Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)

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Whether you want to serve as a scrum master, are adopting scrum, or just need the skills to be more agile, our Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course is the right place to start. You’ll gain a solid understanding of scrum and learn practical ways to apply it to your team and throughout your organization.

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What is a scrum master? The Certified ScrumMaster course Why certify with Scrum Alliance?

What is a scrum master?

The scrum master on a scrum team fosters an effective and productive working environment. One way they do so is by guiding others to understand scrum values and practices. Some of the common characteristics of a scrum master are:

A scrum master's day may include facilitating conversations, managing impediments to the team's progress, and coaching individual team members in the use of scrum; however, this accountability is certainly not limited to those activities!

A scrum master's day-to-day activities and overall objectives will look different from organization to organization. When you work in this accountability, your duties and focus are derived from the goal of improving team and organizational agility.

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The Certified ScrumMaster course

If you're ready to grow more agile with scrum, our scrum master learning track is designed for you. As an introductory course, the CSM covers the scrum framework, including team accountabilities, events, and artifacts. You'll learn how to guide your team to apply scrum and gain a deeper understanding of the agile principles and values that are the foundation of this way of working.

The scrum master course equips you with knowledge you can apply to virtually any job role. You'll learn widely applicable agile principles as well as the details of working on a scrum team.

Beyond CSM, the Advanced Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster courses set you apart from the crowd of agile professionals. You'll be able to prove your advanced proficiency and experience as a scrum master when you achieve these certifications, providing talking points with potential employers about what you can do to support agility at their organizations. The CSP-SM is also a great option if you aspire to become a trainer or agile coach.

See the CSM Learning Objectives for more course details.

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Why certify with Scrum Alliance?

Scrum master certification sets you apart from other job candidates. CSM certification from Scrum Alliance is one of the most well-known to employers. Here are a few other reasons to consider it:

In the CSM course, you'll discover new knowledge and techniques for guiding a team through not only the practices of scrum but also the agile principles and values that support scrum.