Certified ScrumMaster
| Date: | Saturday Feb 15 to Sunday Feb 16 |
| Time: | 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM each day |
| Trainer: | David Bulkin |
| Support: |
Support@Grow-Lean.com +1.609.975.9294 |
| Location: |
Hyatt House Sterling/Dulles Airport-North
45520 Dulles Plaza Sterling, VA 20166 703.435.9002 |
| Click to Register Now | |
The Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Certification was the first, and is still the most respected certification in the Agile Community. It is the starting point on a journey to agility or a reflection point for experienced practitioners. Grow-Lean’s CSM is a reality based, fun, interactive, hands-on, workshop.
After the session we pay for, and register you, with the Scrum Alliance. You can take the exam immediately after the class or you can wait. You take it from any computer/smartphone with Internet access.
After passing the exam you are a Certified ScrumMaster. More importantly you will better position to grow Agile in your organization and advance your career.
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Discounts
Alumni, Early-Bird, Group, and Unemployment Discounts
There are discounts for alumni, those registering early, groups of three or more and the unemployed. For the
unemployment discount, a current state unemployment statement is required. With the exception of alumni + early
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Refund Policies
Understand What Happens if You Can't Attend
We try to avoid cancellations, and do not cancel late due to low enrollments. If we do, we give you a discount. We expect you to be similarly respectful; so there are fees associated with cancellations to cover a portion of costs we incur, including credit card processing and catering fees.
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Agile Trainer: David Bulkin
Managing Director, Grow-Lean LLC
Scrum Alliance: CST, CSP SM, CSP PO, CAL 1; SAFe SPC, PMI: PMI-ACP
Refund Policies
Grow-Lean commits to canceling classes as a last resort and we expect a similar commitment from attendees
There may be situations where you as an attendee, or Grow-Lean as a host, has to cancel. We realize that you made a commitment when you registered so we try to avoid cancellations. If we cancel less than sixteen (16) days prior to the scheduled event start date, due to low enrollment, and you wish to come to another of our events, we provide you a $150 discount.
Please review the information below to familiarize yourself with the policies.
A refund, minus a 5% credit card processing fee, will apply for all refunds irrespective of when a request is made.
An additional $75 charge will apply for a cancellation or class change that Grow-Lean receives seven (7) to fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled event.
No refunds will be issued for a cancellation or class change that Grow-Lean receives less than seven (7) days prior to the scheduled event start date. However, we will credit the amount paid toward a future event (reducing the cost for the future event) in the next six months. Attending a future event will incur a $150 transfer fee.
To cancel, email us at Support@Grow-Lean.com. After sending the email, call 609. 975.9294 during normal business hours (9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST).
Grow-Lean reserves the right to cancel an event. Class cancellation notice will be provided via email and/or phone call, and a full refund will be issued promptly.
We try to avoid cancellations. In the unlikely event we cancel due to low registration, and if we cancel less than sixteen (16) days prior to the scheduled event start date, we will refund your money or provide you a $150 discount towards a transfer into another one of our upcoming events.
Hyatt House Sterling/Dulles Airport-North
45520 Dulles Plaza
Sterling, VA 20166
703.435.9002
Directions
Getting to the venue
When searching for Hyatt House Sterling/Dulles Airport-North on your GPS device, you may want to try referencing Hotel Sierra Sterling/Dulles Airport-North to obtain accurate directions.
From Washington Dulles International Airport:
Exit airport on Dulles Airport Access Road. Exit north on Route 28 and turn right on Old Ox Road (Route 606). Take the first right onto Shaw Road. Turn right on Dulles Plaza. Hyatt House Sterling/Dulles Airport-North is on the right.
Inside the Beltway (I-495):
All lanes of I-66 are restricted to vehicles with two or more people (HOV-2) on weekdays, eastbound (toward D.C.) in the morning and westbound in the evening.
Outside the Beltway:
One lane in each direction marked with diamonds; these lanes are also restricted to HOV-2 eastbound in the morning and westbound in the evening.
David Bulkin, Agile Trainer
Managing Director, Grow-Lean LLC
Scrum Alliance: CST, CSP SM, CSP PO, CAL 1; SAFe SPC, PMI: PMI-ACP
David Bulkin is a managing director and head of training services at Grow-Lean. He delivers agile/lean training and consulting to individuals, teams and organizations.
