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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Christian Antoine

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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4.90 out of 5.0 stars (254 ratings)

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01 - 02 May, 2025 |

08:30 CDT |

8 hrs/day

$899

Course details

About the trainer

Christian Antoine

Des Moines Area Community College

[email protected]

8003420033

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Location

In-Person

1805 Collaboration Place Ames, IA 50010, US

Course

“Genuinely enjoyed obtaining this certification and could not recommend the trainer Christian Antoine enough. ”

Course Summary

This intensive two-day course will prepare attendees to take on the ScrumMaster role and is taught by Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Christian Antoine. During the course, participants will cover the mindset and mechanics of Scrum, including the roles, events, artifacts.

Why This Class?

Real world case studies from the instructor’s experience will be shared as well as full in-class simulation for participants to experience what is different from a traditional System Development Life Cycle vs. Scrum.

Scrum Alliance Membership

The first two years of the Scrum Alliance membership is included in the course giving access to the Scrum Alliance community and forum, webinars, content, event discounts and more!

Certification Readiness

Any participant successfully completing the course is eligible to take the online CSM exam.

WHAT CHRISTIAN'S STUDENTS ARE SAYING...

“I want to share with you how much I enjoyed taking the class and that Christian did an absolutely fantastic job. I have been agile on and off for the past 15 years and have served as a scrum master in the last 2 years. Initially I thought that I will be a bit bored, but Christian was very engaging and presented the material in a very thought-provoking fashion. I particularly enjoyed the concept of Mindset vs. Mechanics. I also felt very much empowered as a scrum master. My last engagement entailed an agile conversion in an organization that was rather opposed to change.”

– Micheala W.

“Hi, Christian — thanks again for the very insightful scrum master course training last week! I’m looking forward to observing more and asking questions to start dialogue in my state agency to help us become more agile and efficient leaders.”

– Kendall A.

“Awesome Scrum Master course! You nicely pulled off the virtual aspect. I’d take another of your courses anytime. Thanks again!”

– Janet V –

“Christian- I just wanted to connect and say thank you again for the great CSM course you led last week! I really appreciated the dynamic and interactive nature. Also thanks again for the conversation and words of encouragement after the course ended on Friday. Take care!”

– Heather S. CSM

Scrum Alliance Collaborative Leadership Team

Details

“Christian Antoine is a great instructor and the class is well worth the time invested.

It's hard to imagine two 8 hour days had no fluff - it was all learning.”

When you register for this class, your registration fee includes the following:

Training course and supplies
Certification fees

This course is eligible for up to 14 Scrum Alliance SEUs and 16 PMI PDUs

To be eligible for certification, participants are required to attend the entire class. If a participant misses any part of the course, they lose their certification eligibility. Should your schedule prevent you from attending the entire class, our team will work with you to schedule another class on a different date.

PRICE INCLUDES:

Two days of training, CSM Exam, Fee & Free Retake, Scrum Alliance Membership, 16 PDU’s, 16 SEU’s, Post Class Mentor Support

Christian Antoine

CST®, CLP, CAL1

Certified Scrum Trainer® and Agile Transformation Coach with the Collaborative Leadership Team. Working with Agile since 2008, Christian has 20+ years of diversified experience in the medical device, finance, healthcare, securities, international law, and agricultural industries.

Christian consults, trains, and coaches teams and companies on Agile at all levels of the organization. He enjoys helping others see there is a different way to approach work, at a sustainable pace, and get outcomes to delight customers.

Prior to Collaborative Leadership Team, Christian worked for Medtronic, Hollstadt & Associates, and Computer Science Corporation (CSC). A graduate of St. John’s University, Christian resides in Golden Valley, MN with his wife Megan, and children, Madeline, Ellen and Eli.

Agenda

“Christian was great! Entertaining and had lots of examples to share.

His personality makes for a great coach/training and was able to keep it light and easy to follow.”

General Knowledge

Agile Manifesto
Scrum Foundations
Scrum compared to Waterfall
Significance of “Done”
Scrum Values
Applicability of Scrum

Scrum Roles

Overview of Scrum Roles
ScrumMaster: Responsibilities & Authority
Product Owner: Responsibilities, Authority, Constraints…etc.
Developers: Responsibilities, Authority, Teamwork & Characteristics
Impact on Traditional Roles

Scrum Events

Sprint
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective

Scrum Artifacts

Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Increment

Additional Learning

Definition of Done
Refinement
Project vs. Product paradigm
Generally Accepted Agile Practices such as User Stories and Burndown Charts discussed

Who should attend

“This class summarized my experience and provided a great industry credential, I would highly recommend taking this class.”

Anyone wishing to learn more about Scrum, or doing working differently, is welcome to attend! This is an entry-level course.

There is no specific role or job title you need to attend Scrum training. In fact, the most successful agile adoptions have included everyone from sales staff to CEOs. Scrum training is beneficial and recommended for anyone in your organization dealing with complex and rapidly changing demands. These include:

Analyst

Architects

CXOs

CEOs

CIOs

CMOs

Developers

Designers

Directors

Engineers

Operations
Product Managers
Program Managers
Project Managers
QA Staff
Sales
SMEs
Stakeholders
Technical Writers
Testers

Reviews

4.90 out of 5.0 stars

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Mr. Antoine was absolutely knowledgeable and professional throughout the course. The course was provided in a concise, organized manner and instructor/student interaction was very proactive and beneficial. Thank you for the phenomenal guidance and instruction.

I had a fantastic experience in the Certified ScrumMaster course taught by Christian! He was not only knowledgeable but also engaging, making the learning process enjoyable. His ability to connect with the class kept us all involved and eager to learn more. I highly recommend his sessions to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of Scrum!

Christian was awesome and gave me tools to take back to my team to improve and better educate!

Chris made it fun while learning. I would highly recommend his course. I kept me updated to the latest Scrum verbiage.

small class size; approachable instructor

Ability to translate real-life scenarios into useful, actionable steps to improve.

Happy to have tangible, actual steps available to improve our process. Didn't simply teach theory and leave us hanging, rather provided guidance that we could remember and teach back.

A smaller class size on the day of the training enabled informative discussion and being able to dig into specific scenarios or context for each participant. Christian provided a variety of examples from his own experience and had fun stories to share. The facilities for the sessions were top notch and everything was taken care of.

Informational, Funny, Great explanations

Took the Scrum Master course with Christian and the class was so informative and such a great class. My team had taken the Scrum Developer class with him earlier and it helped reinforce hearing the same thing my team was saying and hearing it from the same instructor. The breakouts were informative and great it was an interactive class and everyone was engaged.

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