Ultimate Agile Scrum Master Certification Course 2025

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Understand the purpose and background of Agile, that made it so popular today.

Learn more about how agile relate to you, and what the benefits it brings you.

Learn about the contents of the Agile Manifesto (agile values and principles), and how to practically apply them.

Many development teams focus on delivery output to measure their performance. Learn how to start increasing your team's performance by actively thinking about the outcome of your work, instead of just output.

Learn how to apply agile at a personal level to improve the quality of your work.

Congratulations! You've mastered the concepts of agile values & principles.

Feel like you REALLY know agile? Take this quiz to test your knowledge.

This part provides an overview of Scrum. By the end of this part you'll get overview on the different components that make up the Scrum framework, and how they all work together in Scrum practice.

Learn about how Scrum can benefit you as a framework.

This part covers the Scrum theory. By the end of this part you'll know the main theory of Scrum, which forms the basis on how the components in Scrum are designed to work together.

This parts explains the Scrum Values. By the end of this part you'll learn about the core values the Scrum Team should apply to be successful.

Learn how to align your product to your company vision and goals using Scrum.

In this part we'll introduce the case study for the course. As we progress through the course, this case study will be used to give detailed simulation on end-to-end product development activities using Scrum.

Practice activity to start defining your product ideas.

Challenge your Scrum knowledge so far by completing this quiz.

In this part we'll learn about the Scrum Team. By the end of this lecture, you'll understand the general characteristics of the team, such as the size and the roles within the team. While each role in the Scrum Team will be discussed in detail in the following parts.

Understand what 'accountabilities' mean when it comes to the Scrum Team.

This part describes the Product Owner role in a Scrum Team. By the end of this part, you'll know the characteristics & responsibilities of a Product Owner.

This part describes the Developers role in a Scrum Team. By the end of this part, you'll know the characteristics & responsibilities of the Developers.

This part describes the Scrum Master role in a Scrum Team. By the end of this part, you'll know the characteristics & responsibilities of a Scrum Master.

Here you'll take a deeper look at how Scrum Masters supports the Scrum Team.

Here you'll take a deeper look at how Scrum Masters supports the Product Owner.

Here you'll take a deeper look at how Scrum Masters supports the larger organisation.

Learn how to overcome a common challenge faced by Scrum Teams: the challenge of having an incomplete team.

This lecture looks at the common misconceptions on the Scrum Master role, and what you can do to handle them.

How well do you know the people in the Scrum Team, their roles, and what they do? Test yourself with this quiz.

This part covers an overview of the Scrum Artifacts. By the end of the course, you'll learn the characteristics and use of Scrum Artifacts, along with the different items that it contains. Each Scrum Artifact will be discussed in detail in the following parts.

This part describes the first Scrum Artifact - Product Backlog. By the end of this part, you'll understand the importance about the Product Backlog, its contents, and also how to start building one yourself.

Here you'll learn more about what 'value' means. Particularly for your business and customers.

Learn effective ways to order / prioritise the contents of your Product Backlog.

This part is about user stories, including its characteristics and examples. By the end of this course, you'll know how to write clear Product Backlog items using user stories.

Learn how to use acceptance criteria to optimise your product's value.

This part shows the simulation of Product Backlog creation for our case study. It describes how to turn initial product ideas into relevant Product Backlog. We'll also simulate writing actual user stories for our case study. So by the end of this part you'll have a solid understanding on how to build a proper Product Backlog along with clear items expressed in user story format.

Practice activity to build your own Product Backlog.

This part covers the Product Backlog refinement activity. By the end of this part you'll learn about the importance of refining our Product Backlog items to have it ready for development.

This part shows the simulation for Product Backlog refinement activity. It uses the Product Backlog items previously defined for our case study, and refine them so they're ready for development. By the end of this part you'll know exactly how to refine Product Backlog items into clearer and more detailed items.

Practice activity to refine your Product Backlog to add clarity.

In this lecture you'll get a clear understanding on who's supposed to write user stories.

This part gives the overview of the Product Backlog estimation. By the end of this part you'll understand the importance of estimating, and also be introduced to a popular estimation technique called planning poker.

This part shows a simulation of Product Backlog estimation using planning poker. It shows the steps done to estimate the Product Backlog items we defined earlier to come up with relative sizing of the items using story points.

By the end of this course you'll have the understanding on how to define a baseline and use it to relatively estimate on Product Backlog items.

Practice activity to estimate the items in your Product Backlog.

This part covers the next Scrum Artifact - Sprint Backlog. By the end of this part you'll understand all the characteristics and contents that make up a good Sprint Backlog.

To effectively maintain your backlogs, learn about the concepts of epics, stories, and tasks.

This part covers the last Scrum Artifact - the Increment. By the end of this part you'll understand all the characteristics that make up a usable and releasable product Increment.

This part covers the Definition of Done, which governs the quality measures needed to ensure a usable and quality product Increment. By the end of this part, you'll understand the characteristics of a Definition of Done, along with example of its contents.

Do you know about the different Scrum Artifacts, their purpose, and also their use? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

This part provides an intro to the Scrum Events. By the end of this part you'll have an understanding of the different Scrum Events as well as the general characteristics of the events. Each Scrum Event will be detailed in the following parts.

Learn the concept of timeboxing and how it relates to the Scrum Events.

This part introduces the Sprint, which is the main event in Scrum. By the end of this part, you'll have complete understanding on the characteristics, as well as the different activities that happen within a Sprint.

