Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

A-CSM Course Outline

• Lean, Agile, and Scrum

  Agile and Lean values, principles, and worldview

  • Leveraging other Agile frameworks, and how they related to Scrum
  • Practical experience rectifying common pitfalls

  Empirical process control

  • Function of inspect-and-adapt in each meeting
  • Triage situations when transparency, inspection, and adaption need improvement
  • See the linkage between the mechanics of Scrum and the underlying theory of Empirical Process Control

• Agile Facilitation and Coaching

  Basic facilitation

  • Overcoming challenges of integrating multiples frames of reference
  • Understanding when not to act as the facilitator, and let a group self-organize
  • Planning collaborative meetings
  • Demonstrate facilitation of a meeting, opening
  • Integrating different perspectives
  • Coming to a group decision

  Coaching fundamentals

  • Understanding the ScrumMaster’s many “stances”
  • Gain a basic toolkit of coaching techniques

• Service to the Team

  • Identify the common issues the undermine Self-Organization
  • Definition of Done
  • Value of Engineering Practices
  • Coaching the Product Owner

• Service to the Organization

  • Resolving Impediments
  • Scaling Scrum
  • Organizational Change

• Scrum Mastery

  • Personal Development
  • Servant Leadership

Training Prerequisites

• To participate in the A-CSM event, you must already hold the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) credential with the Scrum Alliance.
• To qualify for the A-CSM designation, you must attend this event and also demonstrate 12 months of collective experience using agile methods.

Key Features of this A-CSM Training:

• Build on your foundational knowledge with enhanced implementation skills
• Distinguish yourself in the global marketplace with an Advanced certification
• Self-paced training to suit your schedule
• Live access to Certified Scrum Trainers

You Will Learn How To:

• Apply the underlying theory that links Agile principles and Scrum mechanics
• Overcome the impediments that impede agility
• Serve the Development Team, the Product Owner, and the Organization
• Recognize organizational elements that impact Agile maturity