Certified ScrumMaster Workship

COURSE 4400 | 2-DAY SESSION
Certified ScrumMaster Workshop

Learn, understand and execute on the three overarching principles behind Scrum: iterative development, self-management, and visibility

The Scrum Alliance is a nonprofit organization committed to delivering articles, resources, courses, and events that will help Scrum users be successful. The Scrum Alliance (sm)’s mission is to promote increased awareness and understanding of Scrum, provide resources to individuals and organizations using Scrum, and support the iterative improvement of the software development profession.

The Scrum Alliance(SM) launched the Certified ScrumMaster evaluation on October 1, 2009. The evaluation is completed online at the end of training, and consists of roughly 60-questions. After successfully completing the Certified ScrumMaster Workshop, participants will have all information required to take the evaluation and become certified. They will also be registered with the Scrum Alliance, with online access to class training materials and any updates for one year. According to the Scrum Alliance, all students will initially be granted certification regardless of score, as they attempt to improve the evaluation by observing and analyzing results. Learn more about the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Evaluation

Learn more about the instructors of our Scrum courses.

Even projects that have solid, well-defined project plans encounter some degree of change and waste. Shifting market conditions, budget cuts, staff restructuring, or any number of influences will disrupt the best plan while contributing to customer dissatisfaction and staff discouragement. Moreover, projects that begin with changing or unclear requirements make it difficult to even establish project expectations. Scrum is the agile development process that allows teams to deliver usable software periodically throughout the life of the project, absorbing change and new requirements as the project proceeds.

Beginning with the history of agile development and moving through the disciplines promoted by Scrum, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Scrum methodology while specifically reviewing the behaviors expected of a ScrumMaster. This 2-day class is suitable for those practicing or looking to practice the art of the ScrumMaster, but is highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Managers, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).

In-Class Group Exercises

This course is a stimulating combination of class interaction, case studies, group exercises and workshops. Each is designed to allow you to easily grasp new concepts and techniques. Specifically, you will cover:

The "Art of the Possible": learn how small change can have a large impact on productivity
Product integrity: review various options employees use when faced with difficulty, learn the importance of delivering high quality products in Scrum
Customer Expectations: Using a changing schedule and agile estimating and planning, assess the work to properly set customer expectations and manage customer satisfaction
Running the Scrum Project: Run a full Scrum project that lasts 59 minutes. You will walk through all steps under the Scrum Framework
Agile Estimating and Planning: Break into teams, and through decomposition and estimating plan out a project through delivery
Team Dynamics: Since Scrum deals with change, conflict will happen. Learn methods to resolve problems in a self-managed environment

Key Benefits of Attending You Can Immediately Use:

Learn the details on Scrum roles: Team Member, Product Owner, ScrumMaster
Gain an understanding of the foundational/critical concepts of Scrum with our Certified Scrum Trainer® instructional program
Understand how to apply empirical thinking to your project work
Learn how a team's productivity can be adjusted to account for its composition
Appreciate the importance of organizational agreement on software readiness
Hear why the ScrumMaster role can be the most satisfying as well as the most difficult job on a project
Discover how conflict resolution plays a critical role in Scrum
Work on a real-world Scrum project live in the classroom
Learn, practice and utilize the Scrum Framework
Gain a detailed understanding of how to know when software is "Done" under Scrum
Review and understand the critical characteristics a ScrumMaster must have to succeed
Get to the heart of the matter with Scrum, coaching and team productivity
Compare traditional and Agile project estimating and planning
Conduct decomposition to estimate a Scrum project
Practice Scrum meetings including; Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Burndowns, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective
Achieve the first step in Scrum AllianceSM recognized certifications, enabling you to advance to higher levels of recognition
Learn a framework to operate large projects using Scrum
Implementing Scrum is about getting results, learn how to maximize your returns using Scrum

Peter Borsella is the founder of Winnow Management Corporation, based in Parkland, Florida. Peter is an IT professional with 24 years of experience in application development and IT leadership. He is also a Project Management Professional (certified by the PMI) and certified by the Scrum Alliance (sm) to provide Certified Scrum Trainer instructional services.His ability to contribute across a wide range of environments has taken him to companies such as First Data Corporation and eFunds Corporation, and outside the United States to India and Hungary. Peter is adept in administering all aspects of project management, as well as providing authentic leadership to create effective teams. An active and contributing member to both the PMI and the Scrum Alliance (sm), Peter's speaking engagements focus on bridging the gap between traditional Project Management and Agile Project Management. His goal is to help others understand how to get the best return from any project by achieving higher levels of software quality, increased customer satisfaction, and cohesive teams that enjoy increased productivity.

Michael Vizdos is the creator of the popular website implementingscrum.com and is certified by the Scrum Alliance (sm) to provide Certified Scrum Trainer instructional services. He is based in Richmond, Virginia, and works with teams around the world in both training, consulting, and mentoring roles. Michael has over eighteen years experience as an IT professional in software development and consulting; he is co-author of, “The Enterprise Unified Process” (2005), and speaks regularly at user group meetings, conferences, and internal corporate meetings about transition from traditional to more agile software development techniques. He works with many of the Fortune 200 along with government agencies worldwide.

James Smith’s 30 year IT career began at IBM in mainframe sales and at AT&T in product development. James’s central focus is now on Scrum. First seeing the power of Scrum during a most dramatic of corporate turnarounds prompted his move to the role of ScrumMaster. Every one of the 26 Teams with whom he worked, taught him that Scrum was the most efficient and profitable way of developing software. As a member of Winnow Management, James is pleased with the opportunity to share all of his learnings assisting in the launch of new Agile Teams. He feels that Scrum, when properly implemented, makes life better for all involved. And at the end of the day, that is a very good thing of which to be a part. James is certified by the Scrum Alliance (sm) to bring Certified ScrumMaster training, and holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

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