Building an Agile Organization Part 3

  Remember the angry development VP from Part 1. He had hired a certified Scrum Master and found him inadequate. This VP made the assumption that the CSM certification meant the person was qualified to help his organization. He found out it only meant the person was certified as having attended a Scrum Alliance scrum … Continue reading →

Building an Agile Organization Part 2

How can I find qualified Scrum help? “The Professional Scrum Master® (PSM® I) Certification from Scrum.Org is one of the most valuable agile certifications in the market. The greater the depth and extent of knowledge needed to earn a certificate, the greater its value.  By this measure, the PSM assessments are significantly more valuable than … Continue reading →

Building an Agile Organization Part 1

Part 1:  What is Scrum certification? Can you count on it as meaningful in selecting people? “CIOs need to embrace agile development as quickly as possible. Agile has the capability to transform IT-business relationships as well as have a positive effect on IT value delivery.[1]” “Getting experienced outside help … has a positive impact to … Continue reading →

Practitioner Certification

The PSM, PSPO, and PSD I assessments have proven extremely useful. The role-based assessment helps people validate their knowledge of Scrum. A resulting certification demonstrates that knowledge to others, including potential employers. Scrum teams that bring these people on board are assured that the person knows their role. We are introducing the next level assessment. … Continue reading →

Scrum and Continuous Improvement

Organizations usually don’t adopt Scrum because they like its name. Instead, they have heard that software development is better if they use Scrum – quicker, cheaper, higher quality, more satisfied customers and employees. Sometimes things are so bad in software development that they try Scrum just because it wasn’t what they were doing before. However, … Continue reading →

Software Development: A Profession

Is software development a profession? Continue reading →

Happy New Year

Scrum.org had a busy year in 2010 with the updates to the Scrum Guide, the creation of rigorous assessments, and the development of best-in-breed programs to help companies succeed with Agile. 2011 will prove to be even busier. Continue reading →

Updating The Professional Scrum Master Program

Since I moved to Scrum.org, we have introduced several new programs. I’m happy to announce that we are changing one program, Professional Scrum Master (PSM), to better serve the needs of different customers. The PSM program will continue to include a course, an assessment, and a certification. But the PSM course will be split into … Continue reading →

The New Scrum.org Campaign

I like this new ad from Scrum.org. When you compare one certification to another, you have to answer the question of what the certification tells you. Scrum.org certification tells you that someone has a minimum amount of knowledge. Other certifications tell you only that someone has sat through a class. Some more information about this … Continue reading →

Looking Back On More Than 2,500 Scrum Open Assessment Results

I have just looked at some of the aggregate results from the Scrum Open assessment. Interesting. We put this assessment in a crucible last fall, subjecting it to nearly 1,000 trials in a rigorous period of inspection and adaptation. The support that the community provided during this time was fantastic. We have tried to recognize … Continue reading →