Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

• Hold a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) certification with the Scrum Alliance. 
• Attend a certified A-CSM educational offering to gain techniques and skills that go beyond the basics and mechanics of Scrum, expanding into interaction, facilitation, coaching, and team dynamics.
• Successfully complete all educator-designed components of an approved educational offering. This may include pre- or post-course work as deemed necessary by your approved educator to complete the learning objectives.
• Accept the A-CSM License Agreement and complete your Scrum Alliance membership profile.
• Validate at least 12 months of work experience specific to the role of Scrum Master (within the past five years).

Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
You’ve learned the basics about Scrum and now you’re ready to take your Scrum mastery to the next level and demonstrate your experience in coaching, facilitation, servant leadership, and continuous improvement.
The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM®) course provides a deep dive into being a ScrumMaster in the real world and an industry-recognized certification that proves your
dedication.

What You Will Learn
The course provides a deep dive into maximizing the effectiveness of your teams and organizations. Core course concepts include:

• A deeper understanding of the Scrum Master roles and concepts
• Facilitate dialog between the Product Owner, team members, customers, stakeholders, and executives
• Respond confidently when encountering resistance to change, lack of engagement, and low motivation
• Help your company adopt Scrum and scale Agile and Scrum practices beyond a single team
• Remove impediments that prevent long-term, deep adoption of Scrum and Agile practices
• Increase developer engagement to encourage greater accountability
• Understanding and honing your coaching stance
• Getting hands-on with techniques and concepts such as Kanban flow, Impact Feedback, Observational Analysis, Dynamic Conflict Models, DeBono’s Thinking Hats, Delegation, Poker, Retrospective and Continuous Improvement techniques, Big Room Planning, and more...