Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) - Self Paced Mentorship
1.450,00 EUR
- 6 weeks
Take your Scrum Master skills beyond the fundamentals and become a more confident, influential Agile leader. The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM®) course is designed for experienced Scrum Masters who want to deepen their expertise and increase their impact across teams and organisations. Building on the knowledge gained through the Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification and practical Scrum Master experience, this advanced course explores the skills needed to navigate complex team dynamics, facilitate meaningful collaboration, coach teams and stakeholders, and address common challenges such as resistance to change, low engagement, and lack of accountability.
What Is Included?
Language
Course material in English
Level
Advanced professional level
Self-paced mentorship format fully online
Fortnightly Thursdays, 6–7pm CET time via Zoom
6 weeks to 6 months — you decide (up to 1 year if needed)
At least one hour every two weeks, around your actual Sprint cycles and leadership commitments.
30 hours estimated study hour time needed
Train with globally recognised Certified Scrum Trainers
No exam required
Certification is awarded through full participation.
Certificate included
A-CSM® - Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® from the Scrum Alliance
What Skills Will You Gain?
At the end of this program, you will be able to:
Understanding
Deepen your understanding of Lean, Agile, and Scrum principles and their practical application.
Facilitation skills
Strengthen your facilitation skills to support productive discussions and effective decision-making.
Coaching techniques
Apply advanced coaching, mentoring, and teaching techniques to support individuals and teams.
Collaboration
Improve collaboration between Scrum Teams, Product Owners, stakeholders, customers, and leaders.
Identify
Identify and address common challenges such as resistance to change, low motivation, disengagement, and lack of accountability.
Transparency
Help teams improve transparency, inspection, adaptation, and continuous improvement.
Product Owner
Support Product Owners in strengthening product collaboration and value delivery.
Interpersonal
Guide teams through complex interpersonal dynamics and challenging situations. Increase team engagement, ownership, commitment, and self-management.
Scale
Apply strategies for scaling Scrum and Agile practices beyond a single team.
Leadership
Develop the leadership capabilities needed to influence Agile adoption across the wider organisation.
What makes this course unique?
Don’t spend two days analysing a hypothetical case study. Apply our frameworks directly to your real product roadmap while working toward your mastery certification. Instead of clearing your calendar for intensive classroom sessions or following generic, self-paced content, you’ll join fortnightly live sessions with a Certified Scrum Trainer—tackling real organisational challenges in real time, with a more practical and flexible approach. The flexible format lets you apply advanced frameworks directly within your current role—turning your workplace into your learning environment. No need to take time off work.
What Will You Learn?
Advanced Scrum Mastery
Lesson 1
- Deepen your understanding of the Scrum Master accountability.
- Move beyond facilitating Scrum events to creating an environment where teams can thrive.
- Explore the Scrum Master as a facilitator, coach, mentor, teacher, and change agent.
Facilitation & Effective Scrum Events
Lesson 2
- Develop advanced facilitation techniques.
- Improve the quality of Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.
- Facilitate difficult conversations and help teams reach meaningful outcomes.
- Adapt your facilitation approach to different team situations.
Coaching & Mentoring
Lesson 3
- Develop a stronger coaching stance.
- Learn when to coach, mentor, teach, or provide guidance.
- Support individuals and teams in developing greater ownership and self-management.
- Practise coaching techniques against real workplace challenges.
Team Development & Dynamics
Lesson 4
- Understand team development and different team dynamics.
- Help teams build trust, collaboration, accountability, and psychological safety.
- Identify and address behaviours that prevent teams from becoming self-managing.
- Support teams through conflict, change, and challenging situations.
Working with Product Owners & Stakeholders
Lesson 5
- Strengthen collaboration between Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
- Help Product Owners improve their effectiveness and stakeholder relationships.
- Facilitate better communication between Scrum Teams and stakeholders.
- Support greater alignment around product goals and value.
Resolving Organisational Challenges
Lesson 6
- Identify impediments that exist beyond the team's immediate control.
- Distinguish between symptoms and underlying organisational problems.
- Help teams and stakeholders address systemic barriers.
- Develop strategies for influencing change beyond the Scrum Team.
Agile Leadership & Organisational Change
Lesson 7
- Expand your impact beyond individual Scrum Teams.
- Support organisational adoption of Agile ways of working.
- Understand how organisational structures, culture, and leadership affect Agile delivery.
- Develop the ability to influence change without relying solely on formal authority.
Scaling Agile Practices
Lesson 8
- Explore challenges that emerge when multiple teams need to collaborate.
- Improve coordination, communication, and alignment across teams.
- Understand how Scrum Masters can contribute to wider Agile initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improve flow and organisational effectiveness.
Workplace Application & Learning Log
Lesson 9
- Apply the concepts and techniques directly within your own organisation.
- Maintain a personal learning log documenting your experiments, observations, and outcomes.
- Reflect on how your Scrum Master capabilities develop through practical experience.
- Use your workplace as the primary environment for practising and demonstrating your learning.
Who Should Enroll in this Program?
Experienced Scrum Masters
Agile Practitioners
Agile Coaches and Aspiring Coaches
Project and Delivery Professionals
Team and Transformation Leaders
Prerequisites
To earn the Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM®) certification, participants must meet the following requirements:
- Hold a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification from Scrum Alliance. The CSM may be active or expired.
- Alternatively, for the A-CSM pathway, PSM I or PSM II from Scrum.org may be accepted in lieu of CSM, subject to Scrum Alliance's current requirements.
- Complete an approved A-CSM course of at least 16 hours and any additional educator-designed course requirements.
- Demonstrate at least 12 months of Scrum Master experience within the past five years before the A-CSM credential can be awarded.
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