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About the certification
What is the Professional Scrum Master I Certification
The Professional Scrum Master I certification, issued by Scrum.org, validates a professional's deep understanding of the Scrum framework as described in the official Scrum Guide. Unlike some other agile credentials, this certification requires passing a rigorous assessment that tests the practical application of Scrum theory, leadership principles, and team facilitation. It serves as a benchmark for companies seeking to implement empirical process control and agile practices in their development cycles.
Core Agile Competencies and Practical Skills
- Application of Scrum theory and empirical process control to real-world development challenges.
- Facilitating Scrum events including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coaching cross-functional, self-managing development teams to maximize productivity and product quality.
- Supporting product owners in optimizing product backlog management and release planning.
- Identifying and removing organizational obstacles to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Why Hire a Certified Scrum Master in Germany
In the German business environment, where structural precision and clear processes are highly valued, certified agile professionals bridge the gap between traditional project governance and agile flexibility. Freelance Scrum Masters in Germany help teams navigate complex digital transformation projects while aligning with local quality standards. They bring structured agility to automotive, financial, and technology sectors, facilitating smooth collaboration between local stakeholders and distributed international teams.
Typical Projects Requiring PSM I Expertise
Organizations seek certified agile leaders when transitioning from waterfall methodologies to iterative delivery models. A qualified professional is essential during critical software product launches, large-scale systems integration, or when building high-performing, cross-functional product development teams. Their expertise ensures that sprint goals are aligned with broader business objectives, team velocity remains consistent, and potential bottlenecks are resolved before they disrupt delivery timelines.
Meet FRATCH Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) Experts
Marco Steidel
IT Interim Manager | Interim CIO | Transformation Lead | IT Project Manager & Program Manager | Digital Advisory Board Member
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & Digitalization Consultant at paarprojekt GmbH
- Project management and consulting services with a focus on IT interim management: digitalization of business management including processes and applications
- Assessment of the entire IT infrastructure including applications, core processes, and contracts, including cost optimization
- Evaluation and implementation of solutions to advance digitalization in the company in the areas of: property management, CRM, invoice review and approval processes, smart metering, DMS, time tracking
- Digitization of filing cabinets and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as central document and communication platforms
- Design and delivery of an AI workshop including rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
- Creation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions
Chris Wolf
IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | STRATEGY CONSULTING
Last position:
Senior Strategy Advisor, Transformation Lead – program realignment with target picture, governance, and priority steering at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | S-Communication Services
In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.
Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.
Designed program realignment and project portfolio management
Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects
Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities
Established governance and regular meetings
Worked out operating model for flagship projects
Assessed AI and automation ideas
Clarified roles and responsibilities
Implemented change measures
Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops
Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model
Increased transparency and decision-making ability
Strengthened commitment in steering
Sharpened the operating model structurally
Integrated three top-5 institutes
Involved over 80% of stakeholders
Governance
Portfolio steering (PPM)
Change management
Artificial intelligence
Workflow automation
AI use case assessment
Confluence
Jira
Stakeholder management
Felix Bauchspiess
Program, Portfolio & Transformation Management
Last position:
Digital Consultant and Solution Manager at Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Introduction of a new digital product in the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.
Point of contact and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams, and international stakeholders.
Management of the full program management effort to coordinate complex digital projects.
Successful launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).
Balancing local requirements with global priorities while taking tax and regulatory conditions into account.
Introduction of a new way of working to improve cross-site collaboration and steering.
Development and implementation of a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.
Used Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, Agile work, SAFe.
Project language: English.
Sebastian Zwiesler
Project Manager & Business Consultant AI & CX
Last position:
CRM Consultant at Adevinta / kleinanzeigen.de
- Goal: Development and optimization of loyalty and CRM measures for a leading e-commerce platform
- Solution: Identification of promising users, increase in engagement, and long-term retention to drive revenue growth
- Definition of local CRM direct communication for specific segments
- Translation of research insights into actionable recommendations
- Planning and implementation of CRM campaigns in close collaboration with marketing and product teams
- Identification of optimization potential in direct communication
- Collaboration with external agencies on creative solutions, prototyping, and UAT
- Measurement and reporting of key KPIs
Khalid El Mansouri
Lead Architect & Developer
Last position:
Lead Architect & Developer at kem-consulting
Development of an agent-based governance platform for the automated assurance of EU AI Act compliance and ODA-compliant orchestration of AI services in complex enterprise environments.
