About Course
About Certified ScrumMaster Training (Scrum Alliance)
The Scrum Guide end to end: three pillars, five values, five events, three artifacts, and the 60-question exam that tests all of them.
Most Scrum training teaches the vocabulary of the framework and stops there. The CSM exam asks for the habit behind it: answer from the Guide first and from local habit second, then hold each event to its timebox in the room and ask the team the question rather than answering it for them. The three pillars, five values and three artifacts are rehearsed as things you run on a real team, not lines you can recite.
Course Overview
12-week Certified ScrumMaster training: the Scrum Guide, servant leadership, event facilitation, backlog practice, a sprint simulation and the 60-question CSM exam.
Why Learn Certified ScrumMaster Training (Scrum Alliance)
Product companies and IT services in India recruit Scrum Masters against the CSM more often than any other agile name, because a hiring manager recognises it from a stranger. It screens for what a CV cannot show: that you can hold a team inside the framework without imposing it, and that you can be examined on the Guide and pass.
Once the CSM is on your record, the argument about whether you know Scrum ends and the conversation moves to the team you can take to an increment. It also carries a renewal cycle that keeps the credential current, and in Indian job listings it is the name employers recognise in the category.
Who Should Join This Course
- Developers moving into facilitation — Learning to run the events instead of only attending them
- Team Leads and Engineering Managers — Handing delivery decisions to a self-managing team
- Product Owners and Business Analysts — Working inside a Scrum Team rather than beside it
- Project Managers without a Scrum role — Swapping plan-driven delivery for event-driven delivery
- Fresh Graduates targeting Agile roles — Entering Agile delivery with the credential recruiters name
- Existing Scrum Masters Renewing — Meeting the three-year renewal and 20 SEU requirement
Prerequisites
No certification or prior Scrum role is required. You need to be willing to run a daily event calendar, facilitate a retrospective and coach a team without becoming the person who does the work. The Scrum Guide, the three pillars, the five events and the three artifacts are taught from the start.
Learning Objectives
- Facilitate all five Scrum events inside their timeboxes
- Explain the three pillars, five values and three accountabilities in your own words
- Coach a Product Owner who has started acting as a project manager
- Write a Product Backlog item the Developers can size and start
- Set a Definition of Done the whole team can meet and defend
- Run a retrospective that ends with one change the team will keep
- Read a burndown, velocity and throughput chart and spot where it is misused
- Sit the 60-question CSM exam inside 90 minutes and pass at 70%
Certification Objectives Covered
The syllabus follows the published Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster objectives: Scrum Guide, Event Facilitation, Scrum Team Coaching, Product Backlog Management, Sprint Planning, CSM Exam and the event facilitation templates, the backlog and Definition of Done worksheets, and the 60-question practice papers.
Career Opportunities After This Programme
- Scrum Master
- Agile Delivery Lead
- Product Owner
- Engineering Manager
- Team Lead
- Agile Coach
Hands-on Practice and Capstone
Capstone: Facilitate one complete sprint with a simulated team of five and a Product Owner: run Planning against a real backlog, coach the Daily Scrum, inspect the Increment with stakeholders at the Review, and close with a Retrospective that produces one agreed improvement. You are observed throughout, and the work ends with two timed 60-question practice papers and a written review of your facilitation decisions.
Production scenario: Two weeks into a sprint the team has not shown a working increment, the Product Owner is assigning tickets directly to developers, and a senior stakeholder keeps interrupting the stand-up. Decide what you change, what you leave alone, and what you say in the next retrospective.
Course Duration, Mode and Certification
The course runs for 12 weeks (72 hours), three sessions a week of two hours each. Modes: Classroom / Live Online / Hybrid. Certificate issued: SkilBrill Course Completion Certificate. This programme prepares you for the Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster exam, which is booked and paid for with the vendor separately from the course fee.
Why Train at SkilBrill
SkilBrill Training Institute in Thoraipakkam focuses on making you employable. Trainers are working certified ScrumMasters and agile delivery leads, every module produces portfolio evidence rather than a completion badge, and the placement cell connects eligible candidates with hiring companies. Fee: ₹45,000 – ₹75,000. Enquire on +91 8610964691.
Career and Job Support
- Resume assistance tailored to the target role
- LinkedIn profile rewrite and recruiter outreach
- Mock interviews covering role scenarios
- Assessment and capstone walkthrough preparation
- Placement assistance with 200+ hiring partners
- Typical salary band after completion: ₹8 – 20 LPA
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Certified ScrumMaster training at SkilBrill?
It is preparation for the Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster exam, taught on the Scrum Guide as published: three pillars, five values, three accountabilities, five events and three artifacts. The course runs over 12 weeks and 72 hours, with a live sprint simulation and two timed practice papers at the end.
How is this different from the Professional ScrumMaster course on this site?
The CSM is a Scrum Alliance credential earned through an authorised course, with the exam bundled into the course and renewal every three years through 20 SEUs. The PSM I is a Scrum.org assessment, open to any candidate with no course attached, paid for separately and never renewed. This course prepares you for the CSM exam.
What does the CSM exam actually ask?
The exam is 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, and you need 70% to pass. Most items are short scenarios about a team, a Product Owner and a Scrum Master, and the answer is decided by the Scrum Guide rather than by local practice. You may use the Scrum Guide during the exam, and the pass mark does not move between attempts.
Do I need a Scrum job or a Scrum certification to join?
No. You need no prior certification and no current Scrum role to start. The course assumes you have worked on a team that ships something, because the exam scenarios are about real team behaviour. If Scrum is new to you, the first two modules build the vocabulary and the pillars before the events and artifacts are examined.
What does the CSM syllabus cover?
Eight modules: the Scrum Guide theory, the three accountabilities, the five events, the three artifacts, servant leadership and facilitation, stakeholder and quality practice, exam preparation with two timed papers, and a capstone in which you facilitate a complete sprint with a simulated team and a Product Owner.
What is the duration and fee?
Twelve weeks, three sessions a week of two hours each, totalling 72 hours, with the sprint simulation scheduled inside the course. Fees run from Rs 45,000 depending on batch and mode, with classroom, live online and hybrid options and placement support through 200+ hiring partners.
What certificate do I receive?
A SkilBrill Course Completion Certificate for the full 72 hours of the programme. The Certified ScrumMaster credential is issued by Scrum Alliance after you pass the exam, and it stays valid for three years, after which 20 SEUs keep it current. SkilBrill prepares you for that exam; it does not issue it.