Certified ScrumMaster®

Certified ScrumMaster®

Learn how to apply scrum and gain practical agile skills to drive results in any role, whether you want to work as a scrum master or grow your capabilities. CSM® courses are delivered by Scrum Alliance-certified trainers who possess deep scrum knowledge. When you complete the course, you will receive a two-year Scrum Alliance professional membership.

All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course and the corresponding evaluation designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

This two-day ScrumMaster certification prep course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum. On completion, participants are eligible to take an exam which allows them to be registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), which includes a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance (www.scrumalliance.org), where valuable ScrumMaster materials and information are available exclusively to CSMs.

This course will introduce the essential concepts and tools of Scrum, highlighting differences between agile processes and traditional "waterfall" methodologies and providing a roadmap for adopting Agile. Participants will learn how to lead development teams towards agile operations by managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. This course is taught by active Agile practitioners with decades of real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small business to the Fortune 100. Exercises, case studies, and examples are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught.

Discounts
Please contact training at lithespeed.com to request one of these discounts:
• Hardship discount (50%) – If you’re between jobs and have been unemployed for at least 2 months.
• Individual discount (25%) – If you’re paying on your own.

• PMI or APLN membership discount (15%) – For members of these organizations.

• Group discount (10% for 3-4, 15% for 5-6, 20% for 7+) – For multiple attendees from one organization.

Bonus Offerings
Attendees will receive:

• 16 PDUs towards PMI continuing certification requirements

• Scrum Lifecycle Poster, with helpful tips summarized in an elegant illustration
• Discount on Sanjiv Augustine's book, Managing Agile Projects
• Free lunch, snacks and beverages

Understanding Scrum
    • A Case for Change
    • Scrum Process Overview
    • Agile Planning
    • Agile Requirements
    • Agile Estimation

Roles & Responsibilities
    • Product Owner
    • ScrumMaster
    • The Team

The Scrum Process
    • Discovery Sessions
    • User Stories
    • Release Planning
    • Product Backlog
    • Sprint Planning
    • Sprint Backlog
    • Sprint
    • Sprint Review
    • Daily Scrum
    • Sprint Retrospective

Advanced/Bonus Topics
    • Resource & Portfolio Management
    • Metrics and Reporting
    • Lean Software Development

Product and Line Managers, Project Managers, Developers, Testers, Business Analysts; and anyone interested in learning more about Scrum and agile methods.