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If you work in tech or spend any amount of time with engineers, you’ve probably heard
about “Scrum” and “Agile.” It’s a system mentioned in reverent tones by tech types and
seems to have its own strange language. Terms like “planning poker,” “stand-ups,” and
“sprints” are thrown about by its can all be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. So,
Buckle up, because we’re about to “sprint” through an intro to Scrum.

What do you mean by Scrum and Agile?

“Scrum” and “Agile” seem to be used interchangeably, but there is an important

distinction.

Agile refers to a set of “methods and practices based on the values and principles
expressed in the Agile Manifesto,” which includes things like collaboration, self-
organization, and cross functionality of teams.

Scrum is a framework that is used to implement agile development. It relies on a self-

organizing, cross-functional team.

Who Can Benefit From Scrum?

“Scrum can be used for any sort of complex project; the caveat is that it works best when
there’s a concrete product being produced,

Scrum has been used by everyone from the FBI, to marketing agencies, to construction
crews. Any time you’re producing some sort of product, be it software or an email
campaign, Scrum can help you organize your team and get more work done in less time.

The People and Parts of Scrum

Within agile development, Scrum teams are supported by two specific roles. The first is
a Scrum Master, who can be thought of as a coach for the team, helping team members
use the Scrum process to perform at the highest level.

The product owner (PO) is the other role, and in Scrum software development,
represents the business, customers or users, and guides the team toward building the
right product.

The Scrum Master role involves the technical side of projects, while the product owner
role involves the business side

Scrum utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums,
to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project as a whole is
complete.

Scrum calls for four ceremonies that bring structure to each sprint:
  Sprint planning: A team planning meeting that determines what to complete
in the coming sprint.
 Daily stand-up: Also known as a daily scrum, a 15-minute mini-meeting for
the software team to sync.
 Sprint demo: A sharing meeting where the team shows what they’ve shipped
in that sprint.
 Sprint retrospective:A review of what did and didn’t go well with actions to
make the next sprint better.
Three Essential roles within Scrum

A scrum team has a slightly different composition than a traditional waterfall project,
with three specific roles: product owner, scrum master, and the development team. And
because scrum teams are cross-functional, “the development team” includes testers,
designers, and ops engineers in addition to developers.

The product owner

Product owners are the champions for their product. They are focused on understanding
business and market requirements, then prioritizing the work to be done by the
engineering team accordingly. Effective product owners:

 Build and manage the product backlog

 Closely partner with the business and the team to ensure everyone understands
the work items in the product backlog
 Give the team clear guidance on which features to deliver next
 Keep in mind that a product owner is not a project manager. Product owners
are not managing the status of the program. They focus on ensuring the
development team delivers the most value to the business. Also, it’s important
that the product owner be an individual. No development team wants mixed
guidance from multiple product owners.
The scrum master

 Scrum masters are the champion for scrum within their team. They coach the
team, the product owner, and the business on the scrum process and look for
ways to fine-tune their practice of it. An effective scrum master deeply
understands the work being done by the team and can help the team optimize
their delivery flow. As the facilitator-in-chief, they schedule the needed
resources for sprint planning, stand-up, sprint review, and the sprint
retrospective.
 Part of the scrum master’s job is to defend against an anti-pattern common
among teams new to scrum: changing the sprint’s scope after it has already
begun.
 Scrum masters are commonly mistaken for project managers. A scrum team
controls its own destiny and self-organizes around their work. Agile teams use
pull models where the team pulls a certain amount of work off the backlog and
commits to completing it that sprint, which is very effective in maintaining
quality and ensuring optimum performance of the team over the long-term.
 Neither scrum masters nor project managers nor product owners push work to
the team (which, by contrast, tends to erode both quality and morale).

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The scrum team

Scrum teams are the champions for sustainable development practices. The most
effective scrum teams are tight-knit, co-located, and usually 5 to 7 members. Team
members have differing skill sets, and cross-train each other so no one person becomes
a bottleneck in the delivery of work. All members of the team help one another to ensure
a successful sprint completion.

