Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM)

The 'Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster' training is delivered 'Live Online' in partnership with Adapt WithStyle.

Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster (CSP-SM) is Scrum Alliance’s highest level of accreditation for Scrum Masters and an important credential for well-rounded Agile Coaches.

The CSP-SM is about going beyond the Scrum/Agile team to be effective at improving the alignment of the broader organisational environment to Agile and Lean ways of thinking and operating.

It takes you beyond the team to the broader organisation and its leadership. This is where the big levers are for shaping true Agile transformation and business agility.

The Certified Scrum Professional® ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM) program includes both interactive training and real-world practical application through assignments performed in your work context. Many CSP-SM graduates report that seeing how peers go about the same assignment differently is a high point of the CSP-SM learning journey.

You will expand your tools and confidence at engaging with managers and other stakeholders in effective collaboration on improving the organisation. Learn how to leverage knowledge, skills and practical techniques at a large group / enterprise level.

Come away with practical ways to leverage Systems Thinking, ways to connect Lean principles to practices and identify waste, organisational design principles to scale Agile, as well as advanced approaches to facilitation, coaching, mentoring, craftsmanship and product management.

Inclusions

• 2 full days or 4 half days of highly interactive training.
• Active CSP-SM certification with Scrum Alliance* for a further 2 years.

* for participants who meet the training participation, coursework and assignment requirements.

• Team Launch – Plan the launch of multiple new agile teams.
• Lean – Familiarise yourself with game-changing Lean principles and practices through which they can enhance your agile adoption.
• Scrum Mastery – Formulate your personal perfection vision and growth strategy guiding years of your future professional development.

• Teaching – Enhance your teaching with techniques from your trainer and peers.
• Advanced Facilitation – Navigate difficult group interaction scenarios confidently, choosing the appropriate technique in-the-moment.
• Team Development and Coaching – Determine which of an expanded set of models to use for your various team development initiatives.
• Psychological Concepts – Diagnose “mindset” challenges with three of the most essential psychological models for change agents.

• Systems Thinking – Practice modelling organisational dynamics to reveal the highest leverage opportunities for improvement.
• Organisational Design for (de-)scaling – Deepen your ability to explain tradeoffs between the structural difference of teams, backlogs and coordination approaches.

• Service to the Product Owner – Broaden your awareness of further vision to backlog practices and practise a game changing technique for goal-based scope management.
• Software Craftsmanship – Identify how craftsmanship practices aid sustainable scaled development as well as how to specify product behaviour using BDD.
• Professional Development Strategy – Consolidate your plans for your professional growth inspired by your CSP-SM experience.
• Assignment Briefings – Familiarise yourself with what is expected of the post-course assignments.

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If you are registering for a live online training course, you will be taken to Eventbrite to continue your registration. Prices will be in Australian dollars, and you can use a credit card. If you want to arrange invoicing for the online course in New Zealand dollars, please contact us prior to registering.

The A-CSM certification involves 4 steps:

1. Online learning prior to the training,

2. 2 days or 4 half days of highly interactive training,

3. Submitting a few pages of coursework that demonstrates sound understanding and sufficient relevant experience, and

4. Logging 12+ months of relevant experience with Scrum Alliance.

There is no formal test or exam involved in earning A-CSM certification other than completing all coursework and exercises during the course in a way that demonstrates sound understanding of concepts and sufficient relevant experience.

• Scrum Masters
• Agile Coaches
• Enterprise Agile Coaches
• Managers

who hold an A-CSM certification from Scrum Alliance.

Holding A-CSM accreditation is required before you can be accredited for CSP-SM. If you would like the learning benefits from CSP-SM without first having A-CSM accreditation, we are open to assessing your suitability based on your experience and other qualifications.

24+ months of work experience as a Scrum Master or similar is required. Since the CSP-SM program generally takes at least 4 months, you may commence it a few months prior to meeting the 24 month requirement.

Rowan Bunning is a globally recognised educator and consultant in Agile management. He has over 27 years of experience in software intensive project delivery and product development.

In 2008, Rowan founded Adapt WithStyle (formerly Scrum WithStyle) to bring world-class Agile training and independent consulting to south-east Asia. As a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) with not-for-profit Scrum Alliance, Rowan has delivered over 530 certification courses including the full three level Path to Certified Scrum Professional® (CSP®) for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.

Rowan holds a WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) from the Singapore Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).

Rowan has played project management roles in the U.K. and Australia. This includes taking a high-profile online business to launch, and safely introducing frequent change to critical infrastructure processing AUD $250 billion worth of financial transactions daily.

Rowan is passionate about developing leaders skilled at developing teams and simplifying their organisations to compete at scale on the basis of agility, innovation and highest customer value.