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A Scrum Certified Consultant is a highly experienced professional who provides expert guidance on implementing and optimizing Scrum practices within organizations. This role typically requires advanced certifications, such as the Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or similar credentials, reflecting a deep understanding of Scrum principles and extensive hands-on experience. Scrum Certified Consultants work closely with teams and stakeholders to tailor Scrum processes to the specific needs of the organization, facilitate training, mentor Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and help overcome challenges in agile transformation.

A Scrum Developer Consultant, plays a crucial role in implementing Scrum principles and practices within a development team. This consultant ensures that the team adheres to Scrum methodologies, fosters a collaborative environment, and promotes continuous improvement. They guide the team in creating high-quality, incremental products that meet stakeholder requirements. By facilitating communication and removing impediments, the Scrum Developer Consultant helps enhance team productivity and efficiency, driving successful project outcomes aligned with Scrum's values and principles.

A Scrum Developer is a crucial member of the Scrum Team, dedicated to delivering high-quality increments of product functionality every Sprint. According to SCRUMstudy, they possess a diverse skill set, including technical expertise, collaboration abilities, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Their primary focus is on creating and maintaining the product backlog items, collaborating closely with the Product Owner to ensure a clear understanding of requirements. During Sprint Planning, they commit to delivering the agreed-upon product backlog items, actively participating in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. With their dedication to the Scrum values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect. 

Scrum Developer Certified (SDC) is an esteemed certification offered by SCRUMstudy, designed to validate professionals' proficiency in Agile development practices within the Scrum framework. This certification equips individuals with the essential skills to contribute effectively to Scrum teams and deliver high-quality products in dynamic project environments.

Scrum developers, also referred to as the development team or Scrum team, are responsible for developing the product and they possess all the essential skills required to carry out the work of the project. They have a high level of collaboration to maximize productivity, so that minimal coordination is required to get things done. To minimize dependency, team members are experts in chosen domain, but also possess basic knowledge and skills about other domains.

Some of the key responsibilities of Scrum developers which they are required to fulfill in any Scrum project are:

1. Provides inputs for creation of the Collaboration Plan and the Team Building Plan
2. Ensures a clear understanding of Epic(s) and Personas
3. Understands the User Stories in the Prioritized Product Backlog
4. Agrees with other Scrum Core Team members on the Length of Sprint
5. Seeks clarification on new products or changes in the existing products, if any, in the Refined Prioritized Product Backlog
6. Provides inputs to the Product Owner on creation of User Stories
7. Estimates User Stories approved by the Product Owner
8. Commit User Stories to be done in a Sprint
9. Develops Task List based on agreed User Stories and dependencies
10. Estimates effort for tasks identified and if necessary, updates the Task List
11. Develops the Sprint Backlog and the Sprint Burndown Chart
12. Creates Deliverables
13. Identifies risks and implements risk mitigation actions, if any
14. Updates Impediment Log and dependencies
15. Updates Burndown Chart, Scrumboard, and Impediment Log
16. Discusses issues faced by individual members and seeks solutions to motivate the team
17. Identifies risks, if any
18. Submits Change Requests, if required
19. Participates in Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meetings
20. Provides inputs to Scrum Master for Scrum of Scrums Meetings
21. Demonstrates completed deliverables to the Product Owner for approval
22. Identifies improvement opportunities, if any, from the current Sprint and agrees on any actionable improvements for the next Sprint
23. Participates in the Retrospect Project Meeting