed exam too; now I am a CSM and feeling much more confident in running my scrum meetings at my job.
Thanks,
Sudhir Bedi
Depth of material and instructor taught it well!
Eric Thompson,
Initially, I was a bit nervous about a virtual course. However, I loved how informative and interactive the session was. I am completely new to the tech industry, but I felt SUPER comfortable during the session. David, Alex, and other participants really made the session run smoothly! I also loved that we were able to take breaks every hour.
Thanks for the experience and the room to express how happy I was with the session.
That was my first virtual course and I loved it!
You guys set the bar high! THANK YOU!!
Tiffany Jenkins-Schaub
David Bulkin has a wealth of knowledge. The session, being that it was the first online session, was fantastic. Personally, I though it was a seamless transition to a format that had never existed previously. The education I recieved from the session empowered me and even though it was online, the session was invaluable.
Michael Sorg, Jr
Liked the mixed of review and activities, and the team activity was interesting, fun, and informative.
Laura Richardson
The thoroughness of the content. The instructor’s energy level. The amount of content in two days seemed perfect for preparation to take the exam. The information provided before and after the class. The practice exams were extremely helpful, particularly the one on Kahoot - fun and memorable. !
Caryn Nelson
Instructor interaction with students and students interacting with each other and doing group activities makes it a great learning session
Sailaja Uppalapati
I really appreciated David's teaching method/format for the virtual classroom and it worked for me. I'm a full time teleworker so while I was looking forward to the in-person training, the virtual classroom was not much of a stretch. I still got to meet different people and our breakout sessions into smaller groups let me get to know them a little bit better too. I must admit that it felt like there was definitely a lot more that we could have covered but then preparing for a virtual classroom on the eleventh hour was not something that David expected. He made it work though. In my opinion, he covered what was really important and that is, what the Scrum framework is all about, how to apply it to your own work and give you the foundations to be prepared for the exam. I didn't expect to know everything after leaving his class and that's okay. It gave me enough to be able to apply some things at work with what I learned in class. Oh, one more thing, the fact that the CEO of Grow-Lean checked-in to see how class was going shows the care and commitment of this company.
AnnMay Wentzel
The depth knowledge of the trainer and his method of providing a relatable experience.!
Siddhi Patel
Well organized, interactive, reality based (Down-to-earth), useful content provided towards exam prep. David actually embodies the Agile/Scrum framework and truly believes in its fundamental values/principles - and this comes across in his delivery of the material.
Femi B
It's virtual, but David made it really collaborative, and after sometime I forgot that it’s virtual and really involved with the training.
Durga Kiran Jagarlapudi
Hey David! I passed my exam last night, just wanted to say thank you for the course this weekend!
Under crazy circumstances, you and Alex did a fantastic job!
The breakout rooms and encouragement from David for everyone in the class to participate made it seem like we were actually in a physical room, I would highly recommend this class to anyone looking to get their CSM Certification!
CJ LeConey
Personal attention, break out sessions, after hour question and answer sessions.
Sreeram Chandrasekaran
It was highly interactive and David stretched to answer individual case specific questions. David was very dynamic, open for any questions and made sure each and every individual was participating. He had good documentation and flash cards Q/A which facilitated in better understanding.
Durga Pratibha Sungh
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Have Fun, Learn a Lot, Immediate Access to Certification Exam
The Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Certification is the most well-established and respected certification in the Agile Community. It is often the starting point on a journey towards agility or a reflection point for experienced agilists. Grow-Lean®’s CSM is delivered as a fun, interactive, hands-on, workshop.
You can take the certifying exam immediately after the class and you will be a Certified ScrumMaster® after passing the exam. More importantly, you will be better able to implement or grow agile in your organization and advance your career.
You will learn how the Scrum framework can dramatically improve time to market, quality, employee satisfaction, customer value and company ROI. You will also learn that every organization, team and individual needs to take a different path on the road to agility.
You will gain a practical understanding of the roles, artifacts and ceremonies of Scrum, via hands on exercises, discussion, fun games, and immersion.
- Roles: ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Development Team Member
- Ceremonies: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective
- Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown Chart
You will learn how Scrum exists in a larger organizational context, and how it is similar to and different from, traditional waterfall projects. In addition to Scrum, we will review other influential Agile Frameworks.
- Extreme Programming®: Scrum superset for engineering excellence, including Test Driven Development, refactoring (keeping a code base clean) and pair working.
- Scrum@Scale®, LeSS®, SAFe®: Scaling frameworks that provides additional roles, ceremonies and artifacts.
