Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster

The Professional Difference

A Practitioner’s Masterclass

The CSP-SM® is the transition from "Scrum Master" to "Strategic Leader." This course is strictly practitioner-led and theory-supported. We don’t spend time on slides; we spend time on the real-world application of Lean, Kaizen, and Systems Thinking. You will be in a cohort of senior peers, facilitating deep-dive discussions on how to navigate the messy reality of enterprise-scale Scrum.

Strategic 1-to-1 Mentoring

The hallmark of this course is the individual attention you receive. Every registration includes a private 1-to-1 Agile Mentoring session with John McFadyen. This acts as a "Strategic Audit" where you can bring your actual organisational value stream or team performance challenges for a private, expert review. This session alone often provides the breakthrough needed to justify the course ROI.

The Knowledge Hub & Continued Learning

While the live sessions are intense and interactive, we provide a foundation of high-level theory through our public Knowledge Hub. This allows us to hit the ground running on Day One with advanced models like 1-2-4-All and Causal Loop Diagrams, knowing you have a library of resources to return to for long-term reinforcement.

Path to Mastery

We view this course as a milestone in a lifelong journey. We provide clear guidance on the next steps of your professional coaching career, ensuring you leave with a concrete plan to move toward the highest levels of the Scrum Alliance track.

The Practitioner’s Path to Enterprise Mastery

Our agenda is built on the principle of being practitioner-led and theory-supported. We focus on the "real-world application" of advanced models, utilising peer discussion and veteran insights to solve complex organisational puzzles.

Day One: Lean Foundations & Advanced Coaching Stance

• The History & Theory of Lean: A deep dive into Kaizen (continuous improvement) and identifying the 7 Wastes within an enterprise context.

• Advanced Facilitation: Moving beyond the basics. We explore and practice advanced structures like 1-2-4-All to drive engagement and consensus in high-stakes environments.

• The Professional Coaching Stance: 

  • Establishing robust Coaching Agreements.

  • Understanding Personalities & Dynamics: How to leverage individual differences to move teams forward.

  • Shifting from "telling" to "empowering" at a strategic level.

Day Two: Service to Teams, Product Owners & The Organisation

• Team Performance & Chartering: Utilising proven Team Performance Models and advanced chartering techniques to build high-velocity units.

• Service to the Product Owner: Coaching the PO on value maximisation and strategic alignment.

• Service to the Organisation: * Value Stream Mapping: Identifying the end-to-end flow of value and where the bottlenecks hide.

• Real-World Experience Sharing: Facilitated discussions throughout the day focusing on the application of these ideas in your current workplace.

The Strategic Audit (Post-Course)

To ensure the transition from theory to practice, every participant receives a private 1-to-1 Agile Mentoring session with John McFadyen.

• Applied Systems Audit: Bring your hardest current organisational challenge or a draft Causal Loop Diagram for expert review.

• Career Strategy: Bespoke advice on navigating the professional coaching track.

This is a professional-level masterclass designed for Advanced Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches who have moved beyond team-level mechanics and are ready to tackle enterprise-level complexity.

This course is for you if:

• You are an "Organisational Architect": You have mastered the Scrum events and now want to master Organisational Design and Value Stream Mapping.

• You lead through Lean: You want to move beyond "Agile" as a buzzword and start using Systems Thinking to eliminate waste at the executive and portfolio levels.

• You value Strategic Mentoring: You want a peer-level environment and a private 1-to-1 session to audit your specific organisational strategy.

Typical Roles in Our Cohorts:

• Senior Scrum Masters with 2+ years of active experience.

• Agile Coaches and Enterprise Consultants.

• Lean Change Agents and Transformation Leads.

• Engineering Managers and Product Directors are moving toward servant-leadership.

Prerequisites: To be eligible for the CSP-SM certification, you must:

1. Hold an active Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) credential.

2. Be able to demonstrate at least 24 months of work experience specific to the Scrum Master role on your Scrum Alliance profile.