However, the thought of a strongly central model that creates a “good ol’boys club” or something similar troubles me. As a CST I love the Scrum Alliance and what it is trying to do. As a community member I have my eye on it because of all the money and “big wheels” that are now looking to get in on something. It used to be a group of trainers that banded together to say something strongly with one voice. The trainer voice is still there and strong.

Our broader community: there is very little cohesive focused thought that is being generated in other parts of the community. Mostly just isolated blog voices (thought leaders like your voice Cory) hopefully we will continue to find better ways to represent and participate in building better teams that make better products. The ideas for agile software development have been around for 40 years to forever depending on how you dice the philosophy. Despite the efforts of the past we continue to see large amounts of horrible practice. From my view the Scrum Alliance community has improved focus on practices that work and shifted things for the better. It remains my hope the CSD will do the same.

In my class I tell folks…..
2 days for Certified ScrumMaster
2 years to life for Mastery of Scrum (agile or whatever)
Take your time it is deceptively simple, all good practices are

I believe the CSD program is a good thing and has the right focus for now. I am not sure where the CSD program will wobble through time so it needs to be watched.