Guide To Becoming A Certified Scrum Master



“By adopting an Agile mindset and providing improved engagement, collaboration, transparency, and adaptability via Scrum’s values, roles, events, and artifacts, the results were excellent.”- Scott M. Graffius

What do you mean by Scrum?

Scrum is a process framework which is used to manage a project through implementation of Agile Methodology. Scrum is structured in such a manner that the teams can implement and experiment practices of other frameworks as well to get the best results. Scrum best suits for projects where a cross-functional team is working to simplify the complex process. There are some Scrum values that has to be followed by the teams practicing it for a project-

·       Commitment

·       Courage

·       Focus

·       Communication

·       Respect

Scrum Framework is based on a concept of 3-5-3 which stands for 3 Roles, 5 Phases and 3 Artifacts. Let us expand the concept one by one;

The Scrum team is compiled of 3 roles, each having their responsibilities for the project. They are-

·       Scrum Master

·       Product Owner

·       Team

To complete a project successfully through Scrum, it is divided into 5 different phases which help to simplify the process-

·       Initiation

·       Planning and Estimating

·       Implementation

·       Review and Retrospect

·       Release

The last part of this concept is the artifacts. In Scrum there are mainly 3 artifacts-

·       Product Backlog

·       Sprint Backlog

·       Increments



What is Agile Model?

In software development, many models have been introduced to complete a project efficiently. One such practice which includes requirement discovery and solution improvement through collaborative efforts of cross-functional and self-organizing teams with their clients/customers/users is called Agile Methodology. The Agile Software Development Life Cycle consists of 6 stages that help to imply the practices efficiently. They are-

·       Requirements Gathering

·       Designing

·       Iteration or Construction

·       Testing

·       Deployment

·       Feedback or Review

The most common and popular frameworks that use Agile Principles are-

·       Scrum

·       Extreme Programming

·       Feature Driven Development

·       Crystal

·       Kanban

·       Dynamic Systems Development Method

What is the role of a Scrum Master?

A Scrum Master is like a project manager who uses Scrum principles to complete a project. He is responsible to guide and coach the team for implementation of Agile values in order to reach the goal. A Scrum Master has in-depth knowledge of the methodology by attending various courses. The main responsibilities of a Scrum Master are-

·       Facilitation

·       Leading

·       Communication

The Scrum Master makes sure that daily Scrum meetings takes place but the Developers are actually responsible for conducting Daily Scrum.

Scrum Master Certification

To be designated as a Scrum Master, you have to do a certification course and pass the exam. There are many certification programs available depending on the skills sets and level of Agile Principles. Each certification course usually takes 2-3 days for completion after which you have to appear for online exam and clearing that will earn you the credential. The courses can be attended remotely which makes it easily available to anyone with the basic requirements for the role. To become a Scrum Master, you must have a prior knowledge of coding. Few of the certification course available are-

·       SAFe Scrum Master

·       Professional Scrum Master

·       Certified Scrum Master

·       Advanced Scrum Master

·       Leading SAFe 5.1

A Certified Scrum Master has to renew the credential after every two years. The cost of different certification courses vary according to the levels. 




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