Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

Advanced Certified ScrumMaster Training

The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM®) class is a 2 day immersive virtual training and online learning experience that goes beyond the fundamentals of Scrum and provides a deeper understanding of the ScrumMaster role, the ScrumMaster’s responsibilities in servicing the Product Owner, the Developers, and the organization, as well as facilitation techniques and coaching practices. Upon completion of the class, students that meet the minimum eligibility requirements will attain the A-CSM certification.

Who Should Attend

The class is appropriate for aspiring Agile coaches and ScrumMasters that already have a Certified ScrumMaster certification and have at least 1 year of work experience on a Scrum team. The A-CSM class is considered an advanced certification level class that provides a deeper understanding of the ScrumMaster role and dives into facilitation and coaching techniques that help in overcoming organizational impediments and improving team dynamics and performance.

Course Outline

This class is live online and is still presented in a highly interactive and collaborative format with elements of exercises, games, simulations, videos, and discussion interwoven throughout. Topics Include:

• Agile and Lean values and principles
• Facilitation techniques
• Coaching stances
• Servant Leadership
• Fostering self-organization
• Improving team performance and team dynamics
• Understanding the value of engineering practices
• Creating and improving on the Definition of Done
• Coaching the Product Owner on creating a vision and refining the product backlog
• Identifying and resolving organizational impediments
• Scaling Scrum
• Affecting organizational change

Certification and Credits

Upon completion of this class, students can

• Earn the A-CSM designation from the Scrum Alliance
• Earn 14 Project Management Institute Professional Development Units (PDUs)
• Earn 14 Scrum Alliance Scrum Educational Units (SEUs)

Logistics

Time: 9:00 am to 5 pm (Eastern US)

Location: Live virtual training online from Washington DC

This is a 2 day virtual class that will run from 9 am to 5 pm. Full participation on both days is required to be eligible for certification. The class is setup as learning by doing and as such you are required to have a mic and camera so that you can actively collaborate with your class participants as you learn and apply Scrum throughout the class.

What's Included

• Course workbook
• Initial certification fee
• 1 year membership to the Scrum Alliance
• 14 PDUs and 14 SEUs certification credits
• Free follow-up coaching
• Money back guarantee
• Flexible cancellation policy

Money Back Guarantee

Your satisfaction is guaranteed! We are confident that you will be fully satisfied with this class. If the class is not meeting your expectations, just let us know by the end of day 1 and we will give you a full refund.

Flexible Cancellation Policy

• Cancel anytime up to 2 days before the class and receive a full refund. All other cancellation requests receive full credit for a future class.
• Should the organizer cancel the class for any reason, a full 100% refund will be issued.
• All cancellation requests must be made via email to [email protected]

About Your Trainer

Fadi Stephan is a technology consultant, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®), and Agile coach with more than twenty years of experience at startups, government agencies, and Fortune500 companies across various sectors including financial, hospitality, and homeland. His focus is on building high performing innovative organizations and teams that deliver value early and maximize ROI. Fadi coaches clients on agility and organizational culture, leadership, product management, user-centered design, Agile engineering and DevSecOps. Fadi is based in Washington DC and co-organizes DC’s largest Scrum User Group and frequently presents at conferences nationwide.

About Kaizenko

Kaizenko is a Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider (REP) providing public and private certified Scrum training and Agile coaching to help individuals and teams continuously improve on their Agile journey. Kaizenko’s certification classes follow the Scrum Alliance new progressive course model to improve Scrum knowledge, build skill sets and provide the necessary tools to evolve as a ScrumMaster, Product Owner or Developer practitioner.