Our Certified ScrumMaster course will provide you with the fundamental principles of Scrum, a deep understanding of when to use Scrum, and hands on experiences using Scrum. Taught by popular Scrum trainer and author Mitch Lacey, each student will receive a copy of The Scrum Field Guide, Agile Advice for your First Year, and Beyond as part of attending the class.

Read more about Mitch, including customer testimonials, on Mitch's LinkedIn profile page.

Upon course completion, students will be qualified and ready to pass the Scrum Alliance certification exam.
*Once you pass the exam, you will not need to take it again, just maintain your educational units. 

How It Works

Our training classes are structured to maximize learning while offering time for deeper issues that are often overlooked in other training options.

• Live and engaging discussions and team exercises utilizing online tools Mural and Mentimeter.

• Optional three hours of recorded video to watch before the course, allowing for interactive and engaging live sessions, free of put-you-to-sleep lecture

• Concise, three-to-seven question quizzes after each video module to help you retain what you've learned.

The course format consists of multiple lecture topics, group exercises and group discussion. Ample time will be devoted to analysis of the “real-world” industry experiences of the ScrumMaster Course instructor based on case study examples and his experience managing Agile projects and coaching Scrum teams.

At the end of this course, successful participants will be eligible to take the Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster exam, a multiple-choice online test that starts you on your journey to a successful transformation. Additionally, you will receive a complimentary two-year membership to the Scrum Alliance, which provides you discounts to Scrum Gatherings, allows you access to member-only content such as past Gathering videos, and more.

Read more about Mitch, including customer testimonials, on Mitch's LinkedIn profile page.

The Scrum Field Guide

In person attendees of our Certified Scrum Master class will receive a physical copy of Mitch Lacey's highly rated book, The Scrum Field Guide: Agile Advice for Your First Year, and Beyond.

Development Units (PMI PDUs and Scrum Alliance SEU's)

CSMs: You can receive 16 Scrum Alliance SEUs for this course which can be applied towards the 70 required to be a CSP. Read more at ScrumAlliance.org

PMPs: You can receive 15 PMI PDUs for this course which can be applied towards the 21 required to be a ACT. To learn more on how to maintain your PMI PMP (or other) credential, please visit this link on PMI.org. 

SEUs: This course qualifies as 15 Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) toward the 70 required to become a CSP.

You Will Learn

• Pragmatic, practical, proven Agile and Scrum project practices
• How to effectively start a Scrum project
• How to write user stories
• How to estimate using Planning Poker, a relative estimation technique
• How to help your organization adopt Scrum
• How to be an effective ScrumMaster
• Techniques for scaling and working with distributed teams

The course format consists of multiple lecture topics, group exercises and group discussion. Ample time will be devoted to analysis of the “real-world” industry experiences of the Scrum Master Course instructor based on case study examples and experiences managing Agile projects and coaching Scrum teams.

You Will Be Able to Answer Questions

• When should I use Scrum and agile methods?
• How can I get management on board with Scrum?
• What are some common mistakes teams make when they adopt Scrum?
• What are the roles in Scrum and is it OK to mix them?
• How should we structure our teams?
• How does Scrum work in an offshore model?
• What is agile?
• How does our team know we are "done"?
• And more...