- Kanban®: Visualize, limit WIP, create flow, make policies explicit, change slowly
- Lean: The mother of agile, focus on value, create flow, optimize.
- Lean Startup®: An approach to mitigating business risks by getting to market quickly with a release that is also an experiment, learning from it, and adapting based on learnings.
Exercises, discussions, simulations, games (yes, we really mean games), case studies, examples and fun (yes, even jokes) are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught in an immersive, engaging manner so that you learn, while enjoying yourself.
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Your Facilitator
David Bulkin
Since 1984, I have been developing software. I started my agile journey in 2001 when our JP Morgan Chase eBanking Team was coached by Kent Beck, a manifesto signatory, and creator of Extreme Programming (XP).
I have trained approximately fifteen thousand people on agile, including Scrum, SAFe®, XP®, Lean®, Kanban® and Lean Startup®. I have real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small business to global giants. In my career I have written many thousand of lines of code, thousands of test cases, managed a 150 plus projects, and managed teams ranging in size from 8 to 100+.
My experience in the trenches ensures you get practical, real-world, insight that you can immediately apply (instead of dogmatic theory).
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Discounts
A limited number of discounts are reserved for each class. If you are eligible for multiple discounts, choose the one that works best for you, as they cannot be combined.
Early Bird: Save $300, pay $995 by registering at least five weeks in advance. Cannot be combined with other discounts.
Group: Group discounts are available for a minimum of three attendees at a session.
Self Pay: $200 off regular registration, if you missed early bird discount and you will not be reimbursed by your company.
Unemployment Discount: From 20% to 40% off regular registration, if you are actively collecting state unemployment benefit and can provide a copy of a recent unemployment claim.
All discounts other than early bird discount must be approved prior to registering.
The best way to find out about, request, or use a discount is to click the button below or email us to learn more.
Certification Exam, We Guarantee to Help You Pass
There is a certifying exam that you must pass to obtain your Certified ScrumMaster® designation. All of the exam fees are included; there is no additional cost to become certified.
You can take the exam immediately after class on day two, or anytime within 90 days post class. You take it from any Internet connected smartphone / computer without going to a testing center.
Our practice exam will help reinforce the knowledge acquired in class so you will pass the exam. The actual exam is 50 multiple choice questions. You will need to answer 37 correctly.
David will collaborate with you until you pass the exam.
What is Included
- Access to take the certifying exam immediately after the class (no additional fee)
- Certification as a Certified ScrumMaster®, with the Scrum Alliance, after passing exam
- Two year membership in the Scrum Alliance
- Professionally printed, high quality, color course materials including: spiral bound course book, Scrum Reference card, Practice Exam and Fill in the Blank Workbook
- 16 PDUs towards PMI® continuing certification requirements
- 16 SEUs towards Scrum Alliance certification requirements
- Continental breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages
- Free follow up discussion with the instructor if you need assistance
Bring a Training to Your Location
Have a group of sixteen or more? Talk to us about a private session at your site. Benefits of onsite training, at your location, include saving travel time / money and the ability to customize the event to your specific needs.
Testimonials
Simply put, this man is one of the best trainers I have ever met, and his ability to get the material across to his students is superb.
To say that the amount of effort David puts towards his classes and his work is "insurmountable" is an understatement.
The dedication he has to always improve what he delivers, and to never stop improving, really shows during his lessons and in his ability to be an attentive listener as well as a great instructor. He kept a class full of professionals with largely varied backgrounds attentive and actively engaged for the entirety of the two day Scrum Master training that I attended in Edison NJ (Feb 26 & 27, 2018), and I felt I left with far more knowledge and understanding of the subject material than I thought was possible within the time-frame allotted.
David is efficient, but keeps the classes fun, and although it was a lot to take in, he was able to keep everything manageable and achievable for everyone involved, staying after class as long as was requested by anyone who wanted some extra time to learn the material further.
Approachable, entertaining, and engaging; David really showed me what an intelligent and experienced instructor is able to accomplish, and I cannot help but be impressed and grateful of what he was able to provide to us all.
I certanily recommend that you attend any class run by David and certainly expect many more of my colleagues to be attending now that we know the value his session offer.
William Tamashunas
David is a highly engaging, knowledgeable Agile trainer with lots of real life experience to share from his ongoing coaching. He is very approachable and has a good sense of humor. His 2-day Product Owner course was very educational and fun. I did the weekend workshop in Edison, NJ on Dec 3-4. We had 20 people from 19 different companies. Half of the group had taken his Scrum Master class within the past year, so that speaks to how much they value him as a trainer. I look forward to maintaining connections with David and many of the new friends I met during this interactive class. I highly recommend David.