Design and implementation of an agent-based "Mission Control" framework (Aletheia Conductor) for autonomous state monitoring and process control.
Development of "Compliance-as-Code" (CaC) solutions based on OPA/Rego to enforce regulatory guardrails across the system.
Integration of TM Forum ODA standards (TMF630, TMF622, TMF642) to ensure interoperability and standardization.
Setup of a highly available event-driven architecture using Redpanda and CloudEvents v1.0 for near real-time event processing.
Implementation of an audit-proof "Evidence Chain" through cryptographic linking of trace logs to prepare automated audits.
Tech Stack: Java 21 (Quarkus Native), TypeScript (Next.js), Redpanda (Kafka API), CloudEvents v1.0, OPA (Open Policy Agent) & Rego, TimescaleDB, ZincSearch, Redis, TM Forum ODA, Git, GitHub, Clean Code Development, Like-C4.
Thomas Müller
Requirements Engineer (SPC) - ONE.CRM VW Salesforce Solution
Last position:
Requirements Engineer (SPC) - ONE.CRM VW Salesforce Solution at CARIAD SE / Diconium Strategy GmbH
- Rework demand, development and operational organizational set up for the Solution Train
- Rework requirement refinement process flow from strategic theme to user story
- Introduction of visualization tools (Canvas) of work dependencies over different requirement levels and Solution Train leadership coaching
Wolfgang Orgler
Business Analyst
Last position:
Business Analyst at Österreichische Post AG
IT systems: Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Opal/Repost, JustinMind, Monday, SAP
Analysis of requirements for branch software
Coordination of intercultural teams
Partly agile project organization
Master data management / DMS
UI/UX design and mockup creation
Requirements documentation
Digitalization of signatures
Stakeholder management and workshop facilitation
Billing/bank transfer
Business analysis / requirements engineering
Peter Fleischer
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation
Last position:
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry
Integration of highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.
Technical contact for integrating special requirements for the executive board and German subsidiaries that are subject to BaFin compliance requirements.
Subproject management.
Coordination of requirements within the overall architecture.
Design of the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.
Design of special access restrictions via Entra ID Conditional Access.
Support in designing the provisioning of Teams teams and SharePoint sites with higher compliance requirements.
Technical support for implementing information classification with sensitivity labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.
Technical support for the subproject introducing CoPilot for M365.
Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra ID, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.
Christian Hildebrandt
Senior Business Consultant, Crisis and Turnaround Manager Marketing and Technology
Last position:
Senior Business Consultant CTV Sales - Livestreaming at Under NDA
- Strategic consulting for the implementation of a CTV sales concept in the livestreaming area - sports
- Consulting and support in selecting sales partners
- Strategic consulting and screening of ad technologies, their integration, and delivery of an integrated business workflow
- Stakeholder management and management support
- Pricing, cost and benefit analyses
- Sub-project leadership for external and internal stakeholders and teams
Christian Florschütz
Interim Manager Customer Service, AI, ESG | Expert for Customer Satisfaction, Revenue and Sustainability
Last position:
Freelance Interim Manager, Head of Operations & Service at DK Household Brands
- Stabilization of customer service, logistics and order processing during a transformation phase
- Management of the international warehouse relocation from Switzerland to Germany
- Optimization of processes and reduction of manual steps in day-to-day operations
- Coordination of international stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of strategic projects
Firas Jradi
IT Governance & IT Compliance Expert
Last position:
Interim Management Group Head of IT Governance & IAM at French-German Private Bank
- Head of the group-wide, international, and cross-functional IT Governance & IAM department within the central IT division of a large French-German private banking group. Disciplinary management of around 30 employees at five different locations within the group (Frankfurt, Paris, Tunis, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf). Head of IT committees and key role in direct communication with management, the supervisory board, external stakeholders, and regulators.
- Definition and establishment of a state-of-the-art IT strategy process and related IT governance structures for the group's IT department with more than 600 employees (testified by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and the ACPR) and successful process run.
- Establishment of a new future-oriented process framework for IT and necessary governance structures (process squads) for the continuous improvement of IT processes with regard to new regulatory requirements (including DORA, EU AI Act, etc.).
- Establishment of stringent processes to close a historical backlog of findings (> 100 IT findings, 40 overdue findings in 2022) from internal and external auditors (WP, ACPR, BaFin). Successful reduction of stock of overdue findings to 0 at the end of 2025.
- Supporting more than 20 IT audits per year and establishment of regulatory monitoring processes. Introduction of ServiceNow to revolutionize regulatory change and IT compliance processes with advanced AI functionalities.
- Realignment of IT control processes in conjunction with the newly established ICT risk function under DORA and the three lines of defense concept using the TopEase GRC solution.
- Reduction of the application landscape, by systematically analysing the purpose with application and business owners, identifying duplicates while implementing a One-Tool Strategy throughout the group. Successful reduction of one third of the application landscape within the CMDB.
- Onboarding of all group applications into One Identity's group-wide IAM solution, as well as operation and further development of the solution in connection with segregation of duties (SoD), role-based access management (RBAC), etc.
Bruno Petrovic
Independent Consultant for Digital Products & Processes
Last position:
Product Owner
Concept and implementation of a unified-commerce platform for SMEs for selling and building multi-product bundles
Successes: On-time concept, delivery, and customer acceptance of a 100% functional, CPQ-based buy flow process for configuring and selling multi-product bundles within the given 90-day time frame. Successfully tested integration of various interface services for the following areas: customer search, customer data enrichment, address validation, service qualification, phone number validation, credit check, appointment selection, and quote-to-order transition.
Responsibilities:
- Strategic target delivery: deriving and implementing strategic customer goals (e.g. release content, business value).
- Backlog management: creating and refining backlog items (initiatives, epics, user stories, defects) in close coordination with the project team and customer.
- Prioritization & releases: responsibility for prioritizing the product backlog and delivering defined release goals.
- Deliverable tracking: tracking work results on both the supplier and customer side.
- Roadmap & release planning: developing and implementing roadmaps and release plans together with the customer.
- Scope responsibility: responsibility for the contractually agreed scope of services.
- Claim management: active claim and change management toward the customer.
- Team coordination: steering and coordinating the development team.
- Using synergies: making use of synergies between customer projects and product development.
- Offer preparation: preparing offers (with supervision) and presenting them on site to customers and partners.
Skills: development, communication, and implementation of product visions; product backlog management; stakeholder management; regular reporting to management and steering committees; requirements analysis & engineering; planning and documenting workshops; functional leadership and coordination of (distributed) project teams and external service providers; epic management; user story specifications; creating use cases, support with software tests and user acceptance testing (UAT); release management and sprint planning; design of target processes; process optimization; planning, concept, and specification of interfaces to existing and new systems; identification, assessment, and steering of project risks; active claim and change management; facilitation of sprint planning and reviews; data migration; Scrum; Kanban; REST API; JSON; XML; BPMN; UML; Jira; Confluence
Arne Zühlke
Managing Director and Shareholder
Last position:
Managing Director and Shareholder at ARNESS GmbH & Co. KG
- Founded the company as a full-service consulting firm focused on purchasing and supply chain
- Commercial management of the company
- Digitalization and automation of work steps to reduce process costs
- Project management for optimization projects
- Connecting German companies with manufacturers abroad to achieve shorter delivery times and lower procurement costs at the same time
- Organizing B2B meetings between international companies
- Research on procurement markets (BestCostCountry) for the production of complex welded assemblies
- Taking on interim management assignments
David Schindler
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager with an AI focus. Strategy, content and execution all from one source.
Last position:
Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant at NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
- Managed marketing, content and communications projects with six-figure budgets for a regional telecommunications and IT service provider
- Developed and managed content and video formats from concept to production, including shoot planning
- Led and coordinated social media managers, creative teams as well as external agencies and service providers
- Conceptualized, developed and optimized campaign landing pages throughout the entire lifecycle
- Managed collaboration between departments, management and external partners
- Ensured consistent brand communication as well as timely and high-quality delivery of all projects
Artur Schmalz
Marketing Leader & Transformation
Last position:
Marketing Consultant // Strategy & Campaigning at Stadtwerke Lübeck
- Marketing consulting for the business units EDL@Home and Commodity (electricity & gas)
- Development and implementation of the marketing/sales strategy in close coordination with the department head
- Definition and expansion of key channels (web, app, portal, social, paid, sales partners)
- Goal, annual, and budget planning for the EDL@Home business unit
- Leading and running team workshops to define goals & develop campaigns
- Campaign/content planning for different target groups
- Concept and implementation of the regional multi-channel sales campaign incl. A/B testing
- Optimization of the customer experience across all channels
- Technical support/advice for the product teams during iterative implementation
- Building and managing a campaign dashboard to measure success
- Managing external agencies and internal teams
- Regular results presentations and reporting to department leadership
- Active stakeholder management
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Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) Experts statistics
Typical experience
102 years
Average project duration
5.1 years
Certifications per freelancer
6
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Most common languages
German, English, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
61%
Doctorate
9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Want to learn more? Find helpful information about FRATCH
A professional holding the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) credential has proven a solid foundation in Scrum theory and its practical application. It shows they understand how to foster team self-management and apply empirical solutions to complex problems. This certification indicates the holder can act as an effective servant leader for development teams and product owners alike.
While both focus on Scrum principles, the PSM I from Scrum.org requires passing a rigorous, highly respected exam without mandatory course attendance, proving independent mastery of the subject matter. In contrast, the Certified Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance typically requires mandatory training before taking the test. Many companies value Scrum.org credentials for their strict testing standards and focus on the official Scrum Guide.
For a PSM I professional working in Germany, bilingual capability is highly advantageous. While many technology startups and international corporations operate entirely in English, medium-sized enterprises often require German language proficiency to facilitate collaboration with all internal departments. A successful freelance Scrum Master should adapt their communication style to the specific corporate culture of the local client.
The Professional Scrum Master I is designed for agile coaches, project managers, and team leads who are responsible for implementing Scrum within their organizations. It is also highly beneficial for developers and product owners who want to deepen their understanding of how a scrum team operates. This foundational knowledge ensures all key stakeholders speak the same agile language.
No, the PSM I certification does not expire and does not require any renewal fees or continuing education credits. Once a professional passes the assessment, their certification remains valid for life, reflecting their permanent understanding of the Scrum framework. This makes it a highly sustainable credential for dedicated agile practitioners.
While remote collaboration has become common, many organizations in Germany prefer a hybrid model. Having a PSM I certified expert occasionally on-site, especially in cities like Munich, Berlin, or Frankfurt, helps build stronger team cohesion during initial planning phases. However, experienced agile coaches are fully capable of facilitating all Scrum events in a purely virtual environment.
The PSM I focuses on the foundational principles of Scrum, which are essential before attempting to scale framework practices across multiple teams. Understanding core values, team structures, and empirical feedback loops prevents common scaling mistakes. Professionals aiming for larger setups often build on this foundation before pursuing advanced scaling certifications.
While historically rooted in software development, the agile framework has expanded rapidly across traditional German sectors. Freelance PSM I professionals are in high demand across the automotive, manufacturing, logistics, and financial services industries as these sectors undergo digital transformation. Their expertise helps legacy organizations shift toward iterative product delivery and faster market feedback.
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