Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

3Back's A-CSM training

WHAT'S INCLUDED

A-CSM CERTIFICATION
By taking and completing the class, you will receive your Scrum Alliance A-CSM Certification.

SCRUM ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP
Two (2) year membership to the Scrum Alliance ($50 value).

PMP’S
14 Category B PDUs from PMI® upon completion of this course.

ACCREDITED TRAINING FROM THE EXPERTS
3Back trainers don’t just teach Scrum; they have a combined 46 years of working on and with Scrum teams. They are authors of the Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals, the Scrum Study Guide and the agile tool Get To Done®, as well as world-renowned conference speakers.

FREE COURSE RETAKE POLICY
Even with heightened engagement, most of us only retain a fraction of what we learn. That’s why 3Back provides you with the option to retake our class. Whether you’re looking for another trainer’s perspective or just want to refresh your knowledge, you can do so within six months at no cost. More details at can be found in our policies.

A FUN AND MEMORABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
3Back’s A-CSM course is not your usual online training. Our trainers use cutting edge adult learning practices, which not only make the class enjoyable, but are proven to increase retention and understanding.

ADDITIONAL

SCRUM RESOURCES

GET TO DONE® is both online software and cards on walls. We have worked hard to bring this unique tool to you so that you have full support for writing and managing complex backlogs. Stop regressing! Getting Scrum implemented right is hard, your software tool needs to support the right behaviors or groups often regress. As a 3Back public course participant, we encourage you to use the Get to Done® planning and implementation tool. This powerful tool will help to enable your team to excel with increased team visibility and accountability.

SCRUM DICTIONARY exists for one simple reason. Words matter. In the world of Agile frameworks, words matter even more. Scrum Dictionary removes the lexicon noise and delivers a clear, concise definition of Agile terms, complete with examples and related terminology, in a format that’s as user-friendly as they come.

SCRUM HANDBOOKS The Scrum Handbooks are a description of Scrum (both single-team and multi-team) that both unifies and extends older descriptions of Scrum, and is easier to relate to real world scenarios. It is the cleanest, most flexible and most agile version of Scrum there is…

ONSITE COURSES Interested in having a Certified Scrum course or other Credentialed course delivered to you and your team members? We can help! Take the next step in Scrum; request an Onsite Course.

VIEW OUR RESCHEDULING AND CANCELLATION POLICIES

3Back's A-CSM training

AGENDA

This course covers the following topics:

• Background of Agile & Scrum Guide 2020 Understanding
  • What is and isn’t Scrum, again?
  • Assess your current knowledge of Scrum in relation to the latest revision of the guide (with one of the folks who maintains one of the non-English translations of the guide itself)
  • Inspecting the Elements of Scrum
  • History of Agile and Scrum (and why this is important to know!)
  • Exploring other Agile approaches
• A better understanding of complexity in the nature of work
   
• Scrum-MasterING
  • What makes a team a Team
  • Planning collaborative events
  • Team Working Agreements
  • Removing Impediments (They don’t stand a chance!)
  • Gain a better understanding of “Team Maturity”
  • Skills needed for certain roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Project Manager)
  • Coaching Product OwnerSHIP
    • Product Visioning
    • Backlogs
    • Decomposition of ideas or goals in the backlog into actionable items
  • Challenges associated with Retrospectives or other events
  • Definitions of Done (It’s not Acceptance Criteria!)
  • Productivity & performance in a team
  • Why it's Scrum MasterING that matters (Self-improvement plan to be a better Scrum Master)
     
• Facilitation & Coaching approaches and stances
  • Listening Techniques
  • Applying “Powerful” (Divergent & Convergent) questions and knowing signs to shift from one to the other
  • Addressing and facilitating Conflict Resolution
     
• ‘Agile’ organizational patterns (some folks call this “Scaling”)

And throughout the course you’re applying: Personal and Group-level reflection exercises in every module to reinforce the topics covered in the modules themselves.

PREREQUISITES FOR THE COURSE

12 months of professional experience as a Scrum Master during the last five years and a Scrum Alliance® issued Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification is required for this course.

3Back's A-CSM Training

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is for those with agile experience, and specifically for those that have their Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®), from the Scrum Alliance®.

If you don't have any agile experience or training, you should look for a Certified ScrumMaster training course here.

TESTIMONIALS

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