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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Stuart Turner

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.

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11 - 13 November, 2024 |

08:00 GMT |

4 hrs/day

£594

Early bird pricing

Course details

About the trainer

Stuart Turner

Holistic Agility

[email protected]

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Location

Online

Discounts

Price increases to £695 after 11/10/2024

Course

Why attend this particular course?

Specially designed as THREE HALF-DAY sessions to more easily fit your existing schedule while also aiding integration and retention of learning.

This course is different...

It isn't a series of group-based activities designed for almost anyone to cover the Events, Artefacts, etc, perhaps finishing with a fun game to make you feel good when it's time to complete a feedback form.

What makes this course so special?

It's both designed and facilitated only by our master-level coach with over 20 years of agile working and organisational change experience.

This allows us to provide a unique learning experience, far beyond the basic learning objectives of the course.

The whole course is based on the same principles and patterns that you're coming to learn. For example:

Throughout the entire first session, you'll experience using Scrum in an ideal, non-software environment.

Why is this important?

Whether you're new to Scrum or have been using it for years, the experience of using it to build something different, in an environment facilitated by one of the world's most experienced master-level coaches, creates the conditions for you to gain as many relevant insights as possible, whatever your current knowledge and experience.

Only a highly skilled and experienced coach and facilitator can host such an activity, allowing you and the group to gain as many of your own insights as possible while coaching you to even deeper levels of understanding and advancement of your skills and experience.

Trustpilot 5 Star Rating

"Great instructor. Stuart's engagement and techniques allow you to relate your learning (especially the simulations) to past experiences and enable you to realise the pitfalls you have been implementing and how you can remedy them."

Your Course Leader - Stuart Turner

Stuart Turner is the originator of the unique, fun and highly informative (and much copied) Scrum simulation. One of very few courses that uses a simulation early on, intentionally giving everyone a fidelitous experience of using Scrum and a shared context on which to build. The ordering of events in the course is deliberate, knowing experiential learning permits the deeper lessons and discoveries of the remainder of the course to be better understood, integrated and retained.

We'll experience how using the Scrum framework helps us discover more about our product, team and environment, and how we're working using the principles of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Based on what we discover we'll adapt our product and working practices in the pursuit of improving outcomes.

Another exclusive benefit: only with this course!

When you attend this course, you're not just gaining knowledge; you're joining a community.

Lifetime Membership of the Open Leadership Network: Stay connected, inspired, and up-to-date with access to free resources, webinars, and a network of like-minded leaders.

Exclusive Savings on Future Learning: Enjoy a 15% discount on all courses related to Patterns of Leadership and Change. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise or explore new horizons, your journey of growth continues.

Notes

Membership of the Scrum Alliance is included in the course fee.

You will then hold the most valued and recognised qualification in Scrum that will boost your professional standing and prospects.

Details

What's included with this training course?

A visual reference guide to Scrum
2-year Membership with the Scrum Alliance
Lifetime free membership with the Open Leadership Network
A maximum of 16 participants.
The CSM online test, which can be taken immediately following the course
Support after the course from Holistic Agility.

Taking this course with a Certified Scrum Trainer means you will be acknowledged and recognised by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified ScrumMaster after passing the exam.

Scrum Alliance SEUs: This course qualifies as 14 Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) toward the 70 that are needed for a candidate to qualify as a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

Project Management Institute: This course counts as 15 of the 21 contact hours required of Agile Project Management Training to the eligible for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification.

Professional Development Units (PDUs): This course also counts for 14 Professional Development Units

What you can expect from our Live Online Training:

We use Zoom to host live video calls where all participants can interact.
We use breakout rooms so many of the activities can be performed in smaller groups.
We use an online whiteboard for course activities..
Stuart Turner has produced products for over 30 years, using agile approaches from the start.
You will receive a pdf copy of the course reference material.

What do I need to join online?

A consistent internet connection
A laptop or device capable of running Zoom & Mural
- Both Mural and Zoom can be accessed via a browser or an app

Exam information

Is there an exam? - Yes - but only if you wish to attain the Certified ScrumMaster® credential.

