{"title": "ScrumDAO", "logoImg": "bafkreiggrv25722opcrwtwmn64gz5dhkhqnv7azbww5or4u6g2fwqkiqly", "website": "https://scrumdao.org", "bannerImg": "bafkreibf4zkleqss7ztswv4sydc7o47tc57fxavvywcanm2cl3j3ymox7i", "createdAt": 1681953411190, "userGithub": "", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..PfGUHh1jwUwM9pmEBOcVOLyYIiY_eNSiOBtBWDcH16lszuqmF-Yf21qwt9JZ5WDFUx-I6oLUDiNqPCBWq99dDg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-20T01:22:50.425Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-20T01:22:50.425Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-19T01:22:50.425Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xe19102cab66EFcFAFE78FcEA936322AC5215B7F6", "hash": "v0.0.0:oi7z6SOPwG1euOTVDU8DslXHSLBdZ0o/wxdH6Bh6850=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#Scrum_DAO"}}}, "description": "⁉️ Why?\n\n- Average salary of a Certified Scrum Master in the United States is around $98,000 per year (average in US - 2021)\n- While women are underrepresented in SCRUM master roles, they tend to make more than their male counterparts in the US (2021), meaning there is an opportunity for upward mobility (source)\n- Having different builders across in the Web3 space is difficult to coordinate, need for Web3 native PMs\n- Current PM programs lack knowledge of Web3 specific tools\n- Traditional industry wide accepted certifications are not utilized for token gating DAOs\n- To renew certification, Scrum Masters need to donate their time to nonprofits\n- Their is no Web3 program that gives traditional industry certs on chain\n- Lack of Web3 scrum community to connect and support each other\n\n\n🏃‍♀️ About SCRUM DAO ->\n\nSCRUM DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that was recently formed to train and certify the next generation of SCRUM masters and professionals. The DAO will operate using Agile SCRUM methodology, leading project management tools, and leverage Web3 technology via a project based approach to learning. The long-term goal of the DAO is to place certified SCRUM masters into high paying roles for decentralized organizations\n\n\n\n❤️ Values ->\n\n- 💸 Opportunities: we value placing graduated in high paying roles\n- 🎓 Relevant Skills: Both learning traditional project management and teach Web3 nativeness\n- ♻️ Sustainable: generating a path towards scalable cohorts, membership, and revenue model to transition from non-profit initiative to onchain DAO \n- 💼 Education: software engineering, Web3, and project management is still a relatively new field, as new tools come out, we aim to be a professional organization aiming to educate each other through knowledge share with the industry’s latest tech\n\n🎯 Objectives->\n\n- Train and certify upcoming SCRUM masters and certified SCRUM professionals\n- Utilize Agile SCRUM methodology and Daily SCRUMs for conducting DAO operations\n- Build a system for placing certified SCRUM masters into work for decentralized organizations\n- Build a standard for on chain for ACSM/CSM/PSM/PMP certifications and use as basis for DAO reputation and roles\n- Onboard PMs to Web3 based project management tools\n- Plan Open Sprints using project based learning approach  by building decentralized technology, document SOPs on chain\n\n📈OKRs (Objectives and Key Results + Key Performance Indicators) ->\n- Number of enrolled students that get CSM Certified\n- Number of graduated students placed in role / time to hire\n- Number of SCRUM certified hours completed\n- Number of cohorts quarterly / students per cohort\n- Time to complete a certification/user\n-Retention rate of students into further programs and instructor roles\n- Number of certified SCRUM masters tokenizing their certs / admission into DAO\n- Number of instructors onboarded to teach SCRUM EDUCATION Provider courses\n- Total revenue (including funding & course enrollment) -> when onchain treasury for DAO is live\n- Adoption rate of the on-chain treasury system\n\n\n\n💸 Funding ->\nWe are seeking funding to expand our initiative of developing dedicated SCRUM certified instructors, certifying select cohorts, and integrating on-chain credentials for SCRUM certification for DAO admission. Our vision is to establish a talent pipeline, revenue generation for courses, and accredited SCRUM Alliance hours for existing certified Masters within an on-chain SCRUM DAO.