Certified Scrum Developer®

“Christian Antoine is a great instructor and the class is well worth the time invested.

It's hard to imagine two days had no fluff - it was all learning.”

 When you register for this class, your registration fee includes the following:

• Training course and supplies
• Certification fees

Here’s what is required to attain the CSD certification:

• Complete at least 14 hours of formal training by a Scrum Alliance-approved CSD Trainer
• Demonstrate an understanding of scrum and agile practices through a CSD assessment, which could be an exam or an active classroom-based evaluation depending on the trainer's course design
• Upon course completion, accept your CSD license and add the certification to your Scrum Alliance profile

Note: The certification is valid for two years and renewable with a submission fee and by submitting the required number of Scrum Education Units (SEUs).

To be eligible for certification, participants are required to attend the entire class. If a participant misses any part of the course, they lose their certification eligibility. Should your schedule prevent you from attending the entire class, our team will work with you to schedule another class on a different date.

Christian Antoine

CST®, CLP, CAL1

Certified Scrum Trainer® and Agile Transformation Coach with the Collaborative Leadership Team. Working with Agile since 2008, Christian has 25+ years of diversified experience in the medical device, finance, healthcare, securities, international law, and agricultural industries.

Christian consults, trains, and coaches teams and companies on Agile at all levels of the organization. He enjoys helping others see there is a different way to approach work, at a sustainable pace, and get outcomes to delight customers.

“Christian was great! Entertaining and had lots of examples to share.

His personality makes for a great coach/training and was able to keep it light and easy to follow.”

In this course, you will be introduced to essential skills and concepts, including how to:

• Transform product backlog items into increments of value 
• Use a sprint backlog to forecast a sustainable amount of work you can complete that will create the next increment of the product
• Carry out a daily scrum to synchronize your work with your teammates
• Use scrum events to improve team self-management and collaboration
• Apply architectural and design principles in an agile environment, emphasizing technical excellence
• Define and understand the principles of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

“This class summarized my experience and provided a great industry credential, I would highly recommend taking this class.”

On a scrum team, the developers are the people who create usable increments every sprint. Most of the Scrum Alliance CSD courses are designed for people creating increments of software; however, scrum has grown beyond its IT origins and today scrum team developers work in diverse job roles as marketers, HR representatives, finance professionals, educators, government workers, and many other jobs involving complex work.

Learn how to apply Agile Scrum techniques to real world software development, and practical methods to expedite effective integration. Students will take a deep dive into the approaches, methodology, best practices, and implementation processes which have proven to be effective..

• Business Analyst
• Product Manager
• Project Manager
• Team Lead
• Tester
• Developer/Programmer
• Manager