David serves a catalyst to expedite the journey from plan driven to adaptive methods. David is known for practicality and achieving results. He helps individuals grow their careers while leading organizations on the path to higher ROI.
David has 35 years experience delivering software and systems and has been applying agile methods for 18 years across the entire value stream from strategy and product ideation to development and support. As a hands-on practitioner David has had many roles including Project Manager, Developer, Tester, Business Analyst, Product Manager and ScrumMaster.
As a coach and consultant David helps organizations adopt and expand their use of agile by working with change agents, teams, PMOs, managers and executives. As a speaker David regularly presents at the two major agile conferences, the Scrum Gathering and Agile 20xx, as well as at regional events. David is active in the agile communities including Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean, Kanban, and SAFe.
David has provided thought leadership in areas such as applying progressive elaboration to agile requirements, integrating engineering principles into development teams, and applying agile to marketing, sales, finance, and other areas outside of IT. He was an independent reviewer of the PMI-ACP body of knowledge that fed the creation of the PMI-ACP Exam and has worked on the exam questions for the Certified ScrumMaster Exam.
As a Certified Scrum Trainer David delivers Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Product Owner Training, PMI-ACP Prep, as well as non-certified sessions on topics including agile engineering (Extreme Programming / XP), requirements, teaming, and the executive side of agile.
Learn more about David Bulkin.
David's Agile Certifications
- Scrum Alliance: Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Scaled Agile Academy: SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Project Management Institute: PMI Agile Certified Professional (ACP)
David's Public Speaking on Agile
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From Extreme Waterfall, to Agile
October 10, 2016 : Agile Tour 2016, Philadelphia, PA -
Agile Coach & Trainer, to CEO, Should I Follow My Own $%*! Advice?
July 27, 2016 : Agile 2016, Atlanta, GA -
PredictAgility with Adaptive Release Planning
May 12, 2016 : Nashville PMI Symposium, Nashville, TN -
Agile Coach to CEO: Leadership in Action!
May 12, 2016 : Nashville PMI Symposium, Nashville, TN -
Surviving Extreme Waterfall, Making Agile Work
April 19, 2016 : Scrum Gathering, Orlando, FL -
The Agile PMO
April 15, 2016 : Virtual, United States -
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Making Agile Work in the DoD
October 26, 2015 : Agile DC, Washington, DC -
Authentic Agile Adoption, Avoid Agile Anti-Patterns
October 5, 2015 : Agile Tour, Philadelphia, PA -
Building Righter Stuff with Agile & HDD
August 13, 2015 : Nashville Tech Council, Nashville, TN -
Cracking the Agile Culture Code
August 6, 2015 : Agile 2015, Washington, DC -
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Making Agile Work in the DoD
August 5, 2015 : Agile 2015, Washington, DC -
Agile versus Fragile
June 18, 2015 : Virtual, North America -
Agile for the Waterfall Guy and Gal
May, 2015 : Scrum Gathering, Phoenix, AZ -
Build Righter Stuff with Hypothesis Driven Development
October 21, 2014 : Agile DC, Washington, DC -
Agile for the PMI Guy and Gal
October 6, 2014 : Agile Tour, Philadelphia, PA -
Build Righter Stuff with Hypothesis Driven Development
October 6, 2014 : Agile Tour, Philadelphia, PA -
Team Based Business Process Re-engineering with Scrum
September 22, 2014 : Scrum Gathering, Berlin, Germany -
Long Term Adaptive Release Planning
July 29, 2014 : Agile 2014, Orlando, FL -
Build Want You Need, Not What You Wanted
July 29, 2014 : Agile 2014, Orlando, FL -
Using Agile Testing to Improve Business Outcomes
June 10, 2014 : PMI Conference & Expo, Houston, TX -
Agile Release Planning for the PMI Guy
June 9, 2014 : PMI Conference & Expo, Houston, TX -
Long Term Adaptive Release Planning with Scrum
May 6, 2014 : Scrum Gathering, New Orleans, LA -
Build Want You Need, Not What You Wanted
May 5, 2014 : Scrum Gathering, New Orleans, LA -
Don’t Build Want You Want, Build What You Need
October 8, 2013 : Agile DC, Washington, DC -
Hypothesis Driven Development, Aligning to Outcomes
October 7, 2013 : Agile Tour, King of Prussia, PA -
Continual Backlog Refinement, Get Stories to Ready
August 7, 2013 : Agile 2013, Nashville, TN -
Beyond Stories, an Intro to ATDD, BDD & HDD
August 6, 2013 : Agile 2013, Nashville, TN -
ATDD/BDD and Then Beyond with HDD
July 9, 2013 : Agile Philly, Wayne, PA -
Don’t gamble on user stories alone, specify by example!