\n\nTo achieve this goal, we require additional funding to support marketing efforts for recruitment of cohorts, business development for partnerships with recruiters, PM software, and Web3 organizations. This funding will enable us to bootstrap our initiative and create a sustainable business model that benefits the SCRUM community.\n\nWith your support, we aim to provide a platform for existing SCRUM professionals to leverage their certification for admission into our DAO, get paid for instructing courses, opportunities for roles, or earn elevated certifications. Our non-profit status allows us to leverage in-kind donations and direct donations to further support our mission.\n\n\nTogether, we can create a decentralized ecosystem that supports the growth and development of SCRUM professionals in the Web3 space.\n\n Additionally with non-profit status we will be leveraging in-kind donations and donations directly https://www.minorityaccelerator.com/donate \n\n\n\n📣 Call to Action\n- Other than donating here is what we need from the community.\n- Certified Scrum Masters (sign up today at ScrumDAO.org)\n- Marketing & Social media Managers, help us promote this initiative \n- Additional Students to Join Study Group & Be A Champion \n- Pick up a task today on our Wonderverse at https://app.wonderverse.xyz/organization/scrumdao/boards?entity=milestone  \n\n\n👀 What Exists ->\n\nCurrently students from Duke University, and past MPA Cohort graduates have been self organizing for study groups on discord to get CSM certified, working with Web3 project management platforms like Wonderverse & Charmverse,  planning open sprints, and being placed in Web3 projects.\n\n\n\n🔮Next Steps/Project Timeline\n\nCheck out all major milestones on Wonderverse https://app.wonderverse.xyz/organization/scrumdao/boards?entity=milestone \n\n\n- Start Daily SCRUMs with Study groups (first  month)\n- 🌕 Plan open sprints. Case study 1: NEAR Blockchain Operating System. nearbuilders.com/gateway-sprint (first month)\n- Recruitment of certified SCRUM masters to act as instructors and mentors (first two months)\n- Sponsor cohort to take CSM certs (first 3 months) \n- Seed partnerships with Web3 Project Management tools (first 3 months)\n- Become a Scrum Education Provider (REP) recognized by the Scrum Alliance (first 6 months)\n- Deployment of the DAO with subgroups for different roles on mainnet (first 6 months)\n- Development and deployment of the on-chain certification system (ACSM/CSM/PSM/PM) within DAO based membership (first 6 months).\n- Scale with paid courses pipelining to DAO treasury (first 1 year)\n- Partner with traditional Web2 organizations like CGI for talent pipeline (first 6 months)\n- Pipeline graduates into becoming certified SCRUM instructors with career opportunities int traditional tech and Web3 space (first year)\n\n\n\n🌈 Who’s Building This ->\nThis is a continuation of the MPA Educational Cohort’s PM Track, but now turned into a spin out DAO program. “2023 is the YEAR of DAO! Following the success of our educational cohort over the past two years, we are excited to announce the launch, SCRUM DAO.” - Shot, President of Minority Programmers\n\nPast Gitcoin Grant  https://gitcoin.co/grants/7206/minority-programmers-educational-cohort \n\nThis is an initiative of Minority Programmers Association (MPA) Educational Cohort, launched as a program through Minority Think Tank Foundation a 501c3 Non Profit (EIN - 86-3949072)\n\nMPA (minorityprogrammers.org) is an educational organization that focuses on creating equal opportunities in web3 for talented individuals through a project based approach to learning regardless of race, religion, or residence. Our previous educational cohorts have been successful in training the next generation of developers, managers, and marketers, placing graduated in companies like NASA, AWS, SalesForce, Holaplex, Booz Allen Hamilton, Zoom, and Leidos to name a few.\n\n📚 Resources\n\n- Wonderverse https://app.wonderverse.xyz/organization/scrumdao/  \n- Discord https://discord.gg/UK4bxrf8Y7\n- Website https://ScrumDAO.org\n- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/scrumdao\n- Twitter twitter.com/scrum_dao", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "Scrum_DAO"}