Why to become a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)?
August 22, 2010 by admin
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There is an intrinsic value and a marketing value of any certification. There are many organizations that are using Scrum, and that will give some marketing value.
About intrinsic value:
Scrum is what it is: a methodology fragment. It is process a skeleton from the Agile Development family, which addresses only a part of the process areas, like project management, and not addresses very well the engineering disciplines (where XP is better). That mean need to be combined with other fragments, like XP and tailored under “Agile Manifesto” principles.
In order to be effective you will need skills to the process as a whole. Those who are interested in Scrum and other process improvement methods might consider coursework in business intelligence at St Joseph University online.
On the other hand, Agile Development itself is an iterative-adaptive approach that does not cover all the software development project types. The alternative is for iterative-predictive cases the RUP framework. (For some risk driven cases, also Spiral method could be considered).
About project management aspects:
The knowledge related to PM that comes with the Scrum is a tailored form for some Agile cases. Anyway, this knowledge does not cover necessary PM mandatory knowledge; only give some Agile related efficient practices. For a better PM knowledge coverage, the PMI PMBOK shall be considered,
That mean certification and course is useful, but limited to Scrum coverage area.
I attended your CSM training in Bangalore. I must say that this was THE BEST training I have attended in the last many years. Your way of conducting the session and method of presenting the Scrum concepts was excellent. Examples/case studies were very good and very close to real-life scenarios.I have been practising Scrum since June 2009 and got the answer to many queries in this training. BTW, I passed the CSM exam with 97%.”
Hi Scrum training and even certification are an invaluable way to soak up the Agile mindset with experienced people form the industry and outside of your normal day to day office distractions. I attended a 2 day course last year and it was not only educational but also great for networking. I also recommend whatisscrum.co.uk if you are thinking of, or are actually booked in to do any kind of CSM (Certified Scrum Master) course. There are free mock tests on this site which are very close to the real test you have to take after the course is completed. Good luck!
Dan