Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals who have been in the ScrumMaster role for at least 12 months
• IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
• Project Managers

Prerequisites

Anyone is welcome to take this course, however, to receive your Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM™) you need to:

• Have a current Certified ScrumMaster Certification (CSM)
• Complete the two-day Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
• Have at least 12 months of experience within the last 5 years that you demonstrate by updating the experience on your Scrum Alliance Profile

Class Learning Objectives

1. To explain Agile and Lean Values and Principles, so that I can better appreciate Scrum
2. To understand Agile Facilitation, so that I can better support my team
3. To understand Agile Coaching, so that I can coach my Team, Product Owner and Organization
4. To explore self-organization, so that I can support my Development Team in becoming Self Organized
5. To explore team dynamics, so that I can help my team work together better
6. To explore Definition of Done, so that I facilitate my team creating one
7. To understand the Value of Engineering Practices, so that I coach my team on how to incorporate them
8. To understand Service to the Product Owner, so that I can effectively support my Product Owner
9. To explore resolving impediments, so that I can effectively support my team
10. To understand Scaling Scrum, so that I can understand the pros and cons of scaling
11. To explore Organizational Change, so that I can effectively support my organization
12. To explore Scrum Mastery, so that I can expand my personal ScrumMaster skills

Benefits

The Braintrust Consulting Group is one of the leading Agile trainers in the U.S. Utilizing the latest brain science research, Braintrust uniquely facilitates this advanced course as a deeper, more intensive ScrumMaster program developed specifically for practicing ScrumMasters. We help you translate Scrum and Agile theory into application. Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) picks up where Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) left off in your journey to becoming a Certified Scrum Professional. In Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), you are introduced to the roles, the events, the artifacts, and the basics of Scrum. In the Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), you’ll be focused on applying that knowledge to achieve true mastery of Scrum. 

• Learn while not being bored and having fun
• Retain more information because of our unique hands-on approach; based on the latest research into brain science
• Be entertained by stories from our real-world experienced and knowledgeable instructors
• Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders and define and validate business value
• Define a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features of your customers and end users will actually use and communicate effectively with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment
• Maximize investments already made by gaining valuable Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) and Professional Development Units (PDUs)
• Increase your personal worth within your company and in the marketplace

Takeaways

• Easy to use reminders of Scrum
  • Printed class manual
  • Scrum reference card
  • Copy of the Braintrust book Scrum for the Rest of Us
• 16 SEUs/PDUs/CDUs
• Fulfill one of the requirements for the Certified Scrum Professional®-ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM)