Certification Process
At the end of the class or soon after, we will upload your names and email ids to the Scrum Alliance website. Scrum Alliance system will then send you an invitation to register and take the CSM test.
More information about certification: https://www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/practitioners/certified-scrummaster-csm
Review before CSM Test
Here are a few activities to help you prepare for this class.
- Watch a series of videos at - https://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/scrum-elearning-series
- Review Scrum Guide
- Review Agile Manifesto for four values and twelve principles
- Take a pre-class assessment. https://www.classmarker.com/online-test/start/?quiz=btk5b8ee94a4a638
Claiming PDUs for your PMP certifications
If you are a PMI member, you can claim PDUs for this class
- Please log into https://ccrs.pmi.org/ to claim your PDUs
- Click on “Report PDUs” on left-hand side tab and then
- Click on “Course or Training”.
- Enter the following information.
- Provider: Northern Star Consulting, LLC
- Course: Certified Scrum Master Workshop
- Please do not select anything from drop down options that may be presented.
- Description: 2 Day Certified Scrum Master class
- Fill in in appropriate dates of the class you attended.
- URL: www.doyouscrum.com
- Contact Person: Manoj Vadakkan
- Contact Phone: 732-962-6658
- Contact email: training@vadakkan.org
- PDUs Claimed:
- 6 Technical
- 5 Leadership
- 5 Strategic
References
Videos
Agile Product Ownership in a nutshell by Henrik Kniberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7mzpKHOAHs
Scaling Scrum https://less.works/
Books on Agie
Leading Teams by Richard Hackman
Agile Coaching by Rachel Davis & Liz Sedley
Management 3.0 by Jurgen Appelo
eXtreme Programming explained by Kent Beck
Are Your Lights On? How to figure out what the problem Really is by Donald Gause & Gerald Weinberg
Quality Software Management (Systems Thinking) by Gerald Weinberg
User Stories Applied (for Agile Software Development) by Mike Cohn
Implementing Lean Software Development (from concept to cash) by Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
Fearless Change (Patterns for introducing new ideas) by Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising
Innovation Games(Creating breakthrough products through collaborative play) by Luke Hohmann
Succeeding with Agile (Software development using Scrum) by Mike Cohn
Agile Software Development with Scrum by Ken Schwaber & Mike Beedle
Test-driven Development (By example) by Kent Beck
The Magic of Self-Directed Work Teams (A case study in courage and culture change) by Paul Palmes
Agile Product Management with Scrum (Creating Products that Customers Love) by Roman Pichler
The Elements of Scrum by Chris Sims & Hillary Louise Johnson
Project Retrospectives (A hand book for team reviews) by Norman Kerth
The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber
Managing Agile Projects by Sanjiv Augustine
Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber
Continuous Integration (Improving software quality and reducing risks) by Paul Duvall
Leading Lean Software Development (Results are not the point) by Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
Agile Testing (A practical guide for testers and Agile teams by Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory
Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals (People, Products, and Practices )by Dan Rawsthorne & Doug Shimp
Complex Adaptive Systems (An introduction to Computational models of Social Life) by John Miller & Scott Page
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Ken Rubin
Joy, Inc by Richard Sheridan
A Lapsed Anarchist’s Guide to Building a Great Business by Ari Weinzweig
Case Studies
Mark Schwartz - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHVlJtqhaI
Distributed Scrum Project for Dutch Railways http://www.infoq.com/articles/dutch-railway-scrum
Agile Project Development at Intel http://danube.com/docs/case_studies/Intel_case_study.pdf
Performance Review system references (Reading list from Jurgen Appelo)
A Leader’s Framework for Decision MakingHBR https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making
Bonus Schemes Should Be Handled with Care Bomann, Nikola http://bit.ly/Roavfl
The Bonus Myth: How Paying for Results Can Backfire by Fleming, Nic
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Book by Jonathan Haidt http://bit.ly/fK7uXJ
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Book by Alfie Kohn
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us book by Daniel H Pink
Incentive Pay Considered Harmful Spolsky, Joel http://bit.ly/11q4Czh
Are There Any Better Bonus Systems? Jurgen Appelo http://stackstreet.com/better-bonus-systems/
Reading on Self organizing team
Misperceptions of Self-Management http://www.self-managementinstitute.org/misperceptions-of-self-management
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh to employees: Embrace self-management or leave by the end of the month http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-self-management-memo-to-zappos-employees-2015-4
Reinventing Organizations book by Frederic Laloux
dual-track development https://jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/
Agile Product Ownership in a nutshell by Henrik Kniberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7mzpKHOAHs
Scaling Scrum https://less.works/
Books on Agie
Leading Teams by Richard Hackman
Agile Coaching by Rachel Davis & Liz Sedley
Management 3.0 by Jurgen Appelo
eXtreme Programming explained by Kent Beck
Are Your Lights On? How to figure out what the problem Really is by Donald Gause & Gerald Weinberg
Quality Software Management (Systems Thinking) by Gerald Weinberg
User Stories Applied (for Agile Software Development) by Mike Cohn
Implementing Lean Software Development (from concept to cash) by Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
Fearless Change (Patterns for introducing new ideas) by Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising
Innovation Games(Creating breakthrough products through collaborative play) by Luke Hohmann
Succeeding with Agile (Software development using Scrum) by Mike Cohn
Agile Software Development with Scrum by Ken Schwaber & Mike Beedle
Test-driven Development (By example) by Kent Beck
The Magic of Self-Directed Work Teams (A case study in courage and culture change) by Paul Palmes
Agile Product Management with Scrum (Creating Products that Customers Love) by Roman Pichler
The Elements of Scrum by Chris Sims & Hillary Louise Johnson
Project Retrospectives (A hand book for team reviews) by Norman Kerth
The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber
Managing Agile Projects by Sanjiv Augustine
Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber
Continuous Integration (Improving software quality and reducing risks) by Paul Duvall
Leading Lean Software Development (Results are not the point) by Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
Agile Testing (A practical guide for testers and Agile teams by Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory
Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals (People, Products, and Practices )by Dan Rawsthorne & Doug Shimp
Complex Adaptive Systems (An introduction to Computational models of Social Life) by John Miller & Scott Page
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Ken Rubin
Joy, Inc by Richard Sheridan
A Lapsed Anarchist’s Guide to Building a Great Business by Ari Weinzweig
Case Studies
Mark Schwartz - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHVlJtqhaI
Distributed Scrum Project for Dutch Railways http://www.infoq.com/articles/dutch-railway-scrum
Agile Project Development at Intel http://danube.com/docs/case_studies/Intel_case_study.pdf
Performance Review system references (Reading list from Jurgen Appelo)
A Leader’s Framework for Decision MakingHBR https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making
Bonus Schemes Should Be Handled with Care Bomann, Nikola http://bit.ly/Roavfl
The Bonus Myth: How Paying for Results Can Backfire by Fleming, Nic
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Book by Jonathan Haidt http://bit.ly/fK7uXJ
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Book by Alfie Kohn
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us book by Daniel H Pink
Incentive Pay Considered Harmful Spolsky, Joel http://bit.ly/11q4Czh
Are There Any Better Bonus Systems? Jurgen Appelo http://stackstreet.com/better-bonus-systems/
Reading on Self organizing team
Misperceptions of Self-Management http://www.self-managementinstitute.org/misperceptions-of-self-management
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh to employees: Embrace self-management or leave by the end of the month http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-self-management-memo-to-zappos-employees-2015-4
Reinventing Organizations book by Frederic Laloux
dual-track development https://jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/