Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Training

Duration: 2 days
Exam Voucher: Yes
Language: English
14 PMI PDUs
Level: Foundation

In this interactive ScrumMaster Training course, you will acquire the skills needed to become a certified ScrumMaster and apply the foundations of Agile to Scrum to help your team work together more efficiently.

ScrumMaster Training Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online
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ScrumMaster Training Information

In this course, you will:
- Follow instructor-led training by Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainers (CSTs).
- Become a Certified ScrumMaster and servant leader to your development team, product owner, and organisation.
- Apply effective facilitation for Scrum meetings.
- Review effective change agent techniques to foster organisation buy-in to Scrum.
- Identify opportunities to remove impediments for team members.
- Fine-tune your skills with after-course instructor coaching.
- Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.
Training Prerequisites

None.
Certification Information

The exam is taken on your own after the successful completion of the Certified ScrumMaster course.

Your Certified Scrum Trainer will register your attendance on the course with The Scrum Alliance, and you will receive an email with your Scrum Alliance membership details and an invitation to take the online exam.

ScrumMaster Training Outline

Scrum Theory

You will learn how to:

Define Scrum including the Scrum Team, Scrum Artifacts and Commitments, and Scrum Events and Activities
Define Agile values and principles and relate these to Scrum
Define empiricism
Understand the drawbacks of only partially implementing Scrum

The Scrum Team

You will learn about:

The three Scrum Accountabilities: ScrumMaster, Product Owner, and Developers and how they work collaboratively to deliver valuable Increments each Sprint
What each of the three Scrum Accountabilities is responsible for

Scrum Events and Activities

You will learn about:

The five Scrum Events, including Sprint Planning, the Daily Scrum, the Sprint Reviews the Sprint Retrospective, and the Sprint itself
How the Scrum Events support Empiricism
How and when a Sprint might be terminated
Effective techniques for Refining the Product Backlog

The Scrum Artifacts

You will learn about:

The three Scrum Artifacts, the Product Backlog, the Sprint Backlog and the Increment
The Commitment for each Artifact, the Product Goal, the Sprint Goal and the Definition of Done
Why it is important that there is only 1 Product Goal and 1 Sprint Goal
The importance of a strong Definition of Done and how to create one
Why multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product have a common Product Goal and Definition of Done

ScrumMaster Core Competencies

You will learn:

The differences between facilitating, coaching, teaching and mentoring
How to facilitate group decision making
When to and when not to facilitate
How a ScrumMaster provides effective leadership for their Scrum Team and the wider organisation
Effective development practices that will enable the Developers to create releasable and usable Increments each Sprint
How the ScrumMaster provides service to the Scrum Team
How the ScrumMaster provides service to the Product Owner
How the ScrumMaster provides service to the wider organisation
Why there is no Project Manager in a Scrum Team

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$2,095

2-day instructor-led training course
Earn 14 Scrum Alliance SEUs
After-course coaching available
Upcoming training events with assigned instructors are listed below. Contact Customer Service for additional training dates.

Would you like to take this course as a team?

Guaranteed-to-Run - You can rest assured this class will not be canceled. Delivery format is subject to change – please call Customer Service if you have any questions.
Oct. 19 - 20 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Nov. 2 - 3 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Nov. 9 - 10 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Kim Poremski
Nov. 16 - 17 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Jason Tanner
Dec. 7 - 8 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Dec. 14 - 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Jan. 11 - 12 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Feb. 8 - 9 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Mar. 1 - 2 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Mar. 15 - 16 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Apr. 26 - 27 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Ben Floyd
Jun. 1 - 2 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Kim Poremski
Jun. 14 - 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Jun. 21 - 22 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Ben Floyd
Aug. 9 - 10 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor:
Sep. 7 - 8 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor:
Sep. 27 - 28 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor:

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$2,095

2-day instructor-led training course
Earn 14 Scrum Alliance SEUs
After-course coaching available
Upcoming training events with assigned instructors are listed below. Contact Customer Service for additional training dates.

Would you like to take this course as a team?

Guaranteed-to-Run - You can rest assured this class will not be canceled. Delivery format is subject to change – please call Customer Service if you have any questions.
Oct. 19 - 20 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Nov. 2 - 3 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Nov. 9 - 10 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Kim Poremski
Nov. 16 - 17 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Jason Tanner
Dec. 7 - 8 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Dec. 14 - 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Jan. 11 - 12 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Feb. 8 - 9 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Mar. 1 - 2 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST

Virtual

Instructor: Samir Chhibber
Mar. 15 - 16 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Apr. 26 - 27 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Ben Floyd
Jun. 1 - 2 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Kim Poremski
Jun. 14 - 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Joel Bancroft-Connors
Jun. 21 - 22 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor: Ben Floyd
Aug. 9 - 10 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor:
Sep. 7 - 8 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

Instructor:
Sep. 27 - 28 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Virtual

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ScrumMaster Training FAQs

A Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) leads this course. In-person, on-time attendance and full participation are expected. While emergencies are understandable, being fully present for the full two days is a requirement for the CST to recommend you to the Scrum Alliance for certification.

Certification candidates and existing credential holders are responsible for reporting all Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR) activities to PMI. To report the completion of a Learning Tree course, you can use the Online PDU Resources System.

Go to the PMI Continuing Certification Requirements System https://ccrs.pmi.org/
Log in with your username and password
Locate the claim code associated with your course in the table in this document
Click on “Report PDU for this activity”
Fill in the date started and date completed
Click on the box agreeing to this claim is accurate and then submit

PDU Information for This Course:

Total PDUs: 14
Technical PDUs: 14
Leadership PDUs: 0
Strategic & Business PDUs: 0
PMI Claim Code: 115422B6E2

The CSM exam is taken online, within 90 days of the end of the course. It is not proctored and you must answer 37 out of 50 questions correctly within the 60 minute time limit. If you do not pass the exam, you can re-take the exam one-time at no charge. After successfully completing the exam you can print your Certified ScrumMaster certificate.

Learning Tree's CSTs are:

Bernie Maloney
Carlton Nettleton
Jason Tanner
Joel Bancroft-Connors
Juan Banda
Kert Peterson
Nimesh Soni
Samir Chhibber

In line with GDPR legislation, we are informing you that your Personal Data, specifically name and contact information, will be shared with Scrum Alliance. They have a legitimate business interest in processing your Personal Data to award any earned certifications and to monitor class attendance.

Scrum Alliance is based in the United States, and your name and address will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Scrum Alliance’s processing of your personal data is covered by their Privacy Policy, which can be viewed in this document.

Please review and return the Scrum Alliance GDPR Form to Customer_Services@LearningTree.co.uk.

ScrumMaster Training is a two-day instructor-led course designed to teach participants the skills necessary to become a certified ScrumMaster and apply Agile principles to Scrum.

ScrumMaster Training is available in-person or online.

There are no prerequisites for ScrumMaster Training.

Yes, you can bring ScrumMaster Training or any training to your organisation.

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Training

ScrumMaster Training Delivery Methods

ScrumMaster Training Information

ScrumMaster Training Outline

Scrum Theory

The Scrum Team

Scrum Events and Activities

The Scrum Artifacts

ScrumMaster Core Competencies

Live Instructor $2,095

Live Instructor $2,095

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