3BACK'S CERTIFIED Scrum Professional ScrumMaster TRAINING
HERE'S WHAT WE DO!
The CSP-SM is a very intense course, and our goal is to maximize our student outcomes in the 16 hours we have together.
12 of those 16 hours are guided learning, where you will be working, reading, completing exercises, discussions, and so on. We guide you through 14 learning modules with great materials, discussions, and exercises. All of the Learning Objectives will be verified in 12 Contact hours while you are working through assignments that are reviewed. We facilitate this for you by review, by verifying you've completed each module before moving to the next one, and by having our admin available to you for questions.
4 of these 16 hours are Office Hours, where the Trainer does Coaching, Mentoring and Q&A based on the Students' questions and supports the LOs. In practice, the vast majority of this time is spent talking about work problems or misperceptions about agile and scrum.
We believe, and our reviews validate, that this structure provides a near-optimal learning experience for our Students.
LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE!
This on-demand, online course can be completed in as little as 2 weeks or you have up to 3 months - you decide your pace! Enjoy the freedom of getting certified when it’s convenient for you (see our policy page for details).
LEARN BY DOING!
Engaging Scrum training from a leading industry expert with years of practical experience.
TRAIN WITH THE BEST!
Dan and Doug have developed this On-Demand CSP-SM course just for you. They have been training and coaching product development teams for 20 years. They have written numerous books on Scrum; you can review their published works on Amazon. They have been doing this since the Scrum Alliance was first incepted. Combined they have trained over 20,000 students in the concepts of agility and Scrum. Review bios for Dan and Doug.
GET CERTIFIED!
Earn your credentials from 3Back, a recognized Education Provider of the Scrum Alliance – the first and most widely recognized international Scrum certification organization.
STAY SHARP!
Competitive job market? No problem! Learn increasingly popular skills that employers are looking for to increase your marketability and stand out from the crowd.
GET FREE STUFF!
Digital materials, 16 PDUs, 2 Year membership to Scrum Alliance, and much more!
MORE ABOUT THE COURSE
As a Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster® (CSP-SM®), you are actively working on Organizational Improvement. You are now deeply skilled at building great teams and have built great Scrum Teams as a Scrum Master and emergent leader in your organization. You have encountered numerous challenges to Great Scrum Team development and now want to take your skills to the next level.
In order to gain the CSP-SM certification, you must complete 14 self-paced, on-demand Modules and attend 4 office hours. The typical Module includes 20-60 minutes of reading (depending on your reading speed), and a multiple-choice quiz. After you complete these, you need to complete a scenario-based exercise/written assignment.
The next step in your journey is to obtain a Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster® (CSP-SM®) credential from Scrum Alliance®. To obtain your CSP-SM you need to take a CSP-SM class, have at least 24 months of experience as a ScrumMaster within the past five years, and hold a Scrum Alliance issued A-CSM certification (for details see here).
THROUGH THE CSP-SM COURSE YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
- apply visual facilitation techniques for a collaborative session
- create a coaching agreement with an individual or a team
- list fundamental psychological concepts that help transform individual behavior
- appraise different models for team development
- plan the launch of a new Scrum Team
- propose strategies to fill in missing skills or capabilities the team needs to create successful products
- analyze your approach to a complex intervention that addresses the root cause(s) of organizational dysfunction
- explain the benefits of supporting strong development practices when working with multiple Scrum Teams
- outline a personal development strategy toward Scrum Mastery
- and much more!
3Back's Exclusive Companion Book
Organizations must adapt to improve and flourish in changing environments. The Scrum Mastering III book and course will strengthen your skills as an organizational change agent and prepare you to coach junior Scrum Leaders. For anyone who is new to the world of Scrum -- its foundations, its principles, its nuances -- there’s a lot to digest. You will discover that Scrum is lightweight, useful, and difficult to master. Once mastered, Scrum becomes an intuitive extension of how you approach work.
To help you master Scrum, our books are broken down into two groups. The Scrum Handbooks which describe the models of Single-Team Scrum and Multi-Team Scrum - what it is. And the Scrum Guidebooks, which describes guidance for implementation - how to apply. Both book groups will help you frame Scrum Effectively so that you can maximize your chances of success - especially in complex, ever-changing environments.
The Scrum Leadership Series is a core set of books and companion courses that, when combined with years of domain-driven experience, allow a person to be designated as a Recognized Scrum Leader.