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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Punita Dave
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. CSMĀ® 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.
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11 - 12 June, 2026 |
 09:00 CDT |
 8 hrs/day
$745
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What is Certified ScrumMaster course about?

Come join 16 hours of hands-on learning and expert sharing from highly experienced Certified Scrum Trainer. Additionally, benefit from participants sharing their experiments, experiences, stories, problems and resolution in practicing and adopting Scrum.

It is a 2 days fun-filled interactive class to:

  1. Embark on the Scrum journey by introduction to theory, values, rules, roles, events and artifacts of Scrum in a very practical and hands-on fashion
  2. Learn not just about elements of Scrum, but also about the fundamental thinking behind them
  3. Explore techniques on coaching and facilitation from a Scrum Master’s perspective
  4. Expand horizons of Scrum beyond your own Scrum Team
  5. If you are in a leadership role, learn how to work with Scrum Teams and how to provide them with autonomy and purpose

Who should attend?

  1. Anyone who wants to learn about Scrum
  2. ScrumMasters
  3. Aspiring ScrumMasters
  4. Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/SVPs/CxOs)
  5. Project & Program Managers 
  6. Not sure if CSPO is right certification for you? Watch this 3 minute video to figure out:


Why should you attend?

  1. Learn about Agile & Scrum
  2. Learn about ScrumMaster Role and Competencies
  3. Learn tools and techniques to be a ScrumMaster
  4. Endorse your Scrum Master skills with a valued CSM certification

What to expect?

  1. High energy and hands-on
  2. Simplified deep learning
  3. Highly experienced Trainers
  4. Immediately applicable and useful in real life

Recommended  pre-reading

  1. Agile Manifesto (http://www.agilemanifesto.org)
  2. Latest Version on Scrum Guide (https://www.scrumguides.org)
  3. Scrum Alliance foundational Video Series (https://scrumalliance.learnupon.com/store/804338-scrum-foundations#content)
  4. Scrum Overview in 10 minutes (By Punita Dave)


Additional Benefits and Outcome

  1. 16 SEUs, 16 PDUs
  2. 2 years of Scrum Alliance membership
  3. Events & Roles Table Mat
  4. Copy of course materials filled with information, examples and activities 
  5. Knowledge about Agile and Scrum
  6. Tools & Techniques 
  7. CSM Certification upon completing the class and passing the test
  8. FUN ALL THE WAY!!!

Trainer - Punita Dave

  1. Punita Dave is an experienced leader, coach and trainer with focus on practical implementation of the concepts.
  2. Punita has led 40+ successful Agile implementations, ranging from startups of 20 employees, all the way to enterprise transformations of over 6000 employees.
  3. Armed with experience of working with several Fortune 5 to 500 companies like Google, Oracle, Informatica, Cisco, Visa, McKesson, Model N and CA Technologies, Punita has helped transform corporate cultures to one of collaboration and creativity.
  4. Driving Strategic & Business agility, driving operational effectiveness and efficiency by bringing clarity to ambiguous situations and successfully delivering faltering products to the market is her strength.
  5. One of her ambitious initiatives is application of Scrum to Professional services, Marketing and Support functions. Additionally, she has taken Scrum to supply chain, real estate, non-profits, finance, electronic design automation, medical device companies and revenue management.
  6. Her vision is to expand the horizon of Scrum and push its shift into non-software functions and industries.
  7. Punita's Profile
    1. https://www.apexorion.com/about-us/ourteam/
    2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/punitadave/
    3. https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/profile/pdave4

Cancellation and Privacy

  1. Find our cancellation and refund policy at https://www.apexorion.com/faq
  2. Email us at [email protected] for cancellation and refunds
  3. We do not use or sell your personal information. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any concerns

Primary goal for the 2 days course is to cover Certified Scrum Master Learning Objectives as outlined on Scrum Alliance Website. In order to cover these the class will include learning, training and coaching on the following topics. Depending on the need of the class participants, there could be additional topics that will be discussed

  1. Agile Overview
  2. Scrum Theory
    1. Empirical and Defined Process
    2. Iterative and Incremental
  3. Scrum Values (Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect)
  4. Scrum Team and Scrum Roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Development Team)
    1. Scrum Master Service to Development Team
    2. Scrum Master Service to Product Owner
    3. Scrum Master Service to Organization
  5. Agile Coaching
  6. Agile Facilitating
  7. Scrum Artifacts
    1. Product Backlog
    2. Sprint Backlog
    3. Product Increment
  8. Scrum Events and Activities
    1. Sprint
    2. Sprint Planning
    3. Daily Scrum
    4. Sprint Review
    5. Sprint Retrospective
    6. Product Backlog Refinement
  9. Definition of Done – a Quality Bar
  10. Monitoring progress in Scrum
    1. Burndown charts
    2. Burnup charts
    3. Task Board
  11. Scrum Simulation
  12. Next steps
    1. Certification and Assessment Test

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