Accredited Professional Scrum Master

Program Overview

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Accredited Professional Scrum Master

Overview

Our accredited Professional Scrum Master training will equip you with the skills and knowledge to take advantage of this simple and effective agile framework, used by Fortune 500 companies all over the world. You’ll sharpen your product development and teamwork skills, become a better communicator, and gain a globally recognised professional certification that adds value to your CV.

Course Summary

Delivered by a certified Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), this two-day course provides a concentrated study of the principles, theory and competencies supporting the Scrum framework and how to use it to optimise productivity and effectiveness.

Who is the Course Aimed At?

The Professional Scrum Master course is targeted at Scrum Masters and anyone else responsible for the successful use and/or rollout of Scrum. Any team member, team manager or person who is looking to know how to lead in an agile organisation can benefit from this course. This may include but is not limited to:

• Project and product managers
• Development and QA managers
• Existing Scrum Masters who want to improve their skill set
• Business analysts
• Product owners
• Developers
• QA/testers
• Team leads
• Managers
• Architects

Further Information

The course fee includes:

• All training
• The latest version of the official Scrum Guide (2020)
• Access before and during your course to additional materials and learning resources via Blackboard
• Certificates of attendance upon request and subject to 100% attendance
• PSM I assessment and certificate

Discounts and Offers

If you are booking as a group or institution, please contact us before you book as you may be able to benefit from our 15% group or corporate discounts.

We also offer a 20% discount to our undergraduate and postgraduate students, alumni and colleagues.

Course Structure

On this course, you'll gain a deeper understanding of professional Scrum roles, events and artefacts, including your own role as a Scrum Master to encourage performance at the highest level. The objectives of the course are to:

• Provide a clear understanding of the rules of Scrum through the empirical foundation of Scrum.
• Enable you to act as a Scrum Master for Scrum teams as well as stakeholders from an in-depth understanding of servant-leadership.
• Enable you to effectively start up Scrum or increase its effectiveness if already underway.

Topics covered include Agile Basics; complexity and Scrum theory; The Scrum Framework; the Definition of Done; The role of the Scrum Master; Scrum values and teams; Scrum in your organisation.

Day 1

• The Scrum Framework
• Complexity and empiricism
• Origins of Agile
• Scrum values and teams
• Scrum roles

Day 2

• Scrum events
• Scrum artifacts
• Prioritisation
• Estimating
• Scaling and projects

Entry Requirements

This course is taught in English and the online Professional Scrum Master examinations are also in English, so a good working knowledge of the language is essential. There are no formal entry requirements and the course is aimed at anybody involved with product or project delivery using Agile and particularly the Scrum framework.

Course Accreditation

Professional Scrum certifications are yours for life with no renewal costs to retain them. Once you pass the assessment, you will retain that certification, you will be listed on the Scrum.org website and remain there forever with no additional future costs. You will also receive a certificate of attendance from the University of Westminster.

Learning Outcomes

For You

At the end of the course you will be able to:

• Contribute, manage and successfully deliver products, services and projects to a high standard
• Join an international network of professional scrum masters
• Raise your profile within your organisation and increase your contribution
• Improve your future employability with relevant and up-to-date professional certification

For Your Employer

The course will help your organisation to:

• Complete products and projects effectively, quickly, efficiently and within shorter timescales
• Deliver value more effectively in a customer-centric way
• Manage risk more proactively
• Encourage creativity and innovation within products, projects and teams
• Improve product, project and team accountability and increase the clarity and transparency of operational processes
• Prioritise and gain results from different elements of products/projects without waiting for the whole product/project to be completed

Title

Professional Scrum Master

Time

09:00 - 17:00

Mode of Delivery

Online

Price

£795

Location

This course is taught both online and on campus (see booking table). When taught on campus, it takes place at our Marylebone Campus in central London, within easy walking distance of Regent's Park and Marylebone High Street.

Program Outline

It is a two-day course delivered by a certified Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) and focuses on the principles, theory, and competencies of the Scrum framework. The program aims to enhance product development and teamwork skills, improve communication, and provide a globally recognized professional certification.

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Objectives:

The course objectives are:

• To equip participants with the skills to effectively start up Scrum or increase its effectiveness if already underway.

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Outline:

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Content:

The course covers the following topics:

• Agile Basics
• Complexity and Scrum theory
• The Scrum Framework
• The Definition of Done
• The role of the Scrum Master
• Scrum values and teams
• Scrum in your organisation

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Structure:

The course is divided into two days:

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Day 1:

• The Scrum Framework
• Complexity and empiricism
• Origins of Agile
• Scrum values and teams
• Scrum roles

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Day 2:

• Scrum events
• Scrum artifacts
• Prioritisation
• Estimating
• Scaling and projects

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Course Schedule:

• Passing the exam awards the industry-recognized PSM I Certification from Scrum.org, demonstrating a fundamental level of Scrum mastery.
• The cost of the exam is included in the course fee.
• Participants are entitled to a free second attempt if their first attempt is taken within 14 days and they do not score at least 85%.

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Teaching:

• The course is taught in English.
• The online Professional Scrum Master™ examinations are also in English.
• The course is aimed at anyone involved with product or project delivery using Agile and particularly the Scrum framework.

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Careers:

• Qualified Scrum Masters are in high demand as more businesses adopt agile working practices.
• The course is taught both online and on campus.
• The course is accredited by Scrum.org.
• Participants retain their Professional Scrum certifications for life with no renewal costs.
• Participants will also receive a certificate of attendance from the University of Westminster.