1. About CSM
A Scrum Master is the Scrum Team member who fosters an effective and productive working environment and guides others to understand Scrum Values and Framework. Whether you want to serve as a Scrum Master, or adopt Scrum, or just need the tools to be more Agile, our Certified Scrum Master® (CSM®) course is the right place to begin.
The Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) is the flagship certification offered by Scrum Alliance (USA).
Benefits of the CSM® certification include:
- Make stronger contributions to team success.
- Enable organisations’ success in businesses.
- Become part of a global movement toward product excellence.
- Be able to demonstrate your knowledge.
- Guide your team to effectively use Scrum and understand why Scrum values are so important.
- Increase career opportunities and expand your professional community.
- Improve leadership skills and influence organizational change.
- Enhance your industry credibility and earning potential.
- Continuous learning.
- Prove a full understanding of Scrum and how to apply its practices in the workplace.
- According to payscale.com, a CSM® has a median salary of $112,000 per year.
- According to Indeed.com, the Scrum Alliance CSM® is the 9th most-requested certification this year. CSM® is the only Agile certification to make the Top 20.
2. Why Scrum Alliance?
Scrum Alliance is the oldest non-profit membership organization for Scrum, and that supports the adoption and effective use of Scrum. The three most prominent offerings of the Scrum Alliance are:
Education: Certificates help you showcase your expertise in any technology/domain area. Having Scrum certificates are proof that you possess scrum application knowledge. Moreover, you can prove that you’re a skilled and experienced scrum practitioner when you apply for the position of a scrum master or another role. The Scrum Alliance is the one-stop destination for different Scrum courses.
Community: The Scrum Alliance has 350,000+ members across the globe, allowing you to connect with like-minded peers. And new people join every day. So there’s no shortage of innovative and brilliant ideas. You can join the community in person or virtually. This includes both local groups and online communities.
Advocacy: The members of the Scrum Alliance advocate for each other. They help employers realize the benefits of hiring certified scrum practitioners. They also advocate for all their members, thus helping them build a sound career.
Key Benefits of an Active Scrum Alliance Certification
Earning your Scrum Alliance certification is an essential step in your agile journey. Maintaining an active certification provides exclusive benefits that help you thrive.
Continuous demonstration of expertise
You can continue to demonstrate your CSM® credential with your teams, customers etc.
Access to community
You will continue to have access to a great community who can support you for Scrum implementation, mentoring. You can continue to attend events such as world class conferences, meet-ups etc.
Personal Improvement Tools
The Personal Improvement (PI) Tools are an exclusive benefit to all active Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Masters (CSM®s) and Certified Scrum Product Owners (CSPO®s).
- Scrum Master PI Tool.
- Product Owner PI Tool.
The PI tools are designed by Comparative Agility and members of the global agile community. Using the PI Tool, CSM®s and CSPO®s take assessments to evaluate their strengths and performance in key areas. They then receive personalized resource recommendations for personal improvement and monitor progress as they grow in their craft and work through a backlog of educational resources.
3. Key Features of CSM:
- 2 days Training.
- Delivered by Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
- Scrum Alliance fee included.
- 2-year Scrum Alliance membership included.
- Get certified on 2nd day.
- 16 SEUs and 16 PDUs.
- 100% Money Back Guarantee.
- Based on Brain-Science learning techniques.
- Practical knowledge with role plays, simulations, case studies.
4. Pre-requisite
There are NO pre-requisites to attend Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) course.
5. CSM Certification Process
Step 1: Choose a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) who has real-time practitioner experience.
Step 2: Complete a live online CSM® course by the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). Learn through real-time examples, gamification, Simulation and case-studies.
Step 3: The CST will recommend the participants to Scrum Alliance to enable links to write the online CSM® test. Pass your CSM® test on Scrum Alliance platform by correctly answering 37 out of the 50 questions within the 60-minute time limit. The test link is valid for 90 days. Fee for 2 free attempts is included in the training cost. For the 3rd attempt onwards (if needed), the participant must pay $25 to Scrum Alliance directly.
Step 4: Activate your Scrum Alliance certification account, by accepting T&C on Scrum Alliance. Download your CSM® certificate and badge. Step 5: Embark on continuous learning with Scrum Alliance.
6. Who can attend?
This course is appropriate for anyone who wants to be successful with Scrum, including but not limited to the following roles:
- Scrum Master.
- Agile Coach.
- Product Owner.
- Release Managers.
- New Scrum Team Members.
- Portfolio Manager.
- Business Analyst.
- Technical Architect.
- Testers.
- Departmental Leads.
- Product Management Leads.
- Project Managers.
- Product Managers.
- HR Marketers.
- Data Scientists.
- And anyone who desires a foundational education and wish to explore the benefits of Agile and Scrum including its values and practices; and apply Scrum in both software and non-software product development situations.
Day 1:
- Introduction to Agile.
- Agile Manifesto o Agile In IT o Agile Outside IT.
- Defined/Empirical Process.
- Introduction to Scrum.
- Scrum Values.
- Scrum Framework.
- Scrum Accountabilities.
- Scrum Master.
- Product Owner.
- Developers.
- Sprint.
- Scrum Artifacts – Product Backlog.
- Product Backlog Refinement.
Day 2:
- Scrum Artifacts – Sprint Backlog, Increment.
- Scrum Events.
- Sprint Planning.
- Daily Scrum.
- Sprint Review.
- Sprint Retrospective.
- Sprint Goal.
- Definition of Done.
- Introduction to XP and technical practices.
- Scrum Master Core Competencies.
- Introduction to Estimation.
- Burndown charts.
- Simulation of a real-world case study.
- 50 Questions, 60 minutes.
- Based on Scrum Guide 2020.
- 37 to be scored right.
- Link valid for 90 days.
- 2 free attempts.
How to renew CSM certification?
- CSM® is valid for 2 years from the 2nd day of the CSM® workshop.
- To renew, one should earn 20 SEUs (Scrum Education Units).
- SEUs can be earned by education in Agile/Scrum, speaking or volunteering at events, attending conferences or webinars etc.
- SEUs must be captured on Scrum Alliance dashboard.
- A renewal fee may be applied. ⎫ By doing a higher certification with Scrum Alliance, the prior level certifications are automatically renewed without paying renewal fee.
- More details and updated renewal policy at www.ScrumAlliance.org.
Continuous Learning:
Our workshops assist you to take the initial baby steps in your learning journey. Further, we fuel your passion for continuous learning by providing access to several resources.
We always strive for your Agile journey to be a great learning for your personal and professional career. We can assist you to enhance your career to new heights. We don’t offer only trainings. We travel with you during your learning journeys. We provide several resources which can assist you to implement Scrum in real-world situations.
You can choose from our wide range of:
- Expert Blogs.
- Non-IT Case-studies.
- Practitioner Templates.
- Sample Quizzes.
- Coaching Model.
- Any many more.
These learning tools are curated based on real-time experiences of our Agile Practitioners, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Coaches and Trainers.
