Scrum Master Workshops

Every Scrum Master’s context is different. Some are new to the role, some are stuck in team facilitation, and others are working to influence leaders and organizational change. That’s why StandoutBrains Scrum Master Workshops are designed as customizable modules—so learning meets your reality.

Instead of a single generic workshop, we offer a menu of deep-dive workshops that can be delivered independently or combined into a growth journey.

🔹 1. Foundations for New Scrum Masters

  • Role clarity: servant leadership, 8 stances of a Scrum Master.
  • Mastering Scrum events with practice simulations.
  • Building trust and psychological safety in new teams.
  • Best for: New or <1 year experience Scrum Masters.

🔹 2. Facilitation Mastery Workshop

  • Designing and leading engaging retrospectives, planning, and workshops.
  • Liberating Structures & decision-making frameworks.
  • Handling conflict, dominant voices, and disengagement.
  • Best for: Scrum Masters struggling with team engagement.

🔹 3. Metrics & Evidence-Based Scrum

  • Beyond velocity: cycle time, lead time, throughput, business value.
  • Using flow metrics for forecasting and improvement.
  • Creating transparency with leadership through meaningful metrics.
  • Best for: Mid-level Scrum Masters needing data-driven influence.

🔹 4. Organizational Coaching Workshop

  • Identifying systemic impediments.
  • Influencing leaders and stakeholders without authority.
  • Building improvement coalitions across teams.
  • Best for: Experienced Scrum Masters expanding influence.

🔹 5. Engineering & Delivery Alignment

  • Scrum Master’s role in DevOps, CI/CD, quality, and technical debt.
  • Facilitating cross-functional conversations (POs, devs, testers, architects).
  • Supporting end-to-end value delivery, not just sprint output.
  • Best for: Scrum Masters in technically complex environments.

🔹 6. Advanced Scrum Mastery

  • Coaching stance: powerful questions, active listening, system thinking.
  • Scaling Scrum: multi-team facilitation, dependencies, PI planning.
  • Personal growth: roadmap toward Agile Coach / leadership roles.
  • Best for: Senior Scrum Masters seeking career progression.

Depending on chosen modules, participants will:

  1. Gain role clarity at their stage of Scrum Mastery.
  2. Facilitate effectively for better collaboration and decisions.
  3. Coach teams toward self-management and continuous improvement.
  4. Use evidence-based metrics to drive real conversations with leaders.
  5. Influence beyond the team—removing organizational impediments.
  6. Bridge business and engineering for smoother value delivery.
  7. Handle complex contexts like scaling, distributed teams, or resistance.
  8. Build a growth roadmap aligned to career aspirations.