Scrum Alliance® CSM Sessions can only be delivered by a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). Becoming a CST is difficult and there are less than 300 CSTs world-wide, so many companies rent CSTs to deliver. We have in-house CST capability so our trainers have been vetted further and are motivated to deliver excellence.

Grow-Lean is an approved Scrum Alliance Path to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) Provider. This means that in addition to the CSM we are authorized to deliver the Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), which is the course you will likely want after taking the CSM you are reviewing now.

Grow-Lean is an approved Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider (REPs), meaning that we can list and deliver continuing education classes that earn you Scrum Education Units® (SEUs).

Agile has it roots in the software development / information technology (IT) community, but the concepts are spreading. The attendee mix has been broadening out to those involved in any form of knowledge work.

Typical Attendees (IT)

• Business Analyst and Product Owners
• Quality Assurance
• Software Developers and Tech Leads
• Project Managers and PMO Staff
• Scrum Masters and Product Owners

Attendees in Knowledge Work

• Training Development
• Engineering
• Marketing
• Business Process
• Management

Gain a practical understanding of the mindset, roles, artifacts and ceremonies of Scrum, via exercises, discussion, fun games, and via simulation where you use agile to create a game, skit, or exercise that your team delivers to the class so we learn from each other. After class, leave ready to advance your company and your career.

• Roles: Scrum Team, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Development Team Member
• Ceremonies: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective
• Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment

You learn how Scrum exists in a larger organizational context, and how it varies from a waterfall project. We also review other influential agile Frameworks and how they align.

• XP and DevOps: XP (Extreme Programming®) is a Scrum superset for engineering excellence, including Test Driven Development (TDD), refactoring (keeping a code base clean), pair working and continuous integration (CI). DevOps builds on XP and adds in continuous delivery (CD) to get to market frequently.
• SAFe®, LeSS® Scrum@Scale®: Scaling frameworks that provides additional roles, ceremonies and artifacts to help multiple teams work together on a common product.
• Kanban: Visualize, limit WIP, create flow, make policies explicit, change slowly.
• Lean: The mother of agile, focus on value, create flow, optimize.
• Lean Startup®: Agile applied to the business. Get to market quickly with a release that is also an experiment, learn from it, and adapt based on leanings.

Exercises, discussions, simulations, games, yes games, case studies, examples and fun, even jokes, are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught in an immersive, engaging manner so that you have fund and learn.

If you have time prior to the session, you can benefit by reviewing review material. Check out free material by clicking here.

Ready and Done

Agile Estimating and Forecasting

Agile Teaming

• Team versus Group
• Scrum Roles
• Scrum Master
• Resource Allocation
• Team Workspaces
• Distributed Teams
• Scaling Scrum Teams

Agile Requirements and Specifications

Building the Agile Enterprise

Summary

Closing

We register you within 10 minutes of class end. You receive an email from the Scrum Alliance giving you instructions on taking the exam. You can take the exam from any Internet connected computer, or even a cell phone, from anywhere you want (you don't go to a test center).

You can take the exam within minutes of class end. If you want to wait you have 90 days. You can start and stop the exam during this period.

The workshop will provide the knowledge you need to pass. You can use our free practice exam, and reading resources, to further prepare for the exam.

The exam consists of 35 multiple choice questions. You need to get 24 of 35 questions correct. If you don't, Grow-Lean will work with you to create a study plan, and review with you. There will be no charge for this extra assistance.

1. Go with a safe choice as Grow-Lean is a Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider and Path to CSP Educator with Certified Scrum Trainers on staff (no rent a trainer).
2. You won't get canceled on at the last minute (choose your training company wisely). Over 99% of our attendees for Certified ScrumMaster Sessions (CSM, A-CSM, CSPO) get to attend the class they register for (i.e. except for extreme situations, like snowstorms, cancellations are rare and when they happen we give lots of notice).
3. Get trained by a Scrum Alliance® approved, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
4. Gain an understanding of the agile philosophy with principles you can apply immediately.
5. Gain practical skills you can apply in your workplace.
6. Have fun while learning. Yes, serious fun, don't go to a boring training!
7. You get high quality food and all day beverages.
8. You are trained in a high quality venue.
9. You have a trainer with significant real world experience, who also has a decade plus of training experience.
10. Get increased retention via hands-on simulations, frequent quizzing, discussions and multiple mechanisms.

• Exam name: Certified ScrumMaster Exam
• Exam format: Multiple choice
• Exam delivery: Web-based, open book, no outside assistance, untimed
• Exam access: Grow-Lean registers you immediately after class on Day Two, you get an email with a link
• Exam duration: 60 minutes
• Number of questions: 50 for English Version

• Passing score: 37 out of 50 for English Version
• Exam period: You have 90 days to complete the exam
• Language: English, and multiple other languages
• Exam cost: Your first attempt, and first retake is included as part of your course registration fee if the exam is taken within 90 days of course. After 90 days you pay a $25 fee.
• Retake policy: Second attempt on exam (first retake) can be done immediately after first attempt. Third attempt requires a $25 payment.