For many years, our Certified Scrum Product Owner students have asked why the Scrum Alliance does not offer an assessment for students completing their CSPO courses. This post explains why there is no exam today and the steps we took to create an exam that students can use to assess their knowledge.
Choosing an online certified Scrum Master class has become more challenging with the proliferation of virtual trainers. This guide highlights the key considerations when making your choice.
The changes and emotions Covid-19 has brought on society parallel, to a lesser extent, the changes and emotions caused by an Agile transformation, and remind us it’s okay to be disoriented along the way.
A former US Navy submarine officer shares three tested frameworks for dealing with crisis, and how those frameworks can be applied to Scrum.
Five years ago, Carlton Nettleton and I began collaborating to develop advanced training for ScrumMasters and Product Owners. Our work culminated in CSP Fast Pass, the first and only online, on-demand option for pursuing the Certified Scrum Professional designation. This year, we realized the need to integrate CSP Fast Pass into ...
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At the 2019 Global Scrum Gathering Applied Frameworks introduced attendee to our Oceans of Plastics problem. The principle behind using frameworks at the Scrum Gathering was to apply the unique skills and knowledge we possess to solve challenging social problems. At the conference we engaged with hundreds of participants to ...
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At Scrum Gathering Austin, our team engaged with the conference attendees to raise awareness around the issue of Oceans of Plastic and demonstrated the power of using frameworks to solve social problems. Each day we used a different framework to guide the conference attendees along a journey that began with ...
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On March 18th, the body of a curvier beaked whale was retrieved from Davao Bay in the Philippines. The cause of death - starvation and dehydration as a result of ingesting ninety pounds of nylon rope, plastic bags, and other plastic objects found stuffed in the animal’s stomach! A month ...
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As of today [2016], the Scrum Alliance identifies 322,157 people as Certified ScrumMasters (CSM). You can find 66,813 people identified as Certified Scrum Product Owners (CSPO), and a number of people have both certifications. Although the anemic number of Product Owners relative to ScrumMasters raises some questions, the more serious ...
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In the 1996, I attended the Amphibious Warfare School with about 300 other Marine officers to complete a one-year program to prepare us for the next level of our careers. One of the most valuable elements of that experience was the study group. Led by an instructor, our small group ...
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