Answers the queries What do Certified ScrumMaster Trainings involve, who is the certifying authority and how does the certification process work ?Why should you consider getting Certified at all? Does it add value to your career ?How do you take the decision on whether or not to go for certification ? In other words, is it worth it?

1. What
is
it
all
about?
CERTIFIED
SCRUMMASTER
TRAINING
Bachan
Anand
16-­‐Sep-­‐2012
Bachan.anand@conscires.com

2. CSM
Cer@fica@on
• Cer@fica@on
by
Scrum
Alliance
• Need
to
be
trained
by
a
CST
(
Cer@fied
Scrum
Trainer)
• 2
days
of
class
room
training
is
mandatory

3. What
do
Cer@fied
ScrumMaster
Trainings
involve?
• 2
days
of
class
room
training
by
a
Cer@fied
Scrum
Trainer.
• Register
with
Scrum
Alliance
for
online
Exam
• Pass
the
online
Exam

4. Who
is
the
cer@fying
authority?
• Scrum
Alliance
• Founded
in
2002
• It
is
a
not-­‐for-­‐profit
organiza@on
focused
on
advancing
Scrum
as
a
way
of
working
• Vision
-­‐
Transform
the
world
of
work

5. How
does
the
cer@fica@on
process
work?
• CST
registers
all
par@cipants
within
1
week
aUer
the
class
• Fees
for
the
Cer@fica@on
exam
is
paid
as
part
of
the
training
• Ini@al
registra@on
provides
you
two
chances
to
take
the
exam
• AUer
2
chances
you
will
need
to
pay
25
USD
to
take
the
exam
again

6. Why
should
you
consider
geYng
Cer@fied?
• Do
you
want
to
learn
Scrum
?
• Are
you
interested
in
advanced
Cer@fica@ons?
• Currently
CSM
is
well
respected
in
the
Professional
community
• Does
it
add
value
to
your
career?

7. Topics
covered
in
a
CSM
training
• Values,
Principles,
Agile
• Sprint
Retrospec@ve
Manifesto
• Itera@ve
&
Incremental
• Scrum
framework
+
Roles
• Release
Planning
• The
Backlog,
Grooming
• Defini@on
of
Done
• Sprint
Planning
• Distributed
Scrum
• Daily
Scrum
and
Sprint
Burn
• Q
&
A
down
• Quiz
• Sprint
Review

8. Benefits
of
a_ending
the
class
• 2
day
Training
by
a
World
class
trainer
• There
are
only
140
Trainers
across
the
world
who
can
deliver
CSM
classes
• Hands-­‐on
and
interac@ve
class
• Guaranteed
to
walk
away
with
a
strong
understanding
of
Scrum

9. Cost
of
CSM
23,000
INR
to
28,000
INR
Includes
Cer@fica@on
Cost
2
day
Class
Room
training
Training
Material
Cost
Covers
logis@cs
&
Food

10. QUESTIONS?
Bachan
Aanand
h8p://agile.conscires.com
+91-­‐9972992288
Bachan.anand@conscires.com