SCRUM MASTER DEVELOPMENT · LAUNCH
Build the Skills to Become a Confident Scrum Master.
The Scrum Master Launchpad is a practical, instructor-led development program that helps you build a strong Scrum foundation, develop the skills you need in the role and prepare for the Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) assessment.
2 Days · Live Online · Interactive · PSM I Preparation
Practical Role Development · Facilitation · Coaching · Certification Preparation
BEYOND THE SCRUM GUIDE
Knowing Scrum Is One Thing. Helping a Team Use It Is Another.
Understanding Scrum’s accountabilities, events and artifacts is important. But the real challenge starts when you need to apply that knowledge with an actual team.
Scrum Masters need to facilitate difficult conversations, support self-management, navigate impediments and help teams improve - often without having formal authority or a simple answer.
The Scrum Master Launchpad bridges the gap between understanding Scrum and developing the practical capability to support a team effectively.
Prepare for the assessment. Develop for the role.
WHO IT’S FOR
Built for People Ready to Grow Into the Scrum Master Role.
Prepare for Your First Role.
Build a strong Scrum foundation and understand what being a Scrum Master actually means beyond facilitating events.
Develop the knowledge and practical confidence to take your first steps into the role.
01 - Aspiring Scrum Masters
Build Confidence in the Role.
Strengthen your Scrum understanding while developing practical approaches for the situations you encounter with real teams.
Learn how to facilitate, coach, support self-management and navigate common challenges more effectively.
02 - New Scrum Masters
Understand Scrum More Deeply.
For people working in or around Scrum Teams who want to better understand the Scrum Master accountability and effective teamwork.
Develop a deeper perspective on Scrum, team dynamics, facilitation and continuous improvement.
03 - Agile Team Members
PRACTICAL SCRUM MASTER CAPABILITY
What You’ll Learn to Do.
The Scrum Master role is more than knowing the Scrum framework. The Launchpad helps you develop practical capabilities you can start applying with real teams.
Turn the framework into practice.
Develop a strong understanding of Scrum’s principles, accountabilities, events and artifacts - and learn how they work together in real situations.
01 - Understand & Apply Scrum
Create conversations that move teams forward.
Learn how to structure and facilitate Scrum events and team conversations that encourage participation, focus and meaningful outcomes.
02 - Facilitate Effectively
Enable ownership without taking over.
Understand how Scrum Masters can help teams take greater responsibility for decisions, collaboration and how they organise their work.
03 - Support Self-Management
Help people find their own way forward.
Develop foundational coaching skills that help you listen, ask better questions and support individuals and teams without immediately providing the answer.
04 - Coach & Enable
Work with what gets in the team’s way.
Learn to recognise impediments, explore their underlying causes and help teams address challenges they cannot resolve through process changes alone.
05 - Navigate Impediments
Make continuous improvement practical.
Use empiricism, feedback and reflection to help teams inspect how they’re working, learn from experience and make meaningful improvements
06 - Learn & Improve
THE EXPERIENCE
Two Days. Built Around Participation.
This isn’t two days of listening to slides. The Scrum Master Launchpad combines focused learning with discussion, exercises, simulations and practical situations designed to help you connect Scrum theory with the realities of the role.
DAY 1 - UNDERSTAND & EXPERIENCE
Build Your Scrum Foundation.
Explore how Scrum works as a system and what the Scrum Master accountability means in practice.
Focus areas
Scrum theory & empiricism
Scrum Values
Accountabilities
Events & artifacts
Self-managing teams
Scrum Master accountability
Practical scenarios & exercises
DAY 2 - ENABLE & IMPROVE
Develop Your Scrum Master Capability.
Move beyond the framework and explore how Scrum Masters help teams navigate challenges, learn and continuously improve.
Focus areas
Facilitation
Coaching fundamentals
Team effectiveness
Impediments & challenges
Continuous improvement
Real-world Scrum situations
PSM I preparation
Learn it. Experience it. Practice it. Apply it.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Everything You Need to Launch With Confidence.
