Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler Scrum Certification Survey Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler How To Use These Slides I have provided these slides, and the raw data behind them, so that others can use them in their own work. You may reuse all, or a part of, this slide deck as long as you provide a clear reference to the source. The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s November 2010 Agile State of the Art Survey posted at Some slides have notes

Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler About the Survey Survey ran from Mid-October to Mid-November 2010 Survey link: –Sent out to several agile mailing lists, including the and –Posted a message on the Agile Alliance LinkedIn discussion forum –Linked to from pagewww.ambysoft.com/surveys/ –Tweeted about on twitter.com/scottwambler Data, summary, and slides downloadable from respondents Answers to the “what do you think about the CSM” are posted in full at

Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler Why did you attend the CSM course?

Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler How much do you promote the fact that you’re a CSM?

Copyright 2010 Scott W. Ambler 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