Why should you go for an A-CSM certification?
The linkedin statistics shows a promising growth of 400% for Scrum Master roles every year. If you’re already a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) and have built your base on Scrum values, practices, and applications, then getting an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) certification is the next step of your Agile journey. This certification equips you with the knowledge to implement the Scrum framework for Agile and Lean project management which further includes Agile coaching, Agile facilitation, service delivery, as well as setting up and managing the Scrum lifecycle. It also lays emphasis on how to make Scrum teams more productive in the workplace which helps to bring changes in the organization to adopt Scrum and Agile principles.
An Advanced Certified Scrum Master Certification will help you further you agile training and upskill yourself with the latest agile methodologies. 43% of the organizations are increasing their adopt of Scrum. Scrum Master was also mentioned by LinkedIn as one of the most promising jobs of 2019.
The State of the Scrum 2017-2018 survey highlights that when it comes to the applications of Scrum:
- 85% of the respondents agree about Scrum to improve the quality of work life
- 71% respondent accepted that executives give importance to the outcome of delivering value to the customer
- 81% of the respondents agreed to the fact that certification improves practice
- 97% of the respondents expressed their will to stick to Scrum in future.
What next after A-CSM certification? Once you acquire your A-CSM certification, you can take your scrum journey to the next level by taking up a CSP-SM Certification.
Individual Benefits:
- Broaden the scope of career opportunities in any organisation that employ Agile practices
- Gain recognition and status as a Scrum expert
- Be an active member of the globally recognized Scrum Alliance Community
- Deliver quick results along with the reduction in the cost
- Earn an annual average salary of $135,221 as an A-CSM.
Organizational Benefits:
- Revenue generated increases as the cost is reduced
- Increase in the ranking parameters
- Cultivate strong trust relations in the market
- Business Contracts renewal process gets faster
- Teamwork leads to on-time deliverables.
Advanced Certified Scrum Master certifications will take your knowledge skills to the next level and will prepare you to enhance your Scrum credentials in the industry. The scope of Scrum is transcending IT with other industries also tapping into its potential, making an A-CSM certification more relevant than ever.
A Quick Glimpse into the A-CSM Certification Process
Steps to get A-CSM Certification
Step 1: An individual should hold an active CSM certification from the Scrum Alliance.
Step 2: Attend 2-day of A-CSM course from the registered education provider (REP) of Scrum Alliance.
Step 3: Complete all the learning components including pre- or post-course work and all educator-designed components.
Step 4: Accept the A-CSM license agreement and complete your Scrum Alliance membership profile.
Step 5: Exhibit your 1-year of work experience as a Scrum Master.
What you will learn
1. Facilitation techniques
Facilitate dialogue between Product Owner, team members, customers, stakeholders, and executives.
2. Responding to change
Respond confidently when encountered with resistance to change, lack of engagement, low motivation.
3. Scrum adoption
Help your company for the adoption process of Scrum & support executives committed to Agile values
4. Removing impediments
Remove impediments that prevent long-term, deep adoption of Scrum practices from taking place.
5. Scrum values and principles
Explain the values, principles and roles of Scrum and Agile processes to deliver maximum value
6. Improve engagement
Increase developer engagement to encourage greater accountability, commitment, and buy-in.
7. Enterprise-level impact
Use and extend the impact of Scrum throughout the organization and attain the benefits of Scrum
8. Scaling initiatives
Learn methods and processes to Scale Scrum and Agile practices and values beyond a single team.
9. Agile identity
Leverage your learning to gain recognition and status as the local Agile expert in your company.
Prerequisites
To earn an Advanced CSM, you must have an active CSM® certification with Scrum Alliance®,in addition to demonstrating at least one-year work experience specific to the role of ScrumMaster.
Who Usually Attend
- Scrum Masters
- Team Leads
- Development Managers
- Delivery Managers
- Project Managers
- Agile Coaches
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EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS
Learn from the real-world experience of accredited industry experts and advance your knowledge with in-class activities and simulations.
ELITE PANEL OF CSTs
Interact with accredited CSTs who also have years of experience as active Scrum practitioners.
LEARN FROM PRACTITIONERS
Learn directly from active practitioners engaged in implementing Scrum principles in real projects.
GATEWAY TO SCRUM COMMUNITIES
Get access to a wider community of active Scrum professionals and enhance your practical knowledge of Scrum.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND SUPPORT
Avail continuous support through monthly webinars, e-books, and conferences and keep pace with the latest industry updates.
HANDY RESOURCES
Get Access to tutorials, articles, interview Q&A and case studies prepared by the industry experts with latest updates in the Agile industry.
A-CSM Course Curriculum from Scrum Alliance
- Coaching Stances
- Key coaching skills and their application at personal and Scrum Team level
- Agile coaching
- Divergent and Convergent Thinking
- Facilitation techniques to navigate through Groan Zone and Divergent and Convergent phases
- Decision making
Value, principles and practices to leverage as a ScrumMaster
- Self-Organization and team Dynamics
- Key attributes of effective teams
- Coaching for high performing teams
- DoD
- Agile engineering practices
- The services around Product Vision and Strategy
- Tools to bring customer needs into Product Backlog
- Product Backlog Refinement tactics
- The collaboration and its enhancement with Development Team
- Impediment Removal and its tactics & strategies
- Agile scaling approaches and principles
- Introducing new ideas
- Tactics and tools for organization change
- Coaching practices for personal growth actions
- Pivotal conversation
- ScrumMaster as Servant Leader
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By registering in groups, you can save up to 20% on the course fees. The discount you can avail will depend on your group size.
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Organizational Coach
Tricia Broderick
CST, CSM
Evelyn Tian
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KnowledgeHut Support On Your A-CSM Journey
This A-CSM course is targeted at people already experienced with Scrum and the ScrumMaster role and existing CSMs.
To earn an Advanced CSM, you must have an active CSM® certification with Scrum Alliance®, in addition to demonstrating at least one-year work experience specific to the role of ScrumMaster.
Yes, the A-CSM is also available as an online course.
Yes. The required work experience can be met before, after or during the course of your A-CSM training. Your education component can be completed while you earn work experience as a ScrumMaster. Remember that you will need to enter at least one year of your ScrumMaster work experience on your Scrum Alliance dashboard in order to gain the A-CSM certification. Go here to find Advanced ScrumMaster educational offerings.
The A-CSM™ credential is good for two years. The process for renewal of the credential is still being determined by Scrum Alliance.
An A-CSM™ certification validates your knowledge as an expert on Scrum processes, values and techniques. Not only this, it allows you to better perform within your team and organization by implementing agile techniques and tools. It allows you to make your resume more marketable and distinguish yourself in the marketplace. Stand out among your peers and project yourself as a highly valued professional.
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