IBM Agile Scrum Master Intermediate

Issued by IBM

Achieving the Agile Scrum Master Intermediate badge validates your knowledge and ability to understand and apply Scrum theory and principles to support scrum teams in delivering value to the organization, apply empiricism and the Scrum framework to product delivery and demonstrate skills, traits, and behavior shifts required to be a Scrum Master.

Type Validation
Level Intermediate
Time Months
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Must be an employee of IBM, or IBM Contractor
Complete the self-paced portion of the Agile Scrum Master Intermediate learning plan (7 self-paced courses).
Complete a recognized Agile Scrum Master course resulting in external certification, which includes content about SM and their important role in an Agile team, what is expected of them, and how they coach teams to deliver. We recommend the Agile at IBM Scrum Master course, however we also recognize individuals will complete or have completed other external SM courses. Hence the requirement is successful completion of a SM course aligned to scrum.org (PSM) or scrum alliance (CSM).
Explore the IBM Agile Academy and familiarize yourself with: a) Acceptance Criteria; b) Agile Estimation; c) Backlog Refinement; d) Definition of Done; e) Planning Poker; f) Servant Leadership; g) Showcase / Sprint Review; h) Story Points; i) User Stories.
Hold ONE external (and updated) Agile SM certification (PSM or CSM certification).
Demonstrate 500 engagement hours as an Agile Scrum Master.
Build your eminence by sharing ONE example of a practice that you created or one that you used. For reference, check out the Practices page on the Agile at IBM site.
Exchange experiences by posting at least TWO "Here's what I did. What would you have done differently?" at the SM Slack channel and collaborate in the discussion.
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