Welcome to Wisecrum Associates!

While we are very confident of our ability to give great Agile advice, training, and coaching, we will never presume to know everything.  Our Associates have been mentored by many of the best Agilists in the business – and we don’t stop there.  We are dedicated to a lifetime of learning from others – their successes, their experiments, and their mistakes.

The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)® is by far our most popular course. The CSM® is the gold-standard of certifications for Scrum Masters world-wide, backed by the Scrum Alliance®.

The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)® is recommended to ALL Product Owners who would like to truly begin to understand their role in an organization embracing Scrum. For most Product Owners, this is an eye-opening experience.

The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)® course is intended for ScrumMasters who are serious about making the role their mission. We dive deep into the techniques great Scrum Masters use to understand their teams, organizations, and how people interact.

The Certified Scrum Professional – ScrumMaster (CSP-SM)® is the highest certification that ScrumMasters can achieve. This is only achievable with several years of experience as a ScrumMaster and many hours of training from other Scrum professionals. Successful CSP-SM candidates often find a great deal of value in having a mentor help them understand many of the deeper subjects that make great ScrumMasters.

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Tammy Rollins

Rick was a fantastic instructor! The two-day Scrum Master certification course flew by. Rick’s instruction style was incredibly effective as he used an optimal balance of different formats to teach the materials while keeping the class members engaged throughout. I would strongly recommend him to anyone interested in taking their Scrum Master Certification course.material. Rick went above and beyond in making sure everyone understood the course. Definitely a great instructor and recommend to anyone.

Neel Bhatt

Rick is an seasoned trainer. I thoroughly enjoyed the CSM course and passed successfully on the first try.

Neel Bhatt

Associate Director, Clinical Project Management, Oncology, IQVIA Canada

Kishore Marujolla

Rick was phenomenal with his training style. He has a wonderfully structured approach to help us understand the concept. I really enjoyed being in his class and learned a lot. Thank you, Rick!

Kishore Marujolla

SAP HCM Expert | Project Management | Scrum Master | Scrum Product Owner

Melissa Anderson

I had the pleasure of attending Rick’s Certified Scrum Master training a few months ago. I really enjoyed the open discussions Rick encouraged during the two days and found the way he covered the topics kept me very engaged. He made sure we would be set up for success to pass the CSM test and just as he said I easily passed the test on my first attempt. I would encourage anyone looking to gain CSM to attend one of Rick’s trainings, it is money well spent.

Melissa Anderson

Technology Manager & CSM

Taher Deriye

Rick is very knowledgeable when it comes to Scrum. He knows how to translate complex Scrum concepts in to easy and understandable English. I highly recommend taking his Scrum Master class.

Taher Deriye

Senior Scrum Master, Asurion

Rose Thoeni

Rick was an amazing teacher and his teaching style made it so easy to understand content. I hope to be lucky enough to have Rick as my instructor again. I 100% recommend Rick.

Rose Thoeni

Incident Problem and Change Manager, Vistual Service Operations

Carter Wintz

Rick Waters CSM certification course was amazing and that’s an understatement. I came in with 0 knowledge of Scrum or Agile principles and left feeling like an expert and could confidently talk about the subject. He made the class engaging by using many different styles of learning. Some lecture, mostly hands on, communicating with different people, it had a mix of everything which is what made it so beneficial to me. I would recommend this class to anyone because Rick is truly an amazing teacher and leads a great course.

Carter Wintz

Student, Michigan University

Shoaib Suleman

I attended Rick’s CSM certification course. The course was very engaging and given real-life examples from his experience. I have a lot of misconceptions about the scrum fundamentals and agile concepts that were cleared by Rick during the course. For me, it was a very good learning experience. Since attending and completing the course certification, I started attending the Scrum retro’s in my company as well, which is an amazing experience. Some of the exercises in the course were quite hand’s on and team-oriented and help me understand the lectures very well. Rick is a good teacher, I would highly recommend this course to anyone.

Shoaib Suleman

Support Team Lead, IMX Software

Michael J. Duncan

I had the pleasure of taking my CSM training course under Rick. I highly recommend him for this course. He has a wealth of knowledge and training with teaching this course. His teaching methods are very clear and easy to understand. I passed my Cert on the first attempt with missing only 2 questions.

Michael J. Duncan

ERP Application Analyst | CSPO | CSM | PSM

Dwan Tabor

It is with honor that I write this recommendation for Rick. Being a student is his Certified Scrum Master class was an incredible learning experience because through Rick’s thorough guidance and coaching, I left the course with a richer understanding of Scrum, how to apply the principles in my job role, and how/when to collaborate with the existing Scum masters at my company.

Aside from being a Scrum trainer, Rick is someone who believes in the effectiveness of the proper application of Scrum values and principles and his authenticity was much appreciated. He’s also brilliant, funny, punctual, willing to answer all questions, and he made sure that we were all ready for the exam.

Rick is the best and I highly recommend enrolling into his course if you are looking to become a Certified Scrum Master!

Dwan Tabor

Director of Learning & Development, Aspida