Sandy Ritchey
David is a phenomenal trainer and would highly recommend him to anyone. My whole perspective of agile and working with any teams or projects has been changed to a whole new level. I am very fortunate to have him train me and feel fully prepared to apply good agile practice anywhere. Thank you David for the 2 day course training!!!
Carly Dulay
I attended David's Scrum Master training session in Edison, NJ and the training was well worth it! Everything he taught and talked about will be useful and he helps to make sure you understand the material so you can adapt it into your own work environment. Thanks for the laughs and knowledge over the two day training course. I highly recommend attending one of David's session.
Marquis Murden
I attended a Certified Scrum Product Owner class taught by David. He did a great job in bringing the theory of the Agile process to life using real-life examples. He also provided opportunity for everyone in the class to interject their own organization's challenges to the discussion and demonstrated how the Agile approach could be applied. I learned more from the class than I had anticipated and commend David on his approach. Great job!
Owen Strouse
Thank you for the wonderful class this weekend. I certainly enjoyed every bit of it. Your passion in the classroom is so contagious that makes learning a lot more fun--thank you!
Nincis Asencio
Thank you very much for allowing me to attend the ScrumMaster training. You have certainly achieved black diamond skills in delivering this course.
I feel like I benefited greatly from the experience. The part of the course that touched on the fact that software development must be implemented in a way that supports agile, was of particular interest to me. One big thing architecture, (the opposite of loosely couple – highly cohesive) does not support incremental changes. Design patterns and service oriented architecture; however, would support agile.
Driving home an understanding of the essence of agile was of great value.
You have always been impressive professional; however, this weekend I came to realize you are among the industry leaders in your area.
Joe
I attended David's CSM class and it was the best training class I have ever attended. David's Agile knowledge is impressive, he knows how to get you to thoroughly grasp the concepts by using real world examples and in class he challenges you by actively participating in a Scrum.
I highly recommend David!
Brett Lewinski
I attended David's CSM course in Edison, NJ and it was, by far, one of the top 10 things I have done during my career in the software development industry. David's presentation of Scrum concepts was engaging, specific, descriptive, and actionable. One of my favorite elements of the course was the way David consistently tied the Scrum concepts we were learning to real world examples. He also did a great job of explaining how Scrum can be applied in the corporate world despite organizational pressures and fear of the methodology. David also did a great job of providing the tools needed to continue growing and learning outside of his course. I was so pleased with David's training that I decided to take the CSPO training that he provided as well - though there is some overlap in the two courses I knew that David's insight would prove invaluable and it has.
I would recommend David to anyone that wants to understand more about software development and Scrum - I can't wait for David to offer another course that I could take from him in the future!
Steven Tarcza II
Our company hired David for three days of Scrum/Agile training. Even before the training began, I knew we had chosen the right person for the job.
I had numerous discussions with David in advance, so that he could tailor his training to our specific environment and needs. The training he provided was informative, fun, and kept everyone wanting more! David's passion and dedication to providing exceptional training were evident throughout every minute of the training, and we can definitely attribute our success in Agile to the training we received from him!
Jerry Zeitler
I took CSPO Training with David in Herndon, VA and it was truly the most useful and best delivered training I’ve had to date! He did an amazing job customizing the content to make it light and yet extremely relevant to the nature of our work. Not only did I gain a much better understanding of the idea and purpose of Agile, but I now have a different view of my role on the scrum team and how my work can contribute to the overall vision of the organization.
David is an expert at what he does. He knows how to engage the audience and make you think out of the box.
The real life examples and jokes were priceless!
Two days well spent!
Olesja Ossipenko
David is an exceptional Agile trainer & presenter and I will highly recommend him to anyone. I attended his CSPO and CSM course. He is energetic and engaging and always open for feedback/ suggestions to make learning simple and fun. The best thing about David is that he is always available for you. I remember calling him after 8 months and was surprised to see how he still remembered that class. He was on his vacation but still took some time out to discuss few Agile concepts with me.
I salute his dedication.
Anoop Ranjan
David is an excellent instructor!
It s a gift whenever you have and instructor that has real world experiences and combining with what may appear theoretical.
I appreciated David's ability to make it real for us.
Joyce
David Bulkin is the best instructor that I've had and I've had many. He is dynamic, energetic, to the point and extremely knowledgable.
I'm positive that taking this course and getting my certification will lock down a position for me.
A new career! Exciting!
Thank you!
Janice
Pre-Reads
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