What is a Scrum master?

The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team, and provides guidance to the
team and product owner, and ensures all practices are followed by team members. The
Scrum master not only addresses all facets of the agile development process but also
serves the business, product owner, team, and individuals, in the following ways:

 At the business level, the Scrum master creates a development environment

that is creative, safe, productive and supportive and enables multi-direction
collaboration.
 At the product ownerlevel, the Scrum master facilitates planning and helps
product owners understand and adhere to scrum techniques and practices.
 At the team level, the Scrum master provides guidance, coaching, support and
facilitation, and helps remove any obstacles that teams may encounter along
the way.
  At the individual level, the Scrum master supports individual efforts,
addresses any issues that arise, and removes obstacles to help individuals be
focused and productive.
Scrum master training and certifications

Two well-recognized organizations, Scrum Alliance and Homepage, offer Scrum training
and certifications.

Scrum Alliance:Scrum Alliance, established in 2001, is one of the more influential

organizations in the agile community. It is a non-profit association with more than
500,000 certified practitioners worldwide. The Scrum Alliance offers the following
Scrum certifications

 Certified Scrum Master (CSM):CSMs “act as ‘servant leaders,’ helping the

rest of the Scrum team work together and learn the Scrum framework.”
 Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO):CSPOs are “individuals who are
closest to the ‘business side’ of the project. They are charged by the
organization to ‘get the product out’ and are expected to do the best possible
job of satisfying all the stakeholders.”
 Certified Scrum Developer (CSD):The CSD certification “exposes students
to the most important tools and techniques that need to be applied in order to
build good software in the iterative and incremental fashion that Scrum
requires.”
 Certified Scrum Professional (CSP):A CSP “challenges Scrum teams to
improve the way Scrum and other Agile methods are implemented for every
project.”
Homepage was founded in 2009 as a “global organization, dedicated to
improving the profession of software delivery by reducing the gaps, so the
work and work products are Scrum offers Professional Scrum Master
(PSM) certifications at three levels:

 PSM I:PSM I certificate holders “prove they understand Scrum as described in

the Scrum Guide and the concepts of applying Scrum.”
 PSM II: PSMIIcertificate holders “prove that they have an understanding of
the underlying principles of Scrum and can effectively apply Scrum in complex,
real-world situations.”
 PSM III: PSMIIIcertificate holders “have a deep understanding of the
application and practices of Scrum and the Scrum Values in a variety of
complex team and organizational situations.”

Certified Scrum Master Course Description

Certified Scrum Master is a 2-day course that covers the basics of Agile and Scrum. The
course is taught through interactive activities, lecture (some), real-world experiences
and discussions and sharing. Don’t expect to sit in your seat for two days.
At the end of the course, you will be capable of being an Agile team member and will
have a good understanding of how Scrum works. For those pursuing the roles of Scrum
Master/Agile Coach, Product Owner or Agile Manager, this course will provide the
needed foundation and will jump start your journey in these new roles.

Following successful completion of the course, students will be qualified to take the
Scrum Alliance self-assessment. This multiple-choice, online assessment is required to
become a Certified Scrum Master. It is based on these resources and what you learn in
the class.

Once you have earned the CSM Certification you will be listed as a Certified Scrum
Master on the Scrum Alliance website and will receive a 12-month membership in the
Scrum Alliance where additional Scrum Master–only material and information are
available.

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After the course, the CST will enter qualifying students’ registration information with
the Scrum Alliance and those students will then have access to the ScrumMaster exam.
To pass, students must answer at least 24 of the 35 questions correctly (includes
multiple choice and true/false questions). The exam is taken online, is not time
restricted, and is open book.

You will have two attempts within 90 calendar days after you receive your welcome
email to pass the test at no cost. After two attempts and/or 90 calendar days, you will be
charged $25 for each additional attempt.

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