Scrum Master, Level 1
- Date: 15 June - 16 June 2026
- Duration: 2 Days
- Location: Karl der Grosse, Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
- Language: German (unless everybody prefers English)
- Price: CHF 1'890 (Early Bird: CHF 1'790)
"Stop the cargo-cult, start understanding"
Become an Effective Scrum Master
A 2-day immersive course focused on mastering Scrum facilitation, servant leadership, and team dynamics. Learn to guide agile teams through ceremonies, remove impediments, and foster continuous improvement. This is not the classic Scrum Master course. We won’t learn the Scrum Guide by heart but rather work through all the elements of Scrum and critically ask ourselves - what is each and every one of them for and what could potentially happen, if we ignore one or more of them.
Certification & Learning Bundle
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive the Scrum Master Level 1 certification from the Agile Academy. This globally recognized life-long credential validates your understanding of Scrum and your ability to serve as an effective Scrum Master.
Benefits:
- Certification exam after the training (30 questions, unlimited retakes)
- Official Agile Academy certification included in course fee (lifetime validity, no renewals, no hidden fees)
- Digital certificate and badge upon passing
- Scrum Master Level 1 E-Learning (lifetime access; valued at CHF 230,-)
- Any other Agile Academy self-paced E-Learning (one year membership; valued at CHF 230,-)
- Agile Academy Community membership (lifetime access)
- AI Agile Coach (one year membership)
We believe this bundle is extremely valuable and recommend to take the full package. However, participants can also opt out (please notify us when signing up if you want to do this). The price is then reduced by CHF 300,-.
What You’ll Learn
Day 1: Agile and Scrum Foundation
- Deep dive into what agility brings to the table
- Complicatedness vs. Complexity
- Pull vs. Push and other Lean and agile concepts
- Deep dive into the Scrum framework as a whole
- The three Scrum accountabilities/roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Developer)
- The five Scrum events (Daily, Planning, Review, Retrospective, Sprint)
- The three Scrum artefacts (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment)
Day 2: Advanced Facilitation & Coaching
- Understanding the Scrum Master role
- Servant leadership principles
- Facilitating effective Scrum events
- Building trust within the team
- Coaching techniques for agile teams
- Handling conflict and team dynamics
- Working with Product Owners and stakeholders
- Scaling Scrum in larger organizations
- Metrics and continuous improvement
Who Should Attend
- Aspiring Scrum Masters
- Current Scrum Masters looking to deepen their skills
- Team leads transitioning to agile
- Agile coaches
- Anyone involved in Scrum implementations
Key Takeaways
- Practical tools and techniques for facilitating Scrum events
- Strategies for coaching teams toward high performance
- Methods for identifying and removing impediments
- Approaches for fostering a culture of continuous improvement
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Scrum is helpful but not required. We’ll cover the fundamentals before diving into advanced topics.
Your Trainer
Klaus Bucka-Lassen is a veteran in Scrum Trainings. He has trained more than 20 times together with Jeff Sutherland, the father and co-creator of Scrum and gained an extremely deep understanding of how and why Scrum works. Something you will hardly get anywhere else in or near Switzerland. With a total of 200+ Scrum Master, Product Owner and Scrum@Scale trainings and more than 2000 students, Klaus is one of the most experienced trainers in Switzerland. He speaks fluently English and native Danish and German (and even Swiss-German). Klaus is really proud of his average rating of 4.82 out of 5 from the participants of his courses.
What Participants Say
"Best Scrum training I had."
"Solid methodology combined with the latest tools & technology delivered and explained hands-on and practicing in small groups of good colleagues gives you such a boost in agility every time. I really love it!"
"I don’t know what this agile thing is, but it's working. Keep doing it'"
"I learned more about leadership in this [Scrum@Scale] two-day course than in a recent five-day leadership course. Although there was value in both, what I learned with Klaus is more valuable and applicable."
"Greatest Teacher ever!"
"Rarely have I experienced such an informative and active course. Would gladly attend again!"
"Very effective knowledge transfer and extremely motivational style of training. Could have easily lasted longer than 2 days!"
"Grosses Kompliment! Ich bin selber Dozent und fand deine Scrum-Schulungen grossartig. Sehr lebendig, interaktiv, informativ. Gut gewählte Beispiele und Tools."
"Vielen vielen Dank für das tolle Training von vergangener Woche! Du hast die Inhalte sehr verständlich rüber gebracht und bist auf unsere Bedürfnisse super eingegangen. Ich war ja davor bereits bei [Konkurrent] im Training aber das war doch nochmals eine Spur abwechslungsreicher und du konntest auch noch einige Knöpfe lösen."
"Simple explanations, good exercises, excellent mix between theory/input and student engagement, visible passion for the topic and fun in instructing"
"Klaus ist phänomenal. Ich habe fast zeitgleich bei [Konkurrent] auch die Scrum Master Weiterbildung gemacht und der Unterschied ist riesig. Klaus konnte die Themen in einer Ruhe und sehr prägnanten Weise erklären. Die Beispiele waren top und man merkt Klaus die Erfahrung wirklich an. Weil er nicht nach Lehrbuch doziert sondern wirklich weiss, wo die Stolpersteine sind."
"I highly appreciate this vast knowledge of the agile methodology. His pragmatic view of things (instead of sticking exactly to the textbook description) helps me to find great practices in my team setup."