This role often sparks numerous inquiries and attracts significant interest from job seekers and professionals alike. These inquiries range from transitioning into this role, transitioning out of it, and exploring career progression within it. Queries on broad basis can be categorized into following two types- depending upon whether one wants to become SM or he/she is already playing the role of SM.
a. If he is Developer or QA , he wants to become Scrum Master for reasons like better Work Life Balance or if he/she thinks doesn’t enjoy development or testing or are simply passionate about this role (grass is greener at the other side) or quickly want to take some kind of management work.
b. Employees who is working as Scrum Master but are confused about career progression. They are frustrated seeing his peers hoping companies easily and with higher salary package.
This article and the career progression map would shed some light on what are the possibilities for those who wants to become Scrum Master or those who are already a Scrum Master and wants to get clarity on the career progression.
Some of the popular certifications that can boost your chances to jump the career ladder are:
Lead Scrum Master
- Professional Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Agile Coach
- ICP-ACC
Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification
Program Manager
- PgMP (Program Management Professional) – Offered by PMI
- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Project Manager
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
Delivery Manager
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- SAFe Agilist (SA) – Provides understanding of Agile principles at scale
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Stay curious, keep learning, and trust that your journey as a Scrum Master is a stepping stone to even greater heights in your career and personal development.
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