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Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)

This is the most widely recognised Agile training and certification. We have been running and improving this course for over 16 years! Thousands of professionals have completed this course with us and have achieved a high score on the certification test.

Our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course is about understanding effective Scrum in a way that connects principles with practical application. Also being well-informed about what is involved in being a team-centric capability leader a.k.a. Scrum Master.

Gain understanding of the purpose of every element in Scrum and how they together change the game of value creation well beyond a process change.
Experience a Scrum Sprint in a way that highlights the real world challenges to focus on and how to approach them.
Discover the full breadth of the Scrum Master role including several stances, techniques for improving overall capability and resolving impediments.

Course Information:

During our CSM you will learn how to apply the principles of Scrum through effective events, artefacts and accountabilities/roles. This is a highly interactive, hands-on learning experience designed to inspire you and provide practical techniques that you apply straight after the course.

We use highly immersive adult learning techniques such as visual modelling, simulations, role-plays and ‘Training from the Back of the Room’ activities to enable self-directed learning and enhanced retention.

This course is organised and run using Scrum. This allows for feedback and flexibility as well as experiencing Scrum in action throughout the course.

Come away with techniques that you can apply to improve teamwork amd create a continuous improvement culture in a wide vary of contexts with or without Scrum.

Course Information:

Sessions are a half day in duration.
  • Scrum Concepts
    Core principles underpinning agility including empirical management and iterative incremental development.
  • Events - iteration 1
    How Sprints work including the purpose, duration and relationship of all events.
  • Artefacts
    The purpose, ownership, characteristics and examples of the artefacts that all enhance transparency.
  • Accountabilities - iteration 1
    How the cross-functional, self-managing teams covers all aspects of value discovery and creation.
  • Events - iteration 2
    The practicalities of running effective Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective events.
  • Product Backlog Refinement
    Outcomes from effective PBR and how to find the balance from pre-Sprint backlog preparation.
  • Definition of Done
    Defining quality and cross-functional capability using the DoD and definition of Undone.
  • Agile and Scrum
    How to leverage Agile values and principles to enhance your Scrum adoption.
  • Quiz and Questions
    Game show-style review of concepts and discussion of participant questions.
  • Scrum Experience Inception
    From vision to ready Product Backlog including an easy way to adopt story point estimation.
  • Scrum Experience
    Full Sprint creating real product increments with opportunity to practise Scrum Master techniques.
  • Accountabilities - iteration 2
    In depth exploration of Scrum Master, Product Owner and Developer authorities, responsibilities, characteristics and myths.
  • Accountabilities - iteration 3
    How Scrum covers project management and goes beyond this to cover the long term product lifecycle.
  • Scrum Master skills
    Leading continuous improvement of product ownership, teamwork and empiricism through skillful application of Scrum Master stances.
  • Continuous Improvement
    Practical techniques for persuasively removing impediments and leading improvement to cross-functional capability, release frequency, technical practices and organisational constraints.
  • Next Steps
    How to excel with the certification test and start implementing what you have learnt with resources and ongoing support.

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Learning Facilitator:

Rowan Bunning

Educator and Consultant.

Biography:

Rowan Bunning is a globally recognised educator and consultant in Agile management. He has over 27 years of experience in software intensive project delivery and product development.

In 2008, Rowan founded Adapt WithStyle (formerly Scrum WithStyle) to bring world-class Agile training and independent consulting to south-east Asia. As a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) with not-for-profit Scrum Alliance, Rowan has delivered over 530 certification courses including the full three level Path to Certified Scrum Professional® (CSP®) for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.

Rowan holds a WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) from the Singapore Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).

Rowan has played project management roles in the U.K. and Australia. This includes taking a high-profile online business to launch, and safely introducing frequent change to critical infrastructure processing AUD $250 billion worth of financial transactions daily.

Rowan is passionate about developing leaders skilled at developing teams and simplifying their organisations to compete at scale on the basis of agility, innovation and highest customer value.

Accreditations:

CSD Certified Scrum DeveloperCertified Scrum Trainer BadgeCertified Scrum Master CSM badgeAdvanced Certified Scrum Master A-CSM BadgeCertified Scrum Professional Scrum Master CSP-SM BadgeCertified Scrum Product Owner CSPO BadgeCertified Agile Leader CAL BadgeCertified Agile Leader 2 CAL2 Badge
“A useful breakdown and inspection on fundamental scrum theory and putting that theory into practice through comprehensive exercises. While this course focused on generalist approaches, there were also greatly appreciated slight variations in order to address aspects that are most useful/important in educating members of my organisation specifically to address prior bias.”
Samuel Gallagher
Software Developer at Karbon
“A really great way to start to understand Scrum. the pre-work was invaluable to me as a scrum newbie.”
Judith Cahill
Content Designer at Health New Zealand
“Great option if you want a course which teaches you how to coach better Scrum on top of what you need to pass the exam.”
Peter Lines
Commercial Systems Technical Lead at Nearmap
“The course was fun with interactive sessions and I appreciated the teach to learn approach throughout. It covered a lot of topics.”
Diana Stevanovic
PSO & Scrum Master at Digital Transformation Agency
“The course was well facilitated, interactive and comprehensive. I learnt a lot and got a lot out of the group activities.”
Jessica Lloyd
Digital Identity & myGov Portfolio Management Office at Digital Transformation Agency
“Rowan portrays all required aspects of the CSM exam and all values in an expedited manner that is both easy to understand and concise. I would strongly recommend this course for anyone who deals with scrum, or is looking to further their career”
Harrison Saladine
IT Systems Analyst at Coal LSL
“This course has been very helpful for me to understand in more detail about Scrum events, Scrum artefacts, Scrum roles. The structure of the course was also interactive and engaging so the audience was fully involved in the course.”
Geraldi Gunawan
Senior Business Analyst (IT) at Reserve Bank of Australia
“Informative course on the practices of scrum and the roles and responsibilities. Interactive and hands-on course with relatable examples and activities.”
Bless Mailei
​​Business Analyst at Westpac Group
“Amazing course. It has got so many things to learn from which can be useful for future growth. Must recommend.”
Kavita Sippy
ScrumMaster Certified Scrum Master, Team Lead - Desktop Support and Service Delivery at iiNet

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