Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
What you need to learn about Scrum, as never heard before.
What is the Advanced Certified Scrum Master course (A-CSM) about?
1. As Scrum Master you are pursuing a professional career in Agile Coaching and would like to take a leap by incorporating more advanced approaches and techniques.
2. You serve as a Scrum Master, and you would like your interventions to be much more assertive and memorable for your clients.
3. You want to explore deeper approaches in your practice as a Scrum Master, such as the organizational view of the A-CSM.
Whatever the case, you are in the right place to start your path to advanced CSM.
In this online Advanced Scrum Master certification (A-CSM) course, you will find comprehensive content which is kept up to date with the most modern approaches and techniques of team facilitation, coaching, scale agility, and support to Scrum Product Owners and Developers so that you can be that Scrum Master who leaves nothing to chance.
Unfortunately, many Scrum Masters do not have the opportunity to receive quality agile frameworks education and continue to manage teams based on deadlines and evaluations. They spend most of their time monitoring user stories' progress and acting as intermediaries between developers and clients with the best intentions. But unfortunately, this is an absolute waste of time and effort.
You shouldn't be one of these Scrum Masters. With this advanced certification course you will join a group of professionals that is taking their Scrum Mastering knowledge to deeper dimensions.
Sign up for the Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM) certification online course and take off your career with the new toolset that is waiting for you.
What will you learn?
Agile facilitation, training and coaching skills that expand Scrum Masters' impact.
Techniques to build and improve robust Definitions of Done (DoD), increasing the quality and transparency of the Agile delivery process.
Agile scaling frameworks' foundation and the reasons why an organization might decide not to scale.
Organizational impediments to Scrum recognition and how to decide the best way to address them as an advanced Scrum Master.
You will understand Agility and its different frameworks from a historical perspective. We will go from the historical evolution of Scrum and Agile, and see how their values and principles are reflected in Scrum and other approaches such as XP and Kanban.
You will be able to identify and describe the different empirical process control patterns behind Scrum and understand how an advanced CSM acts in typical situations where the framework's efficiency is degraded.
You will learn facilitation fundamentals, and you will put into practice the techniques that an Advanced Scrum Master must develop to make team meetings as productive as possible, introducing you to the Agile Facilitator role.
You will understand what coaching and agile coaching is and how it differs from training, mentoring and facilitation (instead of trying to understand their differences).
You will look at the fundamental aspects of Team Dynamics, what lies behind their capacity for self-organization, and you will develop skills to bring teams closer to their point of high performance.
You will learn technical practices that contribute to coordination in contexts of multiple teams and Agility at Scale.
You will be an Advanced Scrum Master able to identify the characteristics of Servant Leadership and how to approach the team and organizational problems from this leadership perspective.
You will incorporate key elements to facilitate conversations that will allow you to go from a Product Vision to a Product Backlog and the necessary techniques to promote practical Backlog Refinements.
You will become aware of your current state, namely, strengths and opportunities for improvement as an Advanced Scrum Master.
Curriculum
1 Agile & Lean
Agile & Lean
You will be able to put the historical evolution of Agility into perspective and understand it beyond Scrum. As an experienced Scrum Master, you will be able to identify and communicate how this mindset gave rise to different frameworks that are now considered practically complementary.
2 Empirical Process Control
Empirical Process Control
You will learn why Scrum is designed the way it is. The purpose behind the existence of each artifact and event with respect to empirical process control. You will be able to identify not only the most typical anti-patterns but also incorporate concepts that allow you to identify those not so well-known.
3 Facilitation Fundamentals
Facilitation Fundamentals
You will know how to facilitate any of the Scrum meetings and add some spice to them. All Scrum Teams will be grateful to you for efficiently facilitating their meetings.
4 Coaching & Training
Coaching & Training
You will discover the secret behind coaching. You will also learn training techniques and be able to differentiate facilitation, coaching, and training, knowing when to use which discipline as an advanced CSM.
5 Coaching Developers
Coaching Developers
You will learn the typical characteristics of high-performance teams, an actionable model for their development, and the different stages they generally go through and how to act in each of them. We will explore different technical excellence practices that you must know at least to perform successfully as a Scrum Master. From this, you will know how to foster self-management in the Scrum Team and how to provide coaching to maximize their potential and effectiveness as a team.
6 Coaching the Product Owner
Coaching the Product Owner
You will learn how to support Product Owners in the effective performance of their role. You will know how to involve them in Product Backlog refinement and the creation of a compelling vision. We will also discuss the implications of the latest modifications to the Scrum Guide regarding the product and sprint goals.
7 Organizational Agility
Organizational Agility
You will develop a systemic view of Organizational Agility. You will learn to interpret the dynamics of an organization in terms of product development and the adaptability of the system. With your advanced knowledge as a Scrum Master, you will be able to recognize localized optimization patterns that can hinder an organization's ability to achieve greater levels of agility.
8 Leadership and Personal Development
Leadership and Personal Development
You will become aware of the aspects that make up servant leadership and conflict resolution. You will put all the topics learned into perspective and be able to evaluate your level of expertise in each of them, charting a future personal development plan that shows you the way to continuous professional improvement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about this course
ATTENTION: In order to be certified as A-CSM at the end of the program, it is necessary that you 1) hold a Scrum Alliance CSM certification and 2) have at least one year of experience working as a Scrum Master in the last five years. If you don't hold the CSM credential please reach out to plan further.
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Your Instructor
Martin Alaimo
Trainer, consultant, and educator dedicated to the creation of Digital Products and Business Agility. To date, he has worked with more than 200 organizations and supported over 8,000 professionals in their career development journeys. His approach is situational and hands-on, delivering immersive learning through innovative experiences that enable practical, immediately applicable outcomes—especially in areas often overlooked by traditional academia. He has spoken at more than 30 conferences across the United States and 14 countries in Latin America and Europe, and is the author of six books on product and digital innovation. His most recent book, AI Strategy Workshop, provides tools to move beyond the “feature factory” mindset and integrate artificial intelligence with strategic intent and real business impact. As part of his commitment to innovation, he is an organizing member of Product Tank, the world’s largest Product Management community, and the creator of Kouls, a platform that aligns organizational strategy with teams’ day-to-day execution, ensuring a strong focus on outcomes. He is one of the few experts to hold the highest-level certifications in Agile practices: Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Certified Team Coach (CTC), Certified Agile Leadership Educator (CAL Educator), and Path to CSP Educator. Explore his complete professional profile and thought leadership activities on LinkedIn.
May 11, 12, 13 & 14
Price
From USD 295 for annual subscribers
Annual Subscription
A clearer way to learn
- 2 live trainings for only USD 795
- Includes on-demand webinar library
- 3rd training onwards: USD 295 each
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