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2010 Scrum Certification Survey

Scott W. Ambler

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• The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s November 2010 Agile State of the Art Survey posted at www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/

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About the Survey

• Survey ran from Mid-October to Mid-November 2010• Survey link:

– Sent out to several agile mailing lists, including the [email protected], and [email protected]

– Posted a message on the Agile Alliance LinkedIn discussion forum

– Linked to from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ page

– Tweeted about on twitter.com/scottwambler

• Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

• 325 respondents• Answers to the “what do you think about the CSM” are posted

in full at www.ambysoft.com/surveys/2010Scrum.html


5%

9%

15%

27%

46%

59%

More certs I havethe better

Improvepromotability

Required for job

Improve hirability

CSM a bonus ofattending course

Learn about agile

Why did you attend the CSM course?


How much do you promote the fact that you’re a CSM?

Not at all, 27%

Seldom, 37%

Sometimes, 18%

Often, 14%

Very often, 4%


Does HR understand how people “earn” the CSM?

• 45% of respondents indicated that their organizations required job candidates to have appropriate certifications

• 41% of respondents indicated that their HR managers understood what it required to “earn” the CSM

• 14% of candidates indicated that their organizations require candidates for agile teams to be CSMs– In these organizations, only 52% of respondents felt that the HR

managers understood how CSMs are “earned”

• Note: These figures exclude the answers provided by CSTs

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