Immersion Training - A Different Learning Approach
All Scrum.org courses are centered around valuable learning outcomes, achieved through hands-on learning within a classroom environment. They are most often delivered as interactive 2-day experiences.
Professional Scrum Master (PSM) Immersion Training is an alternative class format with short training sessions over seven weeks. Additionally, Immersion Training extends the learning experience beyond the classroom by enabling and encouraging you to apply what you've learned in your jobs between training sessions. This format is enhanced by incorporating facilitated reflections for improvement, making the learning experience highly effective and practical.
Elements of PSM Immersion Training
PSM Immersion Training classes have the following elements:
- Incremental Classroom Learning
- Outcome-Based Assignments
- Facilitated Reflections
1. Incremental Classroom Learning
PSM Immersion Training classes are delivered in 2.5 hour, live classroom sessions over seven weeks. Within each classroom session, you'll learn and practice a new concept. This approach offers you the opportunity to focus on and internalize learning at a sustainable pace. By breaking down the material into manageable chunks, you can gain a good understanding of each concept before progressing to the next.
2. Outcome-Based Assignments
The heart of PSM Immersion Training lies here. Following each classroom session, you'll receive an assignment that directly applies the concepts and learning objectives covered in class. These assignments are intentionally flexible by focusing on outcomes over outputs, thus accommodating the diverse backgrounds and proficiency levels of participants. While the assignments are challenging and aspirational, the emphasis is not solely on completion. Instead, the focus is on pushing boundaries and experimenting with new approaches, while receiving guidance and support. This approach ensures that both novice and experienced learners can engage meaningfully and contribute to their respective contexts positively.
3. Facilitated Reflections
Every classroom session following the first session commences with dedicated time for students and their Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) to reflect on their experiences with the assignments. These reflections are integral to the learning process and provide a platform for you to share challenges, successes, and ask for help. Facilitated by your PST, you'll engage in constructive group discussions that foster peer learning and receive actionable feedback. Reflections are about sharing your journey and nurturing your growth through collective insights.
Benefits of PSM Immersion Training
- You'll gain practical experience by applying your learning in your jobs.
- You can affect a positive change in your work environment immediately.
- Real-world application of learning increases your engagement, motivation and personal investment, leading to more effective learning.
- Hands-on classroom learning provides you with valuable practice in a safe environment before experimenting in your work environment.
- Opportunities for you to collaborate and create a dynamic learning environment that exposes you to a variety of ideas and ways of thinking, deepening your understanding of class topics.
- Facilitated reflections enable you to inspect your learning with other students and the Professional Scrum Trainer to make improvements and gain deeper insights.
What Do You Get?
- Seven half-day interactive class sessions facilitated by a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST).
- Assignments to apply learnings in your real working environment with inspection and adaptation together with your peers and your Professional Scrum Trainer.
- Inspection and adaptation together with your peers and your Professional Scrum Trainer.
- Opportunities to attempt the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) assessment and earn the industry-recognized PSM I Certification. The initial opportunity never expires, however should you attempt the PSM I assessment within 14 days after receiving your password and don't receive a passing score, you'll be granted a 2nd attempt for no additional fee. Earning your PSM I Certification will make you part of an elite community of 700,000+ PSM I badge holders from around the globe and unlike other Scrum training and certification organizations, your certification will never expire or require future renewal fees.
Who Should Participate in PSM Immersion Training?
The application of learnings during PSM Immersion Training is core to the concept. You should have the opportunity to work with a real team on an actual product during your participation in this program. If you do not have such an opportunity while participating in this program, you should consider attending a traditional PSM training class.
The below characteristics of learners are generalized and intended to help guide you towards the learning method you think might suit you best.
Learners who register for a PSM Immersion Training class:
- Are committed to taking ownership of their learning experience which is dependent on full and active participation over an extended period of time.
- Are committed to applying their learning and willing to conduct small experiments at work throughout the learning experience.
- Find it easier to fit a 2.5 hour classroom session once a week into their schedule and independently focus on inter-session assignments.
- Learn best by doing.
- Prefer to gain knowledge, practice in a safe environment, then apply and reflect.
- Want to learn enough to try something quickly, then inspect and adapt to improve and grow.
Learners who register for a PSM traditional class:
- Are committed to taking ownership of their learning experience which is dependent on full and active participation over a short period of time.
- Find it easier to fully focus on the class and learning for two consecutive days.
- Prefer to learn as much as possible in a condensed time-frame.
- Learn best through discussions and conversations with their peers and instructor.
- Want to gain a broad understanding of the subject and use it as a foundation for further independent learning.
PSM Immersion Training Agenda
PSM Immersion Training is a mix of instruction, case studies and interactive exercises as you collaborate with other students during classroom sessions plus assignments which are not part of a traditional PSM course. These assignments are aligned with the PSM course's learning objectives.
