(A-CSM℠) ADVANCED CERTIFIED SCRUMMASTER

​Are you an experienced Scrum Master ready to deepen your understanding and amplify your impact in leading agile teams and driving organizational transformation? Welcome to the Advanced Certified Scrum Master class. This intensive program is meticulously crafted to equip seasoned Scrum Masters like you with advanced techniques, strategies, and insights to excel in complex agile environments.​

Advanced Certified Scrum Master is a pivotal step for ambitious Scrum Masters committed to elevating their leadership and driving sustained success in their organizations.

Here's why this class is a must for you:

Master Advanced Scrum Practices: Explore advanced Scrum practices and techniques to enhance your effectiveness as a servant leader. Dive deep into topics such as scaling Scrum, facilitating large-scale events, and managing dependencies across multiple teams.

Navigate Complex Challenges: Gain practical strategies for navigating complex challenges commonly faced by Scrum Masters, including organizational resistance, conflicting priorities, and team dynamics. Learn how to foster collaboration, resolve conflicts, and facilitate meaningful discussions to drive alignment and achieve goals.

Drive Organizational Transformation: Discover how to lead successful agile transformations within your organization by influencing change at all levels. Gain insights into change management principles, stakeholder engagement strategies, and creating a culture of continuous improvement.

Coach and Mentor Teams: Enhance your coaching and mentoring skills to empower teams to reach their full potential. Learn how to provide effective feedback, facilitate retrospectives, and create an environment of psychological safety where teams can innovate and thrive. 

Earn a Prestigious Certification: By completing the Advanced Certified Scrum Master class, you'll earn a prestigious certification that validates your advanced skills and expertise as a Scrum Master. Stand out in the agile community and showcase your ability to drive organizational agility and deliver exceptional results.

Don't miss this opportunity to take your agile leadership skills to the next level and become an advanced certified Scrum Master. Join us on this transformative journey and unlock new opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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

• Complete the two-day Certified ScrumMaster Certification (CSM)
• Complete this 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
• Internet access

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

The A-CSM Learning Objectives fall into the following categories:

 Lean, Agile, and Scrum

1.1  demonstrate how Scrum is aligned with the values and principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

1.2  outline the historical development of Scrum and agile.

1.3  explain the value of at least two other Lean/agile development approaches outside of Scrum.

1.4  rank at least five personality traits of an excellent Scrum Master.

1.5  evaluate three situations when transparency, inspection, and adaptation are not working effectively.

Scrum Master Core Competencies

Facilitation

2.1  identify at least three indicators when a group is engaged in divergent thinking and at least three indicators when a group is engaged in convergent thinking.

2.2  identify at least three challenges of integrating multiple perspectives.

2.3  apply at least two facilitative listening techniques for effective meetings/events.

2.4  demonstrate at least two alternatives to open discussion.

2.5  describe two examples when the Scrum Master should not act as the facilitator for the Scrum Team.

2.6  design and facilitate at least two collaborative events.

2.7  select at least one strategy to resolve obstacles to clear communication.

2.8  create a working agreement to foster clear communication and teamwork.

Coaching and Training

2.9 describe at least three elements of a coaching stance.

2.10 apply an appropriate coaching technique for two interventions.

2.11analyze an intervention to identify at least two improvements.

2.12 explain Scrum and its benefits to a business stakeholder.

Service to the Scrum Team

Self-Management and Team Dynamics

3.1  describe at least three attributes of an effective self-managing team.

3.2  apply a technique to improve the team’s ability to manage themselves.

3.3  explain the difference between a team and working group.

3.4  describe at least one multi-stage model for team formation and development.

Definition of Done and Value of Development Practices

3.5  facilitate the creation or improvement of a strong Definition of Done.

3.6  describe how a Definition of Done could be formulated for a non-software product.

3.7  explain at least two ways development practices may impact the Scrum Team’s ability to deliver valuable, usable Increments each Sprint.

3.8  describe how development practices are highly beneficial in a multiple team environment.

Service to the Product Owner

4.1  explain the relationship between a product vision and a Product Goal.

4.2  examine or refine a Product Goal with the Scrum Team and stakeholders.

4.3  create a Product Backlog that supports achievement of a Product Goal.

4.4  practice at least one approach to refine the Product Backlog.

Service to the Organization

5.1  practice resolving the root cause of an organizational impediment.

5.2  discuss at least three possible impacts to your Scrum Team or organization that could result if your Scrum Team adopted the latest definition of Scrum.

Scaling Scrum

5.3  recognize at least two approaches to scaling Scrum.

5.4  describe at least two reasons why an organization might decide not to scale.

5.5  identify at least two techniques for visualizing, managing, or reducing dependencies.

5.6  describe at least three benefits and drawbacks of feature teams and component teams.

Organizational Change

5.7  describe the nature of complex systems.

5.8  describe at least two approaches for catalyzing organizational change.

6 - Scrum Mastery

Personal Development

6.1  analyze your fulfillment of the Scrum values and how you could improve.

6.2  recognize when a constructive interaction moves to destructive conflict.

6.3  compare your default pattern for responding to conflict with at least two alternatives.

Scrum Master as a True Leader

6.4  express at least three attributes of an effective leader.

6.5  demonstrate one or more attributes of a leader.

Click here to see the full A-CSM Learning Objectives from Scrum Alliance

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 teaching styles based on the latest research into brain science
• Be entertained by stories from our real-world experienced and knowledgeable instructors
• Maximize investments already made by gaining valuable Scrum Education Units®(SEUs) and Professional Development Units (PDUs)
• Increase your personal worth within your company and in the marketplace
• Earn your A-CSM Certification from the convenience of your desk or laptop

• Easy to use reminders of Scrum
  • Downloadable class manual
  • Digital copy of the Braintrust book Scrum for the Rest of Us
• 16 SEUs/16 PDUs
• Fulfill one of the requirements for the Certified Scrum Professional®-ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM)