Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

The course to understand Scrum and how to implement it, with no unnecessary complexity.

16 hours
En Español

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USD 600USD 500
Early bird price until Jan 28

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Online program endorsed by Scrum Alliance. Learn to support agile teams, facilitate communication, internal and external collaboration, make progress visible and increase the value delivered by the team thanks to short work cycles and early feedback.

What will you learn?

Scrum philosophy and operation: values and principles, the team, iterative and incremental development with Sprints, Sprint Backlog, Product Backlog and PBIs, refinement, acceptance criteria, and more.

The scope of the Scrum Master’s role and the four disciplines of their daily work.

Relative estimation of PBIs or User Stories, evolutionary planning of agile digital product development, and outcome-based metrics.

You’ll understand the purpose behind each artifact and event so that when facilitating meetings and supporting teams, you help them identify improvement opportunities for the next Sprint.

You’ll understand the characteristics of self-managed, cross-functional teams.

You’ll learn real experiences of how this framework works.

Understand why people talk about transparency, inspection, and adaptation, and how they impact Scrum efficiency and challenges that can arise within the team and with stakeholders.

You’ll know how to tell whether a team has a healthy Product Backlog capable of delivering maximum value.

Curriculum

1

Foundations

We will go through:

  • How this framework differs from traditional Project Management
  • The Team, Product Owner and Developers
  • The Scrum Master: responsibilities, servant leadership and impediment removal
  • Sprints (key to the framework)
  • Sprint Planning, Daily, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
  • Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Increment. Purposes and links
  • Commitments: Product Goal, Sprint Goal and Definition of Done (DoD)s

2

Agility and Complexity Management

You will be able to recognize the various complexity levels in product building and necessary focus areas for each of them.

You will learn:

  • The underlying reasons for using this framework in managing complexity (and the difference between complex and complicated problems)
  • When it makes sense (or not) to use it
  • Taking advantage of this Agile framework to succeed in complex contexts due to these essential pillars: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

3

Agile Planning

We will go in detail over the essential elements of incremental product development.

In this section:

  • You will experience one of the most significant mindset shifts in transitioning from traditional product development to Agile product development
  • You will understand the strategy used to build products incrementally while validating hypotheses
  • You will understand through exercises this paradigm shift from the ScrumMaster viewpoint

4

The Team

We will identify team members' responsibilities, mindset, and anti-patterns.

You will learn:

  • What is expected from each member
  • The most critical cares you should have when maintaining healthy practices
  • Agile teams' self-management and cross-functionality traits
  • What you can do (or avoid) from your place to promote Agility and Scrum

5

Agile Estimation

When switching from a traditional to an Agile approach, there is a significant change in estimating and planning mindsets.

In this section:

  • We will practice PBIs estimation
  • You will understand how to carry out performance measurement from an Agile perspective
  • You will be able to differentiate between results-oriented and output-oriented metrics

6

Integrative Simulation through Scrum Events

In this last stage, you will participate in a comprehensive exercise.

We will build a digital product where:

  • You will establish the Product Goal (Product Goal)
  • You will determine the Goal of each Sprint
  • You will carry out the planning of the Sprint
  • You will participate in the Sprint Review and get Feedback to evolve the product
  • You will carry out a series of Retrospectives to improve the development process
  • At the same time, you will understand the most critical details of the Planning, the Daily, the Sprint Review and the Retrospective
  • You will learn what to take into account when facilitating these events, for example: purposes, participants, typical agendas, relationship with Stakeholders, durations, anti-patterns and frequent problems

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about this course

No. In fact, this program is the best starting point because it ensures high-quality learning standards.
All those who:

• Wish to become Scrum Masters, discover this framework, or formalize their knowledge
• Joined Agile teams and need to become familiar with the way of working
• Work in changing environments
• Wish to increase the value of the product delivered and be more innovative
• Wish to improve productivity at a sustainable pace and reduce rework
• Seek to minimize risks in unstable contexts
• Want to increase user satisfaction and/or team well-being
Scrum Alliance—the leading professional organization in the Agile community globally. Its accreditations are widely recognized by companies when selecting candidates with Scrum competencies.
Because it offers robust learning to benefit your teams, the chance to expand your professional community, and opportunities to advance toward more professional Scrum Alliance credentials.
Because it is not experienced as a course, but as a 100% participatory experience that will guide you to find the answers, key insights, and practical tips to develop within this innovative framework and influence teams and your organization.
Yes. Upon completing the training and based on the Successful Participation criteria, your instructor will submit your application to Scrum Alliance so you can take the online exam. The exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions, and you must answer at least 37 correctly to pass within a one-hour time limit. The exam is available in Spanish, and you will have up to two attempts included. Exam window: 90 consecutive days. Once you pass the exam, you will receive the official Scrum Alliance certification.
Kindly reach us at hello@alaimolabs.com and we will be happy to help :)

What's Included

16 Hours of Live training

Featuring a situational and practical approach to accelerate your learning.

Educational Platform

A learning space with pre-learning material that you can access immediately.

Program Recording

30-day access to recordings.

Digital Book

The book "Scrum y Algo Más" by Martin Alaimo.

CSM exam and certification

Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive access to the CSM exam and certification by Scrum Alliance, the most recognized entity in the agile world.

Bonus: CSM Exam Prep.

A simulation for you to practice before taking your exam and move forward with confidence.

PDUs

16 PDUs for PMI credential maintenance.

Attendance

Full attendance is required.

What our graduates say

"This course really allowed me to approach Scrum in a clear and simple way. The instructor is highly engaging, uses everyday examples, and makes the entire course experience enjoyable. I highly recommend it."

Laura Quiroga

"It’s a very enriching experience. The instructor has extensive experience, strong command of the subject, and excellent teaching skills to effectively explain all the concepts of this framework."

Lissette Alcántara

Lissette Alcántara

"Ideal for anyone who wants to get started in the world of Scrum, with or without prior knowledge."

RocĂ­o B Cordova

RocĂ­o B Cordova

"It flew by. The explanation of each topic helped me reinforce key concepts and learn others I wasn’t familiar with. The working dynamic was excellent."

Leandro Hernan Netri

"This course has undoubtedly been a great help for my career plan. All the warm-up material, the sessions were very dynamic, the teams and how they were put together, the support tools to do the exercises, everything was done online. I believe it was a very good course and I recommend it 100% !!!"

Yasna Rivera Marcial

Your Instructor

Martin Alaimo

Martin Alaimo

Trainer, consultant, and educator dedicated to the creation of Digital Products and Business Agility. To date, he has worked with more than 200 organizations and supported over 8,000 professionals in their career development journeys. His approach is situational and hands-on, delivering immersive learning through innovative experiences that enable practical, immediately applicable outcomes—especially in areas often overlooked by traditional academia. He has spoken at more than 30 conferences across the United States and 14 countries in Latin America and Europe, and is the author of six books on product and digital innovation. His most recent book, AI Strategy Workshop, provides tools to move beyond the “feature factory” mindset and integrate artificial intelligence with strategic intent and real business impact. As part of his commitment to innovation, he is an organizing member of Product Tank, the world’s largest Product Management community, and the creator of Kouls, a platform that aligns organizational strategy with teams’ day-to-day execution, ensuring a strong focus on outcomes. He is one of the few experts to hold the highest-level certifications in Agile practices: Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Certified Team Coach (CTC), Certified Agile Leadership Educator (CAL Educator), and Path to CSP Educator. Explore his complete professional profile and thought leadership activities on LinkedIn.

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