Professional Scrum Master Immersion Program

Professional Scrum Master (PSM) Immersion program is an interactive, activity-based course that combines classroom sessions, outcome-based assignments and classroom reflection over 7 weeks to help students thoroughly understand Professional Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master. Students develop a deep understanding of the underlying principles of Scrum and the Agile mindset while learning the practices applied by successful Scrum Teams through a combination of class exercises and out-of-class outcome-based assignments.The PSM immersion program emphasises practical application beyond the classroom and helps students explore the principles of Professional Scrum in short weekly sessions, typically 3 hours over 7 weeks.

The course objectives include:

• Help Scrum Teams deliver value to their organization
• Understand the theory and principles behind Scrum such as Empiricism
• Understand how each part of the Scrum framework ties back to the principles and theory
• Understand uncertainty and complexity in product delivery
• Understand the meaning and importance of the Scrum values
• Learn what Done means and why it is crucial to transparency
• Know how to use the Product Backlog to plan with agility
• Understand the importance of self-managing teams and the role of Scrum Master in developing the self-managing abilities of the Scrum Team
• Clarify the leadership role a Scrum Master play on the team
• Learn the skills, traits and behaviour shifts required to be a Scrum Master

Each session runs for 3hrs and at the end of each week, attendees will be given an assignment to be reviewed in the subsequent session.

• Week 1: Theory & First Principles
• Week 2: The Scrum Framework
• Week 3: Done
• Week 4: Product Delivery with Scrum
• Week 5: People & Teams
• Week 6: The Scrum Master
• Week 7: Debrief on How to Become a great scrum master

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) assessment. The industry-recognized PSM I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. PSM class participants who attempt the PSM I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.