Scrum Master: What is it? Growing in popularity since its inception in 1986 when Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi first introduced the term in their Harvard Business Review article, Scrum is an agile project management framework that helps organizations and companies manage projects, raise team accountability, and lower project costs.

As a high school freshman, 14-year-old Rebecca had set her sights on two possible career paths. I either wanted to go into architecture, because I loved the design of spaces, or become a counselor/therapist. Those were the two areas I was most curious about.

By my junior-senior year (I graduated high school a year early so those two years were combined for me), I had narrowed those choices down to psychology. However, my interest in creating space had not faded and this led me to explore the possibility of industrial psychology.

One of the most powerful tools in any employee’s or organization’s toolbox is the skill of process mapping. Essentially, process mapping is taking ideas in your brain about how something should be done and putting them down on paper for others to see and follow.

On our path to getting stuff done, both professionally and personally, it can be difficult to determine where to start. Sure, we can visualize what the finish line looks like. We can even sketch out a comprehensive list of everything we think will need to happen to get there. But then…roadblock.

Are you thinking about becoming a certified Scrum Master?In terms of the scrum team, a scrum master acts as the coach and the team’s culture cheerleader. They help their team stay organized and work together more effectively.

Hey Agile friends! Can I let you in on a little secret? … You’re going to do GREAT on your SCRUMstudy Scrum Master (SMC®) or Product Owner (SPOC®) Certified exam. That’s right. You are! How do I know this? Because you have what you need to pass. All the information is right there!

Tests are nerve-wracking. There…I said it. Especially if you’ve been out of school, and the whole “test-taking game” for a while. But there’s a pretty simple road to success when it comes to your SMC® or SPOC® exam. Let’s chat about it, shall we?