Certified Scrum Master® (CSM) – In-Person: Oct 14, 2026
Certified Scrum Master: In-Person
Two days, in person, with Anil. Walk in curious about Scrum, walk out with the certification, practical coaching tools, hands-on experience, and a cohort community you’ll keep learning from long after the class ends.
ScrumMasters - a heartbeat of effective Teams
Effective Scrum isn't just applying theory or process - it's about creating space for a Team to collaborate and deliver value, effectively. Not just in person, but even when the interactions are virtual and online.
If you're ready to learn Scrum in a fun and engaging way via pragmatic techniques you can apply immediately, this course is for you. From deep study of brain science and adult learning, we've learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual environment and avoid "Zoom fatigue."
Get Hands-On Experience with Scrum
The workshop includes all the material required by the Scrum Alliance for its Certified ScrumMaster CSM® certification, along with stories, tips, tricks and practices to take the theory of Scrum and put it into effective action in your organization.
This course is not a Powerpoint snooze-fest. Short presentations cover concepts. Immersive team-based exercises are interwoven into each lesson to get you hands-on practice.
Something else to know: About 20% of all public CSMs & CSPOs have more than 40 people enrolled. That's not us. Our workshops are designed to be interactive in nature. Our public class enrollments are generally below the average course size. This helps you get rich feedback and interaction from other participants and your trainer.
Who should attend
The Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) course by the Scrum Alliance is beneficial for anyone who wants to implement more efficient and effective management practices into their organization.
This course is perfect for leaders working in:
- Program Management and Project Management
- Engineering and Testing
- IT and Technical Operations
- Design and User Experience
- Product Management
- Marketing
- Business Analysis
- Executives and Management
- Risk and Compliance
- Sales/Customer Service
- HR/Operations
Schedule
Schedule
Workshop: 8-hour Sessions
10/14/2026 - Wednesday: 09:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
10/15/2026 - Thursday: 09:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
Location:
114 W 26th St,
New York, NY 10001, USA
Agenda
- Introduction to Agile and Scrum
- Scrum Theory
- Scrum Values
- Scrum Workflow
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Daily Scrum
- Product Backlog
- Product Backlog Refinement
- Sprint Planning, Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Service to the Development Team
- Service to the Product Owner
- Service to the Organization
- Facilitation
- Coaching
Your instructor
Anil Jaising
Anil helps executives and product leaders change how they lead when their organizations outgrow the old playbook. He's a Certified Scrum Trainer, Adjunct Faculty at NYU’s graduate program of Project Management where he teaches Leading Global Organizations, and Co-founder of Concepts & Beyond, where he trains and coaches leaders to build products customers love.
Anil shipped his first award-winning product in 1994 - a messaging system that won Best Open Systems Award. Over three decades, he's led product and leadership transformations at JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citibank.
His leadership coaching work at Concepts & Beyond includes leading a cloud transformation across 250 complex workloads that saved one of the world's largest banks over $100 million by building a network of cloud champions who drove adoption peer-to-peer rather than through mandate. At MarketAxess, he helped restructur a 100-person Product Management division from scratch so that PMs report directly to the CEO enhancing the voice of the customer. At Alkami, he coached an SVP of Technology and 50+ Product Managers through a testing transformation that cut production incidents and escape defects by helping create a vision, use emotional intelligence to listen to challenges and motivate the organizaiton to deliver quality products at a rapid pace. At Wesco he helped the Senior Director grow the digital team and stood up 50+ agile and DevOps teams. Helped train and coach global digital teams of 2000+ people rapidly deliver quality products and dramatically improve customer satisfaction
He's delivered over 1000 public CSM, CSPO, A-CSPO and CAL-1 cohorts to Fortune 500 leaders and guided hundreds of teams through Agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery adoption at scale. Today, through his Product Management Youtube Channel, Satellite Strategy newsletter, and training courses, Anil focuses on practical AI applications for product managers and product leaders who want to cut through the hype and build products that make a lasting impact.
From recent cohorts
Anil was a fantastic instructor, able to fulfill the roles of a teacher, mentor, coach, and facilitator when neededm The CSM course was engaging and interactive, and gave students the opportunity to ask questions and have discussions...
Anil was a wonderful instructor, able to fill the roles of a teacher, mentor, coach and facilitator when necessary. The CSM course was engaging and interactive, and gave students the time to ask questions and have discussions...
Upcoming Classes
Most of our CSMs come back for the full journey.
CSM is the foundation. The Scrum Master Journey adds A-CSM and our new AI for Scrum Masters module — the same content, a 15% saving, and a cohort that stays together for weeks, not just one course.
See the journey →Common questions answered.
Concepts & Beyond support staff is happy to assist you! We understand that things can change, and we strive to be as agile as possible with respect to registrations. Please email us no later than 5 business days before the start of the workshop and we’ll arrange a refund or transfer to a future date. Cancellations received within 5 full business days of the start of the course will receive a credit (no cash value) towards a future workshop. Please request changes by emailing info@conceptsandbeyond.com.
On completing your participation in the full workshop, a link will be emailed to you from the Scrum Alliance to access their online certification exam. We often see workshop participants complete their certification exam and become Certified Scrum Masters within 24 hours of completing the workshop. Watch the video to learn more about the certification process
