The document provides a comprehensive guide to becoming a certified Scrum Master, outlining the Scrum framework, roles, phases, and necessary artifacts. It emphasizes the importance of an agile mindset and the responsibilities of the Scrum Master, including facilitation, leading, and communication, and mentions various certification options available for aspiring Scrum Masters. Additionally, the document briefly introduces Advanced Agility, a company dedicated to agile coaching and consulting services.

1. Guide To Becoming A
Certified Scrum Master

3. “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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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-

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. About Advance Agility
We, at Advance Agility, are the new-age Agile Coaching, Consulting and IT services company.
We enable end-to-end Digital Transformation. Agile execution is integral to our being. We are
doing SAFe implementation with small, medium and large organization across the globe. Our
vision is to be the leading Agile execution player globally. To keep adding value at every
process stage. We are on a mission to empower our clients, move from concept to cash in the
shortest sustainable lead time by adopting human centric approach to business agility.
Embracing the change is in our DNA. Things that keep us apart are Quicker and Seamless
execution with End-to-end gamut of services. Our Global presence and Stellar Track Record
give us an edge over our competitor.
Connect with us at advanceagility.com to learn about SAFe and SAFe Implementation. We
provide various SAFe certification courses along with DevOps, Scrum, Agile Coaching and
more trainings. Write to us a contact@advanceagilty.com for any agile training or consulting
needs. We are always looking for competent agile trainers as well. So if you are a good trainer
or want to become one, do get in touch with us to that we can learn, grow and achieve together.