What are the benefits of a Certified Scrum Developer® certification?

In today's competitive job market, the Certified Scrum Developer® training can set you apart from the pack. A successful Certified Scrum Developer® is committed to continuous improvement. The coursework and dedication needed to achieve a CSD sharpens your skills to help you become a better practitioner of Scrum and agile development. By earning a Certified Scrum Developer® certification.

Who should attend this course?

This course is beneficial for current and aspiring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and members of software development teams who want work successfully with or as part of a Scrum team creating software. The course is also beneficial as a team training exercise to ensure all members are speaking the same language.

Lean, Agile & Scrum

• Practice utilizing a sprint backlog
• Describe the responsibility of the Scrum team for turning PBIs in the sprint backlog into increments of value
• Organize and demonstrate the daily Scrum
• List at least three attributes of PBIs
• Give at least three examples of how a Scrum team will inspect and adapt PBIs during product backlog refinement
• Discuss at least five elements of a definition of done that ensure the increment provides information that enhances transparency and focus against which progress can be measured

Collaboration & Team Dynamics

• Explain at least three differences between a working group and a team
• Discuss at least three attributes of effective teams
• Demonstrate "working together as a team"
• Describe at least three benefits of developers interacting directly with customers and users
• Restate at least three ways a Scrum team may collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and/or users during the sprint

Architecture & Design

• Outline at least three benefits of technical excellence
• Explain at least one design practice on an agile team
• List at least three principles of architecture in an agile environment

Refactoring

• Define refactoring
• Describe at least three benefits of refactoring to an agile software development effort

Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Explain test-first as a design and development approach and list three benefits.
• List at least three differences between “traditional” and “agile” testing.
• Explain the importance of refactoring in the TDD cycle.
• Describe at least three qualities of a good agile testing approach.

Integrating Continuously

• Define continuous integration and list at least three benefits.
• Describe using three examples of how Scrum supports CI.
• Describe at least one advantage of an automated build, test, measure pipeline.

Who Should Attend

This course is beneficial for current and aspiring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and members of software development teams who want to work successfully with or as part of a Scrum team creating value-added products. The course is also beneficial as a team training exercise to ensure all members are aligned towards creating products that add value to the customers.

Certification Information

To earn a CSD®, you are required to attend at least two days of formal training taught by a Scrum Alliance-approved CSD Educator. During your CSD® course, you must demonstrate an understanding of Scrum and agile development practices by passing a CSD® assessment provided by your educator. The assessment may be an exam administered by the educator to test your knowledge, or it may be an active, classroom-based assessment. When a CSD educator uploads a student’s information into our system, they are recommending the student for certification. Once you complete the course, you will receive a notification to accept your CSD® license, and the CSD® certification will be added to your Scrum Alliance membership profile. Your certification is valid for two years. You can maintain your CSD® certification by earning Scrum Education Units® (SEUs) and renewing your certification every two years.