This part covers the next Scrum Event - Sprint Planning.

By the end of this part, you'll have complete understanding on the characteristics, as well as the different activities that happen within a Sprint Planning. You'll know how to effectively plan the work for your Sprint and create a Sprint Backlog.

Learn how to define your Sprint Goal, by asking "Why is this Sprint valuable?"

Learn how to collaboratively plan and agree on the work that will be committed in your Sprint.

Learn how to collaboratively define a high level plan to complete the chosen work in your Sprint, during the Sprint Planning.

This part shows the simulation of a Sprint Planning for our case study. It shows detailed steps on how the Scrum Team builds their Sprint Backlog using the information we defined for the Product Backlog in the earlier parts.

By the end of this part, we'll have a clear Sprint Backlog defined to be used for the next steps in the simulation. By doing this, you'll have a clear understanding on how Sprint Planning works, so you can build a clear Sprint Backlog yourself.

Sprint Planning often turns into an endless and frustrating meeting that leaves everyone with more questions and answers. Find out how to tackle this situation.

This part covers the Kanban Board, which is a supporting tool to help track your Sprint progress. By the end of this part you'll understand characteristics of Kanban Boards and how to use them to visually show and track your Sprint Backlog.

Learn to implement the 'Pull' method of work to increase your team's dynamics and productivity.

This part covers the next Scrum Event - Daily Scrum.

By the end of this part, you'll have complete understanding on the characteristics, as well as the different activities that happen within a Daily Scrum. You'll know how to use the Daily Scrum effectively to inspect your Sprint's progress and align your efforts based on your findings.

This simulation illustrates how a Scrum Team conducts an effective Daily Scrum session, while using the Kanban Board to visualise and track the progress of their work.

Daily Scrum often becomes a pointless repetition of the same discussion, and cause your team members to be disengaged. In this lecture you will learn effective ways to make your Daily Scrum much more exciting and useful for your team.

This part covers the next Scrum Event - Sprint Review.

By the end of this part, you'll have complete understanding on the characteristics, as well as the different activities that happen within a Sprint Review. You'll know how to collaborate with the stakeholders to inspect the Increment and determine next actions.

This part shows a simulation of a Sprint Review in action. It shows how the Scrum Team in our case study conduct their Sprint Review with the stakeholders.

By the end of this part you'll have full understanding on how Sprint Reviews are typically done for Product Development.

In practice, the sprint review often turns into a meeting to justify your work and gain approvals, rather than a collaboration.

Find out how to fix this situation in this lecture.

This part covers the last Scrum Event - Sprint Retrospective.

By the end of this part, you'll have complete understanding on the characteristics, as well as the different activities that happen within a Sprint Retrospective. You'll know how to have a productive discussion to improve the effectiveness of the team.

This part shows a simulation of a Sprint Retrospective in action. It shows a typical activity a Scrum Team would do in a Sprint Retrospective to find improvements for their process.

Many Scrum Teams often skip the Sprint Retrospective because they find it useless. Learn about the causes of this situation and how to flip it around, to make your retrospectives much more useful for you and your team.

Scrum Teams typically face many changes to their work mid-sprint. Learn how to effectively handle those situations in this lecture.

What do you know about each of the Scrum Events, and what happens in them? Test your knowledge with their quiz.

Learn about team 'Velocity', and find out how it can be beneficial to your team.

This part explains the burndown chart, a supporting tool to help track a Scrum Team's progress. By the end of this part you'll understand how burndown charts work, and also know how to create and use one for your team.

As we've now covered all the components in Scrum along with the simulation, this part provides a recap of what we've learned.

By the end of this part, you can be reminded of important aspects learned within this course.

Learn about real applications of agile & Scrum from different industries.

This part covers the preparation for your PSM 1 Certification exam.

By the end of this part you'll understand the important characteristics of the exam, so you’ll know what to expect. Then we’ll go on to cover specific activities for you to do before the exam, to help you prepare.

This part covers important strategies for your PSM 1 Certification exam.

By the end of this part you'll understand the important strategies to do during the exam.

What to do after completing your exam.

A step by step guide on how to register for, and take the PSM I certification exam.

In this part we’ll go through an example of complex certification exam questions with detailed steps on how to answer it.

Another example of complex certification exam questions with detailed steps on how to answer it.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO PASS THE CERTIFICATION EXAM?

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Test your knowledge and readiness with this SCALED DOWN simulation of the full PSM I certification exam.

• 30 questions in the test

• 30 minutes to complete all questions

• 85% passing mark

If you're planning to take the PSM I certification exam, then I strongly recommend using this practice exam extensively. Keep doing the questions until you consistently get 100% every time.

Even if you're not planning to take the PSM I certification exam, I still recommend completing this practice exam too. As this exam has been designed to greatly help refresh your learning and understanding on Scrum.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO PASS THE CERTIFICATION EXAM?

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Test your knowledge and readiness with this FULL SIMULATION of the PSM I certification exam.

• 80 questions in the test

• 60 minutes to complete all questions

• 85% passing mark

If you're planning to take the PSM I certification exam, then I strongly recommend using this practice exam extensively. Keep doing the questions until you consistently get 100% every time.

Even if you're not planning to take the PSM I certification exam, I still recommend completing this practice exam too. As this exam has been designed to greatly help refresh your learning and understanding on Scrum.