The Scrum Master Accountability
Live Online | Practical and Interactive | Intensive 2-day Workshop
This practical and immersive training helps participants move beyond basic Scrum theory to truly understand what it means to be an effective Scrum Master in real-world Agile environments. Through practical exercises, discussions and real-world scenarios, the course combines an in-depth overview of Agile principles, Scrum and Kanban frameworks, and organizational readiness for Agile transformation.
Throughout the programme, you’ll explore not only how Scrum works but, critically, why it succeeds — with a focus on developing the mindset, servant-leadership skills, and collaboration techniques that enable teams and organizations to thrive. The training emphasises both the core mechanics of Scrum (such as ceremonies, roles, artefacts, planning and estimation) and the behaviours that drive high-performance teams and sustainable Agile change.
The course is designed as a focused, role-based learning experience for professionals who are new to the Scrum Master role or want to strengthen their understanding of what it means to be an effective Scrum Master.
You will leave with a clear understanding of the Scrum Master role and practical tools to apply it in your Agile environment.
Best suited for current and potential Scrum Masters from organizations that are in a middle of an agile transition or planning to start that journey.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the principles and mindset behind Scrum and how they support an adaptive way of working
- Apply Scrum accountabilities, events and artefacts effectively within a team
- Facilitate Scrum events using a time-driven approach that keeps the team focused on delivering value
- Use practical tools and techniques to encourage collaboration, participation and effective decision-making
- Support teams in identifying and removing impediments to progress
- Foster an environment where teams can take ownership, collaborate effectively and continuously improve
- Recognise common challenges and pitfalls when introducing or working with Scrum, and respond to them using practical approaches
Benefits
Learn from extensive real-world Agile experience
Learn from an internationally recognised trainer who has been helping organisations and teams on their Agile journeys since 2005, with experience across industries, companies and countries.
Go beyond Scrum theory
Understand not only the Scrum framework, but the mindset and principles that underpin effective Agile ways of working — and why simply following Scrum ceremonies and using its artefacts is not enough.
Learn from real Agile transitions
Explore practical experiences and real-world scenarios drawn from multiple Agile transformations. See how Scrum works in different organisational contexts, what can go wrong, and how experienced Scrum Masters can respond.
Build confidence in the Scrum Master role
Develop practical approaches for facilitating teams, encouraging collaboration, supporting participatory decision-making and helping organisations create an environment in which Scrum can thrive.
Avoid common Scrum Master pitfalls
Go beyond the theory typically covered in introductory Scrum training and learn how to recognise and address the challenges that Scrum Masters encounter when applying the framework in real organisations.
- The predictive–adaptive scale and the suitability of the methods
- The agile mindset and the preconditions to introduce it
- Overview of Agile methods: Lean, Kanban, Scrum, XP
- The Agile Manifesto
- Kanban: visual workflow, WIP limits, bottlenecks
- Scrum: timeboxing, accountabilities, artifacts and events
- Agile content planning and management
- Estimates in Agile, velocity and release planning
- Technical debt, refactoring, testing principles, version control
- Servant leadership: learning, coaching and motivation
- How to build a cross-functional team
- Tools for the success of retrospectives
- Anti-patterns of the Scrum Master accountability
Balazs Horvath - received his Scrum Master certification in 2006 on a course delivered personally by Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum. Has since supported Agile transformations and trained thousands of professionals across different industries and countries.
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Our courses fulfil the requirements of the professional development schemes of international professional bodies such as ACCA, IIA, PMI®, etc.
Participants of this 2-day workshop will receive 14 PDUs (Professional Development Units) credit hours for PMI® certificate holders and 14 SEUs (Scrum Education Units) for Scrum Alliance certificate holders.