Is the exam fee included? - Yes

What does the exam involve?

Once you complete the course, you will be registered with Scrum Alliance and receive an email with a link to take the test.
The test is performed online, after the course. You have up to 3 months to take the test and if you don't pass first time, you're entitled to a free retake.
- Before taking the test we suggest rewatching the course videos and referring to the visual reference guide.
Create a space where you'll be able to focus for up to a full hour.
Correctly answer 37 out of 50 questions within 1 hour. Many participants tell us it takes significantly less time than one hour.
Once you pass the exam you may fill out your newly created Scrum Alliance profile and update your CV and LinkedIn profile.

Can I cancel or transfer to another course?

Up until 24 hours before the start time of the course you may:

Transfer to another course
Cancel for a full refund

Early notice is appreciated

Why are you less expensive than other courses?

This course is offered directly by the course instructor/facilitator.
We don't believe in marketing, paid advertising, etc.
There are no costs for a training venue, catering, hotel, or travel.
There are no third-parties fees.

Agenda

Preparation:

Desired Outcomes
Context for Scrum
Scrum Fundamentals
Preparing for Sprint 1

Session 1:

Connections
Simulation: This whole session is using Scrum, including:
- Sprints, Planning, Review and Retrospective
- Discovering in sprints
- Delivering in small 'done' increments
- Teamwork, decision-making
Scrum Fundamentals
Preparing for Sprint 1

Session 2:

Comprehensive coverage of the Scrum Framework:
- Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers
- Events: Sprints, Planning, Daily Scrum, Review and Retrospective
- Artefacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment
- Commitments: Product Goal, Sprint Goal, Done
- Values: Courage, Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect
- Rules: How it all fits together

Session 3:

Obstacles for Scrum
Tools and techniques
Implications for your organisation
Playing a good game

Who should attend

This course is suitable for anyone

You may be brand new to Agile, you may already have a bit of knowledge under your belt, and you may already be working in a Scrum Team. Whatever your current position, you will have come to an understanding that an Agile working environment brings huge benefits in terms of quality, productivity and time to market.

This course is the next step, as it establishes a solid foundation in knowing what best practice looks like which leads to highly successful outcomes for any Agile project or initiative.

The course is ideal for anyone looking to start out in Scrum and Agile, and it’s effectively essential for established practitioners looking to move on to the next level, with formal training to back up invaluable hands on experience.

With the market-leading certificate from this Scrum Alliance endorsed training, you will hold an established qualification that will boost your professional standing and prospects. It’s equally excellent for those working in non-software Scrum and Agile roles and for managers and executives who interact with Scrum teams and who want to learn the language and to understand the framework.

In a transformation that's lost momentum?
Need to use Scrum for a fixed-price contract?
Highly regulated industry?
Customising off-the-shelf products?
Migrating off mainframes or other legacy systems?
Manager not very supportive of agile?
Consultant with a client starting an agile project next week and you need to learn how to help them?

Stuart will share simple techniques, developed and honed over decades, to help you make the most of whatever situation you're in.

Reviews

4.90 out of 5.0 stars

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Excellent!

Get yourself onto a course by Stuart and you will understand why he is 5 stars. Informal, relaxed and extremely knowledgeable, makes you think outside the box.

I love the way this course was structured and delivered. Stuart led us through the discovery of the framework and the roles within a Scrum team just like I see a Scrum Master leading a team of developers.

The course has perfect duration

Great training and learning experience!

Great course, very eye-opening regarding the real usage of Scrum. Stuart was able to lead us by creating an environment where we could test Scrum framework in practice, which is not easy in remote environment. This was completely different than just learning from offline courses. Could not recommend enough!

great experience

Was a good starter course to move onto the advanced

Very well structured and clear instruction. Good mix of interactions and theory. Simulation at the start was a good experience and an important part for the rest of the course. The preparation exercise was essential for my experience during the course, as I did not know anything about SCRUM it helped a lot. Thank you very much.

Very engaging learning experience.

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