Your Scrum Master Launchpad combines live learning, practical application and focused assessment preparation in one interactive two-day experience.
01 - Live Instructor-Led Training
Two interactive days with space for questions, discussion and exploration.
02 - Practical Exercises & Simulations
Apply Scrum concepts through activities, scenarios and realistic team situations.
03 - Facilitation & Coaching Practice
Develop foundational techniques you can start using with teams and individuals.
04 - PSM I Preparation
Strengthen your Scrum knowledge and prepare for the Professional Scrum Master™ I assessment.
05 - Learning Resources
Take away supporting materials and resources to continue learning after the training.
06 - Certificate of Completion
Receive an Agile Rockets Certificate of Completion after participating in the Launchpad.
UPCOMING TRAINING
Join the Next Scrum Master Launchpad.
Ready to develop your Scrum Master capability?
Choose an upcoming live online session and take the next step in your role development.
Can’t find a suitable date?
Training several people?
CERTIFICATION & ASSESSMENT
Prepare for PSM I. Develop Beyond It.
The Scrum Master Launchpad helps you prepare for the Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) assessment while building practical skills you can use with real Scrum Teams.
Certification is an important milestone, but the goal of the Launchpad is bigger: helping you develop the understanding and confidence to perform effectively in the Scrum Master role.
Prepare for the assessment.
Develop for the role.
WHY THIS LAUNCHPAD
Built for the Role. Not Just the Assessment.
The Scrum Master Launchpad is designed around a simple idea: understanding Scrum matters, but becoming effective in the role requires practice, reflection and the confidence to work with real people and real challenges.
Turn Knowledge Into Action.
Work with realistic situations, exercises and challenges that connect Scrum concepts to the everyday reality of the Scrum Master role.
01 - Practical
Connect Theory With Reality.
Benefit from hands-on experience working with Agile teams and organisations, including the situations where Scrum isn’t as straightforward as the textbook suggests.
02 - Interactive
Learn by Participating.
Discuss, practise, reflect and learn with others rather than spending two days passively listening to presentations.
03 - Experience-Based
Make Space for Your Questions.
A focused learning environment creates room for discussion, individual questions and the situations that matter to you.
04 - Small Groups
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Questions Before You Join?
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No. The Scrum Master Launchpad is designed to build a strong Scrum foundation while developing practical skills for the role. Some familiarity with Agile or Scrum can be helpful, but prior Scrum Master experience isn’t required.
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Yes. It’s particularly suitable for aspiring and new Scrum Masters who want to understand Scrum while developing practical confidence for the role.
If you’re already an experienced Scrum Master, our continued-development formats may be a better fit.
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Yes. Preparation for the Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) assessment is integrated into the Launchpad.
However, the program goes beyond assessment preparation by focusing on practical Scrum Master capability and real-world application.
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No. The PSM I assessment is provided by Scrum.org and purchased separately.
You’ll receive preparation and guidance as part of the Launchpad, plus an Agile Rockets Certificate of Completion after the training.
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No. Agile Rockets is an independent training provider, and the Scrum Master Launchpad is an independently developed program.
This allows the program to combine Scrum and PSM I preparation with our broader focus on practical role development.
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Your development doesn’t have to stop after the training or assessment.
You can continue developing through Practice Labs, Skill Workshops and 1:1 Mentoring, depending on your experience and development goals.
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Yes. The Scrum Master Launchpad can also be delivered as private training for organisations and adapted to your team’s context.
It can also be combined with coaching and continued capability development.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Ready to Launch Your Scrum Master Development?
Build your Scrum foundation, develop practical capability and prepare for PSM I in an interactive program designed for the realities of the Scrum Master role.
LEARN → LAUNCH → GROW
Start with the foundations. Launch into the role. Keep developing through practice and experience.
Not ready for live training yet?
Start Your Scrum Master Journey
Register your interest to get a tailored recommendation for your specific needs. We can also send you course dates, pricing, and early access to upcoming training cohorts. Take the next step toward becoming a confident Scrum Master who can lead teams effectively in agile environments.