May 7, 2013 : Scrum Gathering, Las Vegas, NV -
Keynote: Agile Teams, from Good to Great
October 12, 2012 : AgilePalooza, New York, NY -
Specification by Example
April 16, 2012 : Agile Leadership Network, Jersey City, NJ -
Moving Towards Agile Greatness
November 14, 2011 : Agile Leadership Network, Jersey City, NJ -
Keynote: Agile Teams, Good to Great
November 4, 2011 : Agile Palooza, Boston, MA -
Three Plus Amigos & the Readiness Team
November 4, 2011 : Agile Palooza, Boston, MA -
Individuals to Teams, from Good to Great
October 26, 2011 : Agile DC, Washington DC -
Agile Teams, Good to Great
Sep 10, 2011 : Philly Day of Agile, Philadelphia, PA -
10 Minutes to a Better Standup
August 9, 2011 : Agile 2011, Salt Lake City, UT -
10 Minutes to Testable Specifications
August 9, 2011 : Agile 2011, Salt Lake City, UT -
Keynote: Agile Teams, Good to Great
June 10, 2011 : Agile Palooza, King of Prussia, PA -
Three Plus Amigos & Readiness Team
June 10, 2011 : Agile Palooza, Philadelphia, PA -
Agile Risk Management
Apr 5, 2011 : NDIA, Baltimore MD -
Decoupled Requirements Pipeline, “Get to Ready”
August 11, 2010 : Agile 2010, Orlando FL -
Keynote: Agile, A Case for Change
May 19, 2010 : Agile in Action, King of Prussia PA -
Decoupled Request Pipeline
May 9, 2010 : Orlando Scrum Gathering, Orlando FL
Scrum Alliance: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Take the worlds first, and most respected agile certification course, from an approved rep with a authorized Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Take the worlds first, and most respected agile certification course, from an approved organization
The Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master® (CSM) Certification is the first, most trusted, and most respected certification in the agile community. If you are looking to become a CSM, our course is a starting point of your journey. For experienced practitioners, it is a reflection point.
For experienced practitioners, validate your experience and hone techniques that will improve your skill set. For beginners, get exposure to the mindset and principles of agility to expedite your agile journey.
After the session, you will be registered with the Scrum Alliance® to take the certifying exam. We pay for the exam, which you can take from any computer or smart-phone with Internet access. After passing the test, you will be a Certified Scrum Master®. More importantly, you will be better positioned to grow agile in your organization and advance your career.
Don't waste your money or get scammed, choose a reputable, approved, training provider
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).
Attendance
If you want to start or checkpoint your agile journey, come to our session
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
Learning Objectives
Go beyond the mechanics of Scrum and learn how to instill an agile philosophy
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.
Pre-reads
Prepare in advance to maximize course value
What You Get
From workbooks to a great training experience
- Attendee workbook and preparation to take the exam
- Light breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, tea and beverages
- Free access to exam (two attempts), assuming you attend both full days
- Two-year membership to Scrum Alliance
- Designation as a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) upon passing of exam
- An experienced agile your trainer
- 16 PDUs and 14 SEUs
Agenda
Learn about Agile and Scrum Topics and Participate in Immersive Exercises
Understanding Scrum
- The Agile Mindset
- Scrum Overview
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Agile Overview
- Lean
- Kanban
- XP
- Lean Startup
- Scaling (ES, Less, SAFe)
Scrum Framework
- Discovery, Refinement & Product Backlog
- Release Planning & Release Backlog
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Sprint
- Sprint Planning & Sprint Backlog
- Daily Scrum, Boards & Burn-downs
- Work
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
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
Certification Exam, Guaranteed to Help You Pass
Pass the exam with confidence
We register you within 10 minutes of class end. You receive an email from the Scrum Alliance with an exam link. You can take it from any Internet connected computer from anywhere you want; you don't need to go to a test center.
The exam is available within minutes of class end. If you want to wait you have up to 90 days from the start of the class.
The exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions and you have 60 minutes. You need to get 37 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.
The workshop will provide the knowledge required to pass the exam. You can also review the pre-reads which provide additional content to help you prepare. But, this is course is more than exam prep as getting a certification in itself doesn't get you a job, or help you do your job. This sessions provides you need deep understanding of what agile methods are and how to apply them in the workplace.
Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend a Grow-Lean Training
Before, during and after the class, choose Grow-Lean so...
- 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).
- 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).
- Get trained by a Scrum Alliance® approved, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
- Gain an understanding of the agile philosophy with principles you can apply immediately.
- Gain practical skills you can apply in your workplace.
- Have fun while learning. Yes, serious fun, don't go to a boring training!
- You get high quality, hot food, and all day beverages.
- You are trained in a clean, quality, venue.
- You have a trainer with significant real world experience, as well as significant experience delivering training.
- Get increased retention via hands-on simulations, frequent quizzing, discussions and multiple mechanisms.
Testimonials
What our clients say about us
Grow-Lean takes pride in delivering the highest quality training experience. We have included a small set of feedback comments from private and public clients.
Exam Information
Basic facts about the exam
- Free practice exam.
- Free access to the certification exam.
- Exam available within 15 minutes of class end so you can be certified on the same day the class ends.
- The vast majority of Grow-Lean students pass on their first attempt with a high score.
- If you fail we will help you prepare for your retake, the first of which is free.
- The exam, and one retake is free, if taken within 90 days of class start.
- 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.
Training Style - A Mix of Methods
We mix a variety of methods to ensure that you have fun and grow your knowledge.
You learn more about agile by doing agile.
In some sessions, you will create skits, games and other learning aids, then use them in the classroom to teach others, applying an agile process to create these learning aids, thus learning agile by doing agile.
Through feedback from thousands of participants we have found this immersive, multi-pronged approach results in the best post class outcomes for the majority of participants.
Discounts
Early-Bird, Group, and Unemployment Discounts
There are number of discounts set aside for each session for Grow-Lean Training alumni, those registering early, groups of three or more, for the unemployed, and in a limited number of cases, for those paying on their own.
Act now as there are specific number of discounted seats per each session.
We will respond to your request in 24 hours.
There are a number of rules governing discount codes, please review them.
- The Alumni Discount can be combined with the Early-Bird Discount. Other discounts are not combinable, only one can be used at a time.
- If you want to register for two sessions, register for the first and request the Alumni Discount for the second.
- Each class has a limited number of discounts.
- You must provide supporting information for Hardship and Self-Pay Discount requests.
- Grow-Lean reserves the right to audit, and/or deny a discount request.
- Honesty is expected when requesting a discount so that they can be provided to those most in need.
- The supply of discounts is limited as we often need to lock in the room setup approximately six or more weeks prior to the training.
- If you receive a discount code it will remain valid until the time limit or total count threshold is reached, whichever is first.
- Request discount codes early and use them quickly.
An Early-Bird Discount us available for this session until the expiration date, or until the maximum number of discounts are claimed, whichever comes first, so register now.
Click here to register with an Early-Bird Discount. Make sure to select registrant type of "Early-Bird".
We appreciate our alumni and often provide discount for prior attendees of Grow-Lean Training. If you are not an alumni but are signing up for two sessions, sign up for the first and request the discount for the second. Please note that you must attend both sessions for the Alumni Discount to be applied.
A group discount is available for three or more people registering together for the session. Please make your request now. Grow-Lean will evaluate the request based on the number of attendees you are sending.
Self-Pay Discounts are worth up to $200 off of the regular price, but, for this class, the Early-Bird Discount is even better and you don't need to request it . Make sure to select registrant type of "Early-Bird" when registering and remember that the Early-Bird is available until the expiration date, or until the maximum number of discounts are claimed, whichever comes first, so register now.
Click here to register with an Early-Bird Discount (you don't need to request it).
A limited number of Hardship Discounts are available if you are collecting unemployment from your state of residence and can provide a copy of your most recent unemployment benefit claim. We will review, and potentially approve a Hardship Discount if any are still available (request as early as possible). If you are not currently collecting state unemployment benefits please consider the Self-Pay or Early-Bird Discounts for sessions where they are available.
Click here to request a hardship discount (if you are collecting state unemployment compensation) .