Professional Scrum Master

Your Path to Mastering Business Agility & Delivering Faster: A One-of-a-Kind PSM Class

• A First-of-Its-Kind Collaboration – Two PSTs, 45+ years of global experience, coming together to deliver a power-packed, dual-perspective learning experience—twice the insights, twice the practical wisdom, and twice the real-world application.

• Turn Ideas into Impact – Master Practical Product Metrics to optimize Product Discovery, Strategy, Execution, and Go-To-Market—helping you accelerate software delivery and maximize customer value.

• Engaging, Hands-On Learning – Experience Gamification, Storytelling, Real-Time Product Development Exercises, Interactive Quizzes, and Peer-to-Peer Learning for deep understanding and immediate application.

• Faster, Smarter Delivery – Learn how to accelerate feature deployment, reduce defects, and enhance customer value through empirical thinking and data-driven decision-making.

• Beyond Certification—Apply, Build & Ship Faster – Walk away with practical strategies to build, launch, and scale software that creates real business impact.

Join Bharath & Ashish to Transform How You Build and Deliver Software!

Certification

After participating in this class, you'll receive a free password to attempt the PSM I assessment and earn the industry-recognized PSM I Certification. Earning your PSM I Certification makes you part of an elite community of 600,000+ PSM I badge holders from around the globe, and unlike other Scrum training and certification organizations, your certification will never expire nor require future renewal fees.

Scrum.org selects only the most qualified instructors to deliver this course. Each instructor lends his or her individual experience and expertise to the course, but all students learn the same core content. This improves their ability to pass the Professional Scrum Master assessments and use Scrum in the workplace.

What is included with my registration for this course?

• 2 Scrum.org Trainers meaning 2x insights, 2x practical wisdom, 2x real-world application.

• Live Virtual workshop spread over 2 days.

• 2 attempts to take the PSM-I Assessment from Scrum.org.

• 3000 ₹ discount for any future course offered by Bharath or Ashish.

• 40% Discount on the PSM II Assessment by Scrum.org.

• Lifetime certification validity - no annual renewal fee required (upon passing the assessment).

• 14 PDU credits for course attendance with Project Management Institute.

   

We offer discounts to companies who want to send three or more students to a course, please email ask@agilemaestro.com for details.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer's (PST)

This course will be facilitated by Bharath Srinivasan and Ashish Mehra.

Scrum.org maintains a defined curriculum for the Professional Scrum courses and selects only the most qualified instructors to deliver them. Each Professional Scrum Trainer is a practitioner and brings their experiences and areas of expertise to bear, but all students learn the same core course content. This consistency and quality help students effectively apply Scrum in their organizations.   

https://www.scrum.org/bharath-srinivasan

https://www.scrum.org/ashish-mehra

 Target Audience

The Professional Scrum Master course is targeted to Scrum Masters and anyone else responsible for the successful use and/or rollout of Scrum. Any team member, team manager, or person who is looking to know how to lead in an agile organization can benefit from this course. We have found this very valuable for:

• Project and Product Managers
• Development and QA Managers
• Marketing Professionals
• Existing Scrum Masters who want to improve their skill set
• Business Analysts
• Product Owners
• Developers, QA / Testers
• Team Leads and Architects

Prerequisites

There is no required prior certificate, educational background, or work experience needed to participate in this PSM I course or to take the PSM I exam. The PSM I course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of the Scrum framework, and the role of the Scrum Master in it. As such all backgrounds are welcome to join and achieve Professional Master Certification (PSM) I.

Attendees will be able to make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required)
• Have taken the Scrum Open (free online assessment)
• Have been on or closely involved with a project that builds or enhances a product
• Want to know more about how Scrum works, how to use it, and how to implement it in an organization
• A webcam and audio are required

Course Objectives

• Students will have a clear understanding of the mechanics of Scrum and their coherence from the empirical foundation of Scrum
• Students can act as a Scrum Master for Scrum Teams and stakeholders based on an in-depth understanding of servant-leadership
• Students can effectively start up Scrum or increase its effectiveness if already underway

Course Topics

The PSM course is a mix of lecture, case studies and interactive exercises as you collaborate with other students:

• Scrum Theory & Principles
  • How variables can lead to complexity.
  • Relating complexity and management styles.
  • Predictive and empirical approaches to problems.
  • Exploring the advantages of Agility.
  • Scrum and the three legs of empiricism.
• The Scrum Framework
  • What's needed for Scrum?
  • Exploring accountability.
  • Scrum roles, events and artifacts.
  • Examining the value of time-boxing.
  • Scrum values and empiricism.
• Done and Undone
  • Can quality become a habit?
  • Technical debt and addressing its effect.
  • Understanding the importance of Done.
  • Defining "potentially releasable".
  • Impacts of not defining Done.
• Product Delivery with Scrum
  • Why Plan Product Development with Scrum?
  • Techniques for Product Backlog ordering and valuation.
  • Methods of Product Backlog organization.
  • Techniques for estimating size of Product Backlog Items.
  • Planning and forecasting.
  • Monitoring and reporting progress.
• People and Teams
  • Great teams.
  • Intrinsic motivation.
  • Cross-functionality.
  • Scrum Values.
  • Stages of Group Development.
• The Scrum Master
  • Experiencing positive leadership.
  • Choices of servant leaders.
  • How will you help others improve?
  • Responsibilities of a Scrum Master.
  • Scrum Master skills and traits.

We will run the course over 2-days: using Zoom, Mural, gamification approaches, Liberating Structures to facilitate the hands-on activities interactively.

Each day will begin a 10:00 am IST and end at 5:00 pm IST

Professional Scrum Trainer's Bharath Srinivasan and Ashish Mehra are facilitating this online event.