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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Neil Aboshamaa

Recently took a scrum course from Rick, he kept the class interesting and informative. The activities he planned along with his knowledge and experience made it an enjoyable time. I took the exam immediately following the course and got a 100%.

Neil Aboshamaa

Principal Strategic TAM, iCIMS

Jordan Stowe

Rick is an excellent Agile instructor! The hours spent with him are easily digestible and Rick is great at making his curriculum engaging and effective. Not only does he create a solid foundation for you to build off of, he integrates his real world practices into the class so that practical application is easy to understand. I cannot recommend his courses enough as I will look for him when I take my next certification!

Jordan Stowe

Co-Founder at Lloft | Project Manager at HealthVerity | Certified ScrumMaster

Chris Evans

In August 2021, I took a CSM course taught by Rick. It definitely exceeded my expectations! Rick is very driven and works to tailor the course to each student combining an engaging teaching style with substantive experience. His passion for Agile comes out in how he shares each principle, story and historical artifact. Beyond that, its relevance has assisted me in my day-to-day in better supporting my team of software developers within a Scrum environment. I highly recommend his CSM course! It’s more than worth the price of admission!

Chris Evans

Software Engineering | Technical Director | Change Management Specialist

Stacey Crowe

Rick was such an amazing teacher, he elaborated on each term that was explained. He communicated very well and was very clear in delivering the material. Rick went above and beyond in making sure everyone understood the course. Definitely a great instructor and recommend to anyone.

Stacey Crowe

Scrum Master

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

Harish Ramakrishna

Rick is an Excellent Scrum Trainer and I am Immensely benefitted by the Training/Coaching given by Rick on the 2 day workshop. It was a very Informative and creative training sessions. Also, Rick helped all of us to put our own thinking hats and made us come up with lots of Ideas. It was a great pleasure and very good experience Interacting and working with him. I would highly recommend Rick for his Experience as a Certified Scrum Trainer. Thank you Rick !

Harish Ramakrishna

Technical Scrum Master, Fidelity Investments

Matthew Harris

I had the pleasure of taking a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course with Rick. His training session was the best I have ever attended. Rick brings years of industry experience along with a passion for teaching/training. These items yielded a classroom experience like no other. This was much more than just a training, but also a great opportunity to ask real world questions to someone who had the experience to address. I plan to continue my certification path and will be attending future sessions with Rick. I would highly recommend him for anyone looking for an engaged trainer who is truly passionate about what he does (and it shows).

Matthew Harris

Project Manager II - Analytics, Jenzabar

Anton Peterson

Rick Waters is an excellent instructor, being able to articulate his knowledge and experience in a way that is easy to grasp. He is personable, which makes asking questions (either simple or complex) less daunting.

Anton Peterson

Full Stack Software Engineer

Jamal Ansari

I had a great time taking Rick’s Certified Scrum Master course this past summer. Rick’s teaching style was insightful and you can tell he is an expert with the content. There was a good balance of teaching the methodology and relating this to real world practice.
The course material was engaging and made for a nice collaborative environment to partner with our peers through.
I would highly recommend taking any courses Rick offers to better understand the ways of the Agile world.

Jamal Ansari

Scrum Master

Melody Berrios

I had an amazing life-changing experience of taking Rick Waters’ Certified Scrum Master course. The transparency of the outline of the class was very helpful and it helped guide me to be prepared for the course. Rick executed his Agile Scrum expertise in a professional, knowledgeable manner while keeping my fellow classmates engaged and encouraged. I was able to obtain my CSM due to the knowledge that I obtained in the CSM course. Rick Waters is an excellent instructor and leader in the Agile Scrum Industry.

I totally recommend Rick Waters as your instructor if you are ready to accelerate your career growth. The knowledge, tools, and transparency that Rick’s courses provide equip you with the rapid and continuous growth within today’s market.

Melody Berrios

Project Coordinator, CSM

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are only offering Live Online classes and coaching. To make this possible, we use Zoom for video tele-communication and Mural for interactive collaboration.

When this crisis is over, we hope to return to providing excellent training and coaching services in in-person, face-to-face engagements, just like before.

Thank you for understanding.

 

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