Agile Scrum Master (Online)
Maximize value for your organization by empowering teams to self-organize their work, reducing frustration and delays.
As an effective Scrum Master, you need to leverage the Scrum framework to serve and coach teams while delivering value to your organization. In this fully online program, you’ll gain the knowledge of Scrum fundamentals and learn to use Scrum to help teams align with customers and maximize value delivery. After the program, you’ll be able to add certified Agile Scrum Master to your growing resume credentials.
Author and instructor Shawn Belling will teach you to better facilitate the Scrum process and practice servant leadership in your role as Scrum Master.
This program is a requirement for the Agile Project Management Track in the Master’s Certificate in Project Management.
All participants will receive a copy of instructor Shawn Belling's new book Succeeding with Agile Hybrids.
Who Should Attend
Software developers, new product developers and managers, process improvement individuals, project managers.
This program is also offered in-person. Learn More »
Continuing Education Units
This course provides 1.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
How You Will Benefit
- Describe and apply the Scrum framework
- Describe and understand Scrum roles and processes
- Describe the role of the Scrum Master
- Help Scrum teams self-organize their work
- Facilitate Scrum processes and practices
- Work with Product Owners to maximize their role and contributions to the team
- Practice servant leadership as a Scrum Master
- Earn Scrum Master Credential
SHRM Preferred Provider
The Center for Professional and Executive Development is a Preferred Provider with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
| Module 1 – Introduction to Scrum |
| Module 2 – Scrum Roles and Practices |
| Module 3 – The Scrum Master |
| Module 4 – Working with Self-managed, Self-organizing Teams |
| Module 5 – Scrum Process Facilitation |
| Module 6 – Working with Product Owners |
| Module 7 – Scrum Metrics and Artifacts |
| Module 8 – The Scrum Master and Servant Leadership |
Shawn Belling
Shawn Belling is a globally experienced technology executive and project management speaker and instructor based in Madison, WI. Shawn has held executive and management roles in higher education, software, consulting, bio-pharma, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance sectors.
Shawn is the Chief Information Officer at Madison College, and is adjunct faculty at UW– Madison and UW-Platteville, as well as the University of Southern California.
In addition to over 27 years of technology and project leadership experience, Shawn teaches, speaks and consults for businesses, universities and professional organizations on various project management topics and practices.
Shawn is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner and is also a Certified Scrum Professional and Certified Scrum at Scale Practitioner.
Shawn earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater and earned a Master of Science in Project Management from UW – Platteville. Shawn earned a certificate in Organizational Change Leadership from UW-Platteville and is pursuing an EdD in Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands.
Live Learning Sessions
October 4-November 8, 2021
Mondays
6-7:30 p.m. CDT