Train Together, Perform Better

Teams who have done Scrum training together perform better than those who haven't. It creates a shared language and shared expectations. When everyone understands not just what Scrum is, but why it works, they understand how to work together more effectively. Afterall, you are working together as a team for a reason. It's because a group of individuals is not as effective as a team of people working together. So, spending a little bit of time helping them learn to work together more effectively is worth it

Here are five reasons why Scrum training is worth the money.

1) Role Clarity

Whenever I see strife on a Scrum Team, it's almost always due to a lack of role clarity. Even when people are well-intentioned, if they don't understand their accountabilities, they can't help but step on each other's toes.

If the Product Owner is telling Developers how to do their work, it's an overstep—not to mention an ineffective use of time. If Developers try to dictate product strategy, they may unintentionally steer away from customer value and towards something more expedient, but less valuable. And if the Scrum Master becomes the team’s project manager instead of a servant-leader focused on effectiveness, well that's just annoying.

Training reinforces what each person should be doing, and how they contribute to the success of the team. You wouldn't expect a basketball team to perform well without practicing, and you shouldn't expect a Scrum to be a high performing group of people without training.

2) Shorter Events

When teams know what is expected of them and how to use Scrum events well, they spend less time in meetings.

The Daily Scrum alone—a focused 15-minute inspection and adaptation opportunity—can prevent small problems from becoming big ones. When teams understand its purpose, it becomes a quick synchronization event rather than a status meeting.

Sprint Planning becomes sharper. Sprint Reviews become meaningful. Retrospectives become tools for continuous improvement. Training helps teams avoid the common anti-patterns that waste time and energy.

3) Incremental Delivery

When teams deliver usable increments every Sprint, they reduce risk and learn faster.

Without training, teams may not understand the importance of getting usable product in the hands of the customer sooner. Scrum training emphasizes the importance of a Done Increment and how that contributes to the ability to faster learning. Teams that truly understand incremental delivery get feedback sooner, adapt more confidently, and avoid expensive late surprises.

4) Better Decision-Making

Scrum is built on empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. But those principles only work when teams understand how to apply them.

Training emphasizes using evidence instead of opinion. Instead of debating endlessly, run an experiment. Instead of defending assumptions, test them.This leads to faster, smarter decisions grounded in real feedback—not hierarchy or habit.

5) Psychological Safety and Trust

When a team trains together, they build more than knowledge—they build trust.

Learning together levels the playing field. Everyone hears the same message. Everyone understands the same framework. This reduces the “I thought Scrum meant…” conversations that create friction.

More importantly, training opens dialogue. It creates space for questions, shared reflection, and mutual understanding. That foundation strengthens psychological safety—making it easier to surface impediments, experiment with improvements, and have the tough conversations that high performance requires.

Scrum training isn’t (just) about certification or even "learning the rules". It’s about alignment. When teams train together, they don’t just learn Scrum—they learn how to work together. And that shared understanding is often the difference between a group that simply does the work and a team that truly performs.