Certified ScrumMaster®

What will you get?

-  2 days of LIVE full-immersion, fun, and interactive learning. No death by Powerpoint, Slides or Pre-Recorded Material.

-  Downloadable and online practice exams with questions written by a contributor to the official original exam.

-  Access to Fearless Agility’s online Collaboration Space with all course materials, additional references, and additional practice questions.

-  "Bulletproof" preparation for the CSM exam (and follow up help if you need it).

-  Industry leading CSM certification upon successful completion of Scrum Alliance exam.

-  Exam fees included with your class registration.

-  2-year membership to the Scrum Alliance.

-  14 PDUs toward your PMI-ACP application or existing PMI certification.

Why choose Fearless Agility?

Nobody ever learned anything useful by looking at slides while some "expert" droned on and on. So we ditch the PowerPoint, roll up our sleeves, and get participants working using a proven high-energy activity-based approach that has helped thousands worldwide earn their certification while taking useful practical skills back to work. This is real world knowledge and experience from someone who has lived in the Agile trenches for 20 years. It goes beyond the classroom theory that just anyone can provide to high-impact content with everything you need and nothing you don't.

But don't take our word for it... READ OUR RAVES.

What will you learn?

Our 2-Day Certified Scrum Master (CSM) class is an intensive, fun, interactive session designed to leverage the diverse background of the participants through facilitated discussion, activities, storytelling, and Fearless Agility’s unique “full immersion” approach. The following topics will be covered:

Overview of Scrum and Agile Theory & Principles

• What is Scrum?
• What is the theory underlying the Scrum Framework?
• What does a “Sprint” look like?
• What are the "Scrum Principles"? 
• When and why might Scrum be appropriate?   
• What does “Agile” really mean?

Scrum’s Accountabilities and Events

• Overview of the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developer Accountabilities
• Sprint Planning
• The Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective

The Scrum Artifacts

• Write an effective Product Goal
• The Product Backlog and its purpose
• Crafting concise Product Backlog Items
• Product Backlog Refinement
• Options for prioritizing the Product Backlog
• The Sprint Backlog and its purpose
• The Product Increment and its purpose

The Scrum “Immersion”: A Practical Application of Scrum’s Principles

• Create a real Product Backlog to solve a real world problem
• Be part of a virtual Scrum Team in real time based on Fearless Agility's years of working with distributed teams
• Build a real Product Increment and get feedback from other participants

This is a WORKING "increment" a Scrum Team developed in a Fearless Dual Certification workshop in just 4 days. Click around and try it out!

Who is it for?

Fearless Agility's virtual Certified Scrum Master workshops are appropriate for individuals with a desire to learn and expand their marketable skills and/or develop an Agile career path, anyone seeking strong foundational Agile skills and Scrum certification, and organizations and/or business units who are ready to adopt an Agile approach with one or more pilot teams willing to act as a test bed for the larger organization. Our typical virtual workshops often contains an eclectic mix of:   

• Neurodivergent learners
• Anyone pivoting career paths and starting to learn about Scrum
• College / University Students
• Technical Individual Team Members    
• Business Analysts   
• Scrum Masters & Product Owners
• Project, Product, and Line Managers who work closely with Scrum Teams

Our experience covers a wide range of industries such as (and not limited to):

• Oil / Gas
• Education
• Insurance
• Finance
• Federal Government
• State Government
• Theater
• Cybersecurity
• App Developement
• SaaS (Software as a Service)
• Viral Video Agencies
• Media
• Gaming
• Publishing
